Got sunburn? Get milk.

Sleeping with a sunburn can be torture - but you’re going to need a lot of it. 

Getting as much sleep as possible after the fact will help your skin heal much faster. Your skin needs rest and time to recover and it naturally heals itself during lengthy sleep cycles.

Before you go to bed, it’s a good idea to take an anti-inflammatory pain reliever like ibuprofen and drink plenty of water to help hydrate the skin overnight. For the ultimate soothing treatment before bed, add a gallon of whole milk to a tub of cool water and soak in it. The milk bath will deliver all-important vitamins A, D and E to the damage. If you’d rather not submerge yourself in dairy, apply cloths soaked in cool milk directly to the damage.