Can Shaving Cream Help Your Sunburn?

Cindie Allen Stewart from Texas recently posted photos of a shaving cream trick that can supposedly cure a sunburn.  Her photos have been making the rounds on Facebook for the past week.

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Here’s Cindie’s Hack…..take menthol shaving cream, smear it on your sunburn, wait 30 minutes before rinsing it off.

Cindi says you  have to use mentholshaving cream, which  helps your sunburn heal faster.

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So, does it really work?  Well, apparently the answer is – yes and no.

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A professor of dermatology at Wake Forest talked to Health.com says it won’t cure a sunburn, but may help with the pain, and help it heal a little faster.

The #1 ingredient is water, which helps hydrate your skin. There’s usually palm oil or coconut oil in there too, which helps repair it, similar to aloe.  The menthol also creates a cooling effect that can help with the pain.

For the record, the before-and-after photos that went viral, look like the woman’s sunburn faded away in 30 minutes.  These pictures were taken days apart.