What Actually Happens When You Get a Sunburn 

Can we take a second and give a huge, insane thank you to the artists and animators of the infographics show? You guys rock!!!!

The most metal description of what sunburn is I've heard was "Sunburn is basically your cells commiting suicide before turning cancerous because of radiation damage"

I had a HECK of a sunburn when I went to Louisiana and just spent 15 minutes outside relaxing. I was in bed, unable to move for 3 days taking Ibuprofen 600s as often as medically recommended.

Just got back from the beach with the worst sunburn I’ve ever had. Took a shower and nearly blacked out from the pain several times. It was like bathing in acid.

This is why I stay inside all day

Infographics has me learning something new everyday…I’m gonna be a child prodigy

The one thing that I remember from my health class in high school was a video describing this in horrifying detail. Basically made it seem like any sun exposure at all immediately started the cancer clock and that melanoma was imminent and inevitable. Freaked me out lol

I remember in 5th grade we went to a water park and I got a sunburn that covered my entire back I have always worn a shirt to go swimming since :EDIT: I Was wearing sunscreen I just have sensitive skin also to those calling me fat atleast I can accept my body image unlike you maybe if you had the body of a goddess as you think you wouldn't feel so self conscious and feel the need to make fun of some random guy on the internet

Wait if sunburns are radiation burns, does that mean that the extreme sickness people feel when they have sun poisoning is a mild form a radiation poisoning?

I’ve only ever had a sunburn once or twice. The second time was a tiny one on my shoulders, but the first one was crazy! I was on vacation in Mexico as a kid, and it’s very hot there. We wore tank tops/shorts and other similar clothing, so our skin was exposed. Even though we kept swimming around in the outdoor pool, most of us were still very warm. Eventually, I jumped into the pool and submerged my shoulders aND IT BURNED. I remember freaking out and finding out I had gotten a sunburn on my shoulders and it was surprisingly painful

This is was a good presentation on sunburns work. Thank you!

Me : watching this Also : being black (dark skin), therefore never got sunburned in my entire life

Sunburn caused me a 2nd degree. I stayed at hospital for 5 days. My shoulders was full of blisters. My legs was hurting so bad that I couldn’t walk. I went to pool with my friends for 8 hours without an umbrella and with a wrong sun cream. The doctors started peeling off my skin(removing the blisters) and it was very hurtful. They recommended me some creams to use after the sunburn in body (dermasin, cicatridine). I recommend everybody: dont go to pool or beach without a best sun cream, especially when you have a soft skin.

1:05 unfortunately i watched this AFTER getting sunburn and its killing me and my brother... forgot the sunscreen GG boys

I literally just got back from corfu and i look like a freakin ball of red, how i wish this video was released sooner

That thumbnail is INTENSE!! Felt that pain before 😂

Fun fact: After bathing in a river, elephants often indulge in a mud bath to form a protective layer on their skin which prevents sunburn. So have a mud bath :)

I love being black, the sun is getting hotter.💯🤴🏾

I feel like this doesn’t happen enough so I’m gonna say thank you narrator and animator! Y’all do a great job if it’s 2 different people…. We’ll never know

My Grandma died to breath cancer, which developed from skin cancer, she didn't let me see her when it started, and her funeral was closed casket because she didn't want us to see what happened to her, and what the doctors had to do, I lost the last 7 months of her life due to her cancer, please stay safe when your outside, don't let what happened to her happen to you. She was 58 at the time, she died in 2011.

Very important note: take vitamin zinc and vitamin e to help to repair the cells

I fell asleep face-down in the sun when I was 10 and got second-degree burns. 17 years later, I'd had three skin tumors removed from my shoulder, back and calf. Solar damage is NOT a joke, especially if you're fair skinned.

I was once outside with my back facing the sun for 6 hours. My skin peeled in very thick layers, and there was no hair on my upper arms up until about 3 years ago, and I got the sunburn 5 years ago

Scp 001-when the day breaks in a nutshell

THE TIMING OF THIS VIDEO?? I GOT A SUNBURN TODAY 😭😭

I am naturally tan which also helps with dealing with the sun

I’m so unlucky to be allergic to sunscreen 😭✋

With growing up in the Florida keys, I had relatives constantly in the sun getting sunburned as it was a normal occurances but also skin cancer that reduces your life by years and this occured to several relatives much like many of your families. Later in life, I can't take the heat yet still live in Florida. I want to move to a colder climate but own way to much and our economy is just not great at the moment to sell off.

Let’s be honest, none of us watching shorts on RU-vid are really getting super sunburned.

"Hope you watch the video before going out into the sun!" >Uploads video mid-day

The sun is still a deadly laser

I had sun poisioning once when I was 11 I think. I remember every waking moment. Never again...

Summer in Australia is just different

You can get sunburned on cloudy or foggy days also - I've been out on the water all day surfing before in thick foggy weather and went home with a nice red hue.

I'm so thankful for my melanin.

Iv had 3rd degree burns from a sunburn and it was one of the worst pains IV been through blister and boils that covered my entire back Very important to use sun screen

I remember going to the beach with my white friends. When we came back they was ALL sunburned while using sunscreen. I didn't use sunscreen at all and I was fine 🤷🏿‍♂️ Can infographics do a video about that?

Infographic show: what happens when you get a sunburn Me who has one right now: PAIN

This was very informative, thanks. But could explain HOW sunblock works? I never understood how a transparent cream that disappears as you rub it in protects you. Clothing and shade is obvious.

Perfect timing, I just got back from a vacation to Santa Monica where I got a sunburn on the beach. I also must've got exposed to other forms of germs from the ocean which caused my me to be sick for the next few days.

I just got super sunburn at the beach this is PERFECT

I need sun for my melanin because I'm a sun God 😹😹🤞

*stares in someone with melanin*

So basically the ozone layer is being severely damaged and we’ll feel the after effects soon!

I lived through this most of my life. Drink A LOT of WATER! take max strength Tylenol at recommended max doses. And take Benedryl at max doses because that stops the dreaded Devil's Itch! Stay cool, rest, and ride it out my friends!

I got sun poisoning once when I was a teenager. Was on acne medication and went to the beach shirtless for a day. The medication makes your skin super sensitive, and I was an idiot and didnt wear any sunscreen. All I could do for the next week was stand under a cold shower and try not to cry. It was extremely painful. All the Dr could do was give me some medicated cream. Still have scars on my back from it, and Im 36 now. I still spend a lot of time outdoors fishing, but I use UPF clothing to keep the sun off of me

who goes outside sounds like a daft idea

Biceps and forearms dont really get burnt anymore, thankyou welding

I went swimming with my uncle and his gf and her daughters when I was small, they didn't put sun screen on me so my back hot burnt to where skin bubbles formed, it hurt so bad to wear a shirt, especially when they popped.

Thank God I'm Melaninated.

Also a factor is the amount of melanin created by your melanocytes cells. People that have more melanin have darker skin color. A person with black or brown colored skin more resilient against suburn than a person with white colored skin being that there is more melanin in the person with black or brown colored skin. Melanin also effects light which enters into a person's eyes. People that have brown or hazel colored eyes have more melanin so the luminosity of the light is less than a person with blue or green eyes who lack melanin in their eyes. So let's say at night the bright headlights of a vehicle would cause less issues with a person with brown colored eyes than with a person with blue colored eyes. But with a lower amount of light a person with blue eyes would be able to see more clearly than a person with brown colored eyes in which their vision would be darker. The reason why people have a variety of colors of skin and eye colors is the result of migration and evolution.

I got a sunburn that made my back so itchy it brought me to my knees… I thought I was going to die. My mom just laughed at me as I was on complete agony, still haven’t forgave her for that 😂.

CANT RELATE. I'M DEEPLY MELANINATED.

Just went on a senior trip to Hawaii and totally underestimated the strength of the sun.

Looking at your weather app to see the UV Index helps to know your chances of burning too I went to a completely sunny beach once after 4 PM and saw the UV Index was a 3 so I knew I was going to be okay without the sunscreen I didn’t have. And yeah I stayed all the way through sunset and I wasn’t even red

I’m white like Casper and always wear sunscreen with a mix of bronzer to help me try to get a tan. I’m slowly taking in about 10 minutes each side and go back inside over a few days so far I’m getting some color

I found the perfect video for my dad

I once forgot to apply sunscreen to my legs before going to the beach, only realized after a couple of hours. At first it didn't seem that bad, my skin was just a little red... Then I woke up the next day with tennis-ball blisters on my legs. That was one of the most painful mistakes I've made. Weeks of excruciating pain everytime I had to move my legs, Tylenol and Codeine barely contained it. Never ever forget to apply sunscreen to all parts of your skin that are going to be exposed to the sun.

“Everything was going great, until you looked on the mirror.” Me: *this is a regular occurrence for me*

I’m mixed, black and white, but I have really light skin. Every year in the winter my skin is rather light toned, but every summer, given I’ve been outside in the sun enough times, my skin gets as dark as some black people I know. Right now my skin is as dark as my caramel colored girlfriend. No sunburns this year tho! Feeling pretty good about that!

Your video on sunburn is very interesting and informative. I know that as skin heals from the sunburn, it also peels off and it can itch. You can try a medicated skin cream so help cool the sunburned skin down. But I agree with the sunblock.🤔

Lol makes this video when summer is ending 😭 love the channel though I’m subbed

I got a really, really bad sunburn a little over 2 weeks ago, and it still feels bad

Me: who is the allergic to sun screen. (I actually am) The sun: it’s free real-estate.

I love the little cartoons. They are adorable and somehow I actually learned a lot watching the video. So thanks for the video. Also, side note. Everything I’ve used for sunburn has had some form of aloe or tea tree oil in it ^_^

Yes definitely watching this before going out and risking a sunburn, and not after

just don‘t go out in the sun between 12 PM and 3 PM. That‘s how I‘ve successfully avoided sunburns all summer long so far and I‘ve been in the sun almost every day.

Sun really a op for some huh

So glad I’ve never had to worry about this 😌

I had a bad sunburn all over my body when I went to the beach. I found a brand of sunscreen that comes in 110 SPF. I'll be using that from now on.

I'm using this moment to say I'm proudly black ✊🏿Melanie doesn't get sun burns

I needed this 3 weeks ago

Ive never had sunburn hurt. Having an extremely high pain tolerance is good at times.

I’m not black I’m a good chunk native american but also a mutt of things caucasion. I appear white in the winter but in the summer it’s very very rare I get sunburned even when I’m out in the sun for long periods of time. Usually the very beginning of spring I start to tan then by summer there is a 0-2 window where I get burned.

Everything is okay until I look into a Mirror in general.

Swear this narrator is the best part of this channel. Perfect voice for it

Where’s all my melanated folks that can’t relate?😂😂

WHOA!!! you can get sunburn in winter? I'm black. I never had it before. I didn't know most of what's on this video!!!

Shoutout to my people of color that never will get burned by our life giving sun

Silver Sulfadiazine Cream works wonders for burns of any kind. Seriously. I had terrible burns and huge blisters on my arms from intense heat around me at work and when I went to the doctor, he gave me this cream and it worked amazingly well.

I didn't even watch the video yet I always thought it was God's way of letting white people know that they were not in Egypt nor were they the original Jews

I have never experienced sunburn? But i have seen a video where the girl said her skin peels off? Like WHAT? Does that really happen?

Me a black person: what is a sunburn

people living near the equator: i have no idea what you are talking about.

For me, I just get darker

I spent my late teens and early 20’s laying in the sun slathered with baby oil. Sunburns can be painful, but not to the point of blacking out. If anything the itching is much worse than the pain.

As a black person i can’t relate but I can relate to extra dry skin

It's been awhile since I got bad sun burned and I remember it was quite terrible. Yeps...many cells were destroyed that day. If I could just get my hubby to use the lotion. Hopefully this video helps since I made him listened. Thanks 👍

You also have a histamine reaction. Taking antihistamines will help. As a person with naturally honey colored skin it's good to remind: just because you are RESISTANT doesn't mean immune

Lol, this isn't a problem for melanistic folks.

The ozone is breaking down so we will get MORE sun life is god😂 Global Warming All my carbonated ones

As a very very dark skinned black man im happy this will probably never happen to men!😁

This is why you need these: 😎 🌊⛱️

"It's summertime, and after a year of being locked up in quarantine it's time to step outside" Sorry, The DELTA MONSTER is here get back inside and hide in the basement.

I never gotten a sunburn in my life

How can the sun burn you? And not other of Gods creations?

Ouch, that sounds painful

sorry i cant relate i have melanin

I just got over a really bad sunburn from 4th of July, like a month late but appreciated

Glad I don't have to deal with that💪🏿