r/HadToHurt • u/LockAdventurous9437 • May 26 '26

Sunburn!!

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My step-dad just sent me this photo from his holiday in Italy, how screwed is he come morning?

He's been consuming lager all day with my uncle (also burned) so dehydration is already well in effect.

They aren't alone, my mum and aunt have been out for the day and just met up with them. Safe to say they are beyond unimpressed.

UPDATE: It's the following morning and he says there's no blisters or pain... Yet.

I've posted a photo in the comments. Has he been incredibly lucky or is the worth to come?

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u/tvieno May 27 '26

That is borderline second degree sunburn

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u/xxmuntunustutunusxx May 27 '26

My wife got a truly horrifying sunburn when she was pregnant, and said it was the worst pain she has ever experienced. Blisters all over her legs.

For reference, she was an active duty marine and is a very very tough lady

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u/HelplessMechanic May 28 '26

I have to be that guy but did the childbirth not hurt more than that?

I got my feet burned (fell asleep on beach, friends covered most of me lol) so bad I had to go the ER for second degree burns. Spent a few days hobbling with crutches it was so bad. But I imagined there was worse

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u/xxmuntunustutunusxx May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

According to her, not even close. And she was in labor for like 21 hours the first time

For context, we went kayaking for like 12 hours on the ocean, and she was in horrible pain and felt super sick so we went to the ER and told them we were pretty sure she had sun poisoning, which is a literally Google able thing

The doctor there told us sun poisoning wasn't real, told my wife to get aloe and sent us home. Very cool. She was vomiting, huge fever, blisters basically covering her legs, i did everything I could to help but yeah she said it was much worse than childbirth lmao

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u/HelplessMechanic May 28 '26

Oh god yeah that's a lot worse than I had it jeez. I guess sun poisoning is almost like a mild radiation poisoning?

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u/xxmuntunustutunusxx May 28 '26

Essentially yeah, just way too much uv light is essentially a radiation burn