When I swim for a hour or more, my face starts to burn about 10-15 min after I get out and keeps burning for about an half hour. It feels hot to the touch, like a moderate sunburn. The rest of my skin gets a bit red but my face down right hurts. I tried face wash which didn't help and lotion which made it worse. Anyone else have this problem? Ideas to fix it?
thanks
Former Member
I would definitely look into using some lotion before and after your skin. When the chlorine meets the oxygen in air it dries out your skin. Once you're skin is dried out, it will just burn.
This used to happen to me on my triceps. Wearing a T-shirt became painful haha.
Former Member
I used to get this all the time, and I finally figured out that it had to do with the lotion I used before I swam. I also get it more often when I do dryland (sweat) before swimming, but I learned that if I just rinse my face with water after dryland and before entering the pool, it helped a lot. Good luck!
I get it all over. The worst is on my back where I can't reach it. My best defense is something called hot spot spray. It is sold in the feed store and intended for dogs. It cools and soothes my skin. Don't know how it would work on my really hairy dogs.
This problem seems to go away in summer when I get more sun and sweat more.
