In severe cases, healing may take up to 2 weeks. A sunburn is skin damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun. Although sunburns only last a few days in most cases, long-term damage ...

Sunburn can be a painful consequence of spending too much time in the sun or a tanning bed. In rare cases, people with sunburn may also experience an extreme, deep, painful itching called hell’s ...

Sunburn has traditionally been attributed to UV-induced DNA damage. However, a new study reveals that RNA, another vital cellular molecule, plays a major role in triggering acute sunburn reactions ...

Nevertheless, most of us have experienced sunburn at least once. The skin turns bright red, feels irritated and needs cooling. You may also have been told that sunburn damages the DNA. But that is ...