PAGE-2: Sunburn related to brain, cocoa, pain, endorphin

Mermaid711

Jul 18 2008, 03:12 AM

QUOTE(sylenzednuke @ Jul 17 2008, 05:42 PM)

Pain is one of the things the Human body is blessed with. And I mean it when I say this. When your nerves transmit the pain to your brain, the brain is the organ which triggers the rest of the organs into self-defense. Your skin needs to know that it's not in a good condition to trigger a self-defense, which is faster regeneration of skin and production of melanin. Cocoa butter works as endorphin, which is an endogenous morphine-like substance which relieves your brain of pain or stress, or, blocks the signals from reaching your brain through the help of a barrier; name I can't recollect right now. It might be the Blood-brain barrier but I am not sure since I am not a Medical student. Feeling the soothness then hampers the skin's ability to regenerate itself and get halthier. Peeling and lack of ease are thus, important.

No, your brain can sense that your skin has been burned even if the pain has been soothed. Your skin will peel anyway and regenerate on it's own. Yes, your skin falls off on it's own. You have a layer of skin that is almost mature enough to serve as your outer epidermis on top of the layer of skin you have right now. Why? Because your skin falls off constantly (think finger prints). Dust is nothing but dirt, lint, and dead skin cells.

And no, cocoa butter does not work as an endorphin. An endorphin is a harmone released during certain activities or after a stimulus has been stimulated, such as sex or self mutilation. Cocoa butter just temporally cools of the skin.

Smoothness does not hamper your skin's abillity to regenerate.

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sylenzednuke

Jul 18 2008, 12:17 PM

QUOTE(Mermaid711 @ Jul 18 2008, 08:42 AM)

[1]No, your brain can sense that your skin has been burned even if the pain has been soothed. [2]Your skin will peel anyway and regenerate on it's own. Yes, your skin falls off on it's own. [3]You have a layer of skin that is almost mature enough to serve as your outer epidermis on top of the layer of skin you have right now. Why? Because your skin falls off constantly (think finger prints). Dust is nothing but dirt, lint, and dead skin cells.

[1] No, it can't because the brain didn't release any painkillers, so, the skin must've gotten better. A brain can sense the malfunctioning of a certain part of the body without the person knowing it when it has released endorphin itself. Besides, you're right that it will in some time know that the skin is damaged, but without pain, it's completely futile. You need to understand pain better.

Why is it that sometimes a sting of an insect (not an ant, where the acid does things) generates more pain than let's say, a bigger damage like the cut of a blade? For simple reasons. The brain needs to investigate faster and come up with better resistance against any poisonous chemicals or something.

[2] At a much slower pace. Much slower pace. Besides, the Cocoa butter doesn't last all day long. So ofcourse, the skin won't maintain the slow pace all the time.

[3] In small amounts. In the case of a sunburn, the new "almost-mature" skin takes time to replace the damaged skin. Due to the sheer quantity of the damage. Besides, I don't know about UVA, but UVB rays don't just damage the outer-most layer of epiderma, their damage goes way inside your body, and hence this takes time.

QUOTE(Mermaid711 @ Jul 18 2008, 08:42 AM)

And no, cocoa butter does not work as an endorphin. Cocoa butter just temporally cools of the skin.

I was just using it as an example. It has the same effects on the brain. In the case of endorphin, the brain doesn't receive any signals of pain, in the case of Cocoa butter, the brain doesn't receive any signals of pain because there aren't any being sent.

Lack of pain slows down the process, right down to the pace where the skin would've regenerated even if it wasn't the case of a sunburn.

You can always, ask a Doctor for this.

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gisellebebegirl

Jul 18 2008, 08:54 PM

QUOTE(sylenzednuke @ Jul 17 2008, 10:42 PM)

Yes, for the second; it's soothing.

No, for the first; it's not good because it is soothing.

I might be drifting away from the topic, but it's still important.

Pain is one of the things the Human body is blessed with. And I mean it when I say this. When your nerves transmit the pain to your brain, the brain is the organ which triggers the rest of the organs into self-defense. Your skin needs to know that it's not in a good condition to trigger a self-defense, which is faster regeneration of skin and production of melanin. Cocoa butter works as endorphin, which is an endogenous morphine-like substance which relieves your brain of pain or stress, or, blocks the signals from reaching your brain through the help of a barrier; name I can't recollect right now. It might be the Blood-brain barrier but I am not sure since I am not a Medical student. Feeling the soothness then hampers the skin's ability to regenerate itself and get halthier. Peeling and lack of ease are thus, important.

If you've understood this, you know what else to do. Don't exercise, or take any form of stress. Stay in the house or in a vehicle for most of your time and wear hats. There are other things which you can do but they won't result in much increase in the speed.

And endorphin is the exact chemical that is released during orgasms or when you really exhaust yourself after exercising. Heard about the Runners' High?

lala i agree. i went in and put on coccoa butter, the minute i saw i was burned...... but it only made it worse, my skin got warmer etc.. i guess because it has oil in it;; as for not wearing sunscreen, i did!! i did several times, but i guess it wasnt enough.. have you guys ever gone to soakcity? its a waterpark.. and thats pretty much where i was burning from 10am til 7pm

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