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  • You're smart :)

  • Aaaauughh!!! - My skin is made up of HypnoToad's eyes!!!

  • i don't care how it works get me some damn aloe vera !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Since I moved to Arizona from Los Angeles, I haven't gotten a sunburn. There is definitely something more dangerous about California sun than Arizona sun.

    I LOVE ARIZONA!

  • @BarefootArizona all the fucking smog, its hard to get your vitamin D. Arizona has clear skys

  • huwait blood cells

  • How sunburns happen : Your skin burns.

  • I love peeling

    I like it when I tear off that one HUGE piece of dead skin, and I'm like "Woah!" and I want to keep it as a trophy but I don't because daz nasty

  • @burgershot10 totally true xD

  • cool hawhip

  • I hate getting darker :|

  • 0:11 kid throwing a rock at a boat!!!

  • its always worst to have it on the back because when it starts itching, your gunna go mad rubbing your back on the wall

  • GO TO THE GUN STORE AND BUY A GUN AND KILL YOURSELF! ONLY WAY! later, i'm killing myself now.

  • ok people,i had this shit soo bad yesterday and it was litteraly hell, i was crying and jumping all over the place, GO GET SOMEBODY TO GO TO ANY PHARMACY AND BRING BACK FOR YOU "DERMOPLAST SPRAY" get ur salf a coat every three hours,it will fade away the itch no the point where u will forget u had it,I PROMISE THIS WORKS, THUMBSUP IT IT HELPS

  • WHATS THE SOLUTION ! we dont wanna know how it appens or how sunbur works ! i wanna know what to use so it go away !

  • The itch during is UNBEARABLE

  • I'm in agony at the moment.

  • I don' like sunburns, but I like to peel off the dead skin.

  • i can remember playing outside all day in the sun (blue sky) and i forgot to put sun protection on, i was wearing short (about half way down my top part of the legs) and t-shirt, and i got burnt on my legs, my arms, my neck, faces. and after i got sunburn about 5 days i wore the same t-shirt and short so it wouldn't touch my sunburn. after a week i was starting and peel.

  • @MrStarbucks18 another time i was on holiday and i was swimming in the swimming pool and i wasn't wear a t-shirt or sun cream, and my legs, my arms, my neck and my back was all burnt but my faces was blistering (the skin was coming off)and it was painfull, football i was about 14 but on the holiday i was about 9

  • omg!!! my shoulders are on fire!!!!

  • I never get sun burned... I dont know why but my body resists heat very well... I live on top of a active volcano go figure...

  • i got burned sunday afternoon and my shoulders are blistering

  • Hwat the fuck is this guy talking abowt?!

  • Ive only gotten sunburnt maybe three times in my whole entire life. My nose and shoulders. Other times i just get a golden glow tan. I know, i know. sun ages your skin. i dont spend much time in the sun. but when i do, its kinda nice to have a sun kissed glow.

  • "sunburns are not fun and we all know it" well i dont know it, i never got one ;-D im too brown

  • listen to how he says white

  • how does life work? lol

  • I love this.

  • @starlite018 mmmmmm... lobster.... yum

  • i never get a sunburn because i carry an umbrella with me when it is sunny. the sun ages you, gives you cancer, and causes you to squint, sometimes even with sunglasses. you need 10 minutes a day maximum for vitamin D production. other than that, everything is awful about it.

  • phew im lucky that i got a normal sunburn like natural light brown not pinkish red

  • @starlite018 I got my pot ready. Come over to my house :)

  • THE WAY HE SAYS WHITE IS MAKING ME WANT TO PUNCH A BABY!!!!!!

  • @locomex713 same here

  • Why is he dressed like the UPS man minus the sexy shorts.

  • ahhhhhhh it hurts

  • How am I supposed to sleep tonight?

    

  • always wear sunscreeb or else u will get burned on ur face!!!it hurts like hell!!! belive me!!!

  • He says Hwite just like stewie does #LOL

  • BUT WHY DOES IT BURN!!!!!

  • god this sucks, its on my fucking back and i cant sleep.

  • @reedbreaker SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME

  • did he said Hwite blood cell? I think we found the real LIVE STEWIE!!!! Becuz he said this "cool hwhip"

  • dont you just hate it when your ears get burnt?

  • hwite bloods cells. the hwite blood cells (BLAH) and then it returns to normal.

    HWITE.

    It's a pandemic.

  • is it me or does he say hwite? lol HWite xDD!!

  • @lilbeccagirl97 lol, he's saying hwite

  • Phhwwoo, same here. Good thing i'm 1/4 black.

  • yes you are black and indeed nigger aka slave, is that the thing you should proud of??

  • No,actually,its worse for black people,scientificaly,white skin repels light,so we dont get it bad,but BALCK ATTRACTS THE SUN,and you actually get it worse

  • hahaha where did u get that 5th grade logic?this is not tru for skin. our skin absorbs and dissipates the sun at an equal rate. just like earth's surface water absorbs and dissipates at an equilibrium to keep cool.our skin converts sunlight into VITAMIN D this is why we have the strongest bones & rarely suffer from bone diseases like osteoporosis.i dont know wat rock u live under but u have never heard of a black person getn sunburn we only get a tan. scientifically black skin is gud 4 u.

  • No. Even though you dont notice as much, more of your cells die.

  • ha! no

    Dark skin naturally has more melanin, which is the protective pigment in skin, so they have more protection, which is logical, evolutionarily speaking, as people who were in the sun alot needed protection while white people, who didn't live in constant sun didn't need it so therefore didn't evolve it

    the only thing that being dark could maybe do is bring more heat...it doesn't attract/absorb UV, it just absorbs heat.

    please don't reproduce.

  • Actually sun tan is a form of protection. There for Dark skinned people (not only black people have dark skin) Have more protection from the sun.

  • Quote from the start...

    "..but if you are willing to take the pain, the cool thing about sunburn is that they allow you to see your immune system in action"

    Er... yeah and the RNA interference, increases the risk of skin cancer. Nice advice, Marshall Brain! WTF???!!!

  • HWHITE

  • Anyone want some cool hwhip?

  • hahaha I imediately thought of that as well

  • HAHA your awesome

  • lol he said *hwhite*

  • why do these videos look like they were from the 90s even though it says 2007

  • i have a sunburn all over mii body whent to the beach *crys* i didnt put any sunscreen on ....WAIT MY SKIN IS GUNNA PEEL?! WTF!?

  • 70th comment cool

  • OMFG SUNBURNS

    (69th comment bichiz)

  • he looks so excited to tell us how it works. he's bouncing up and down almost whilst he's talking. bit scary actually.

  • 0:32

  • This is some outdated information. Actually the biggest concern in sunburn is mutated skincells not dead skincells

  • 0:44 hwhite blood cells? i gonna go have some cool hfwhip

  • pass the cool hwip around

  • everyone knows pie tastes better with cool hwip

  • why do you put so much emphasis on the H !!! hahaha

    got to love family guy.

  • lol

  • hfwhere do you get off?!

  • :D

    LOL

  • Wtf he dances while he talks

  • so why do blisters form from it? and why is it bad to scratch it?

  • bad to scratch cos it might pop and the blisters pus is healing ur burn thats why blisters form

  • wow i had no idea

  • so am i

  • why does the sunburn leave a tan?

  • very helpful information , thanx .

  • i look like taned my skin is so brown but i didnt get any sun or anytin -_- doesnt sun burn turn into tan afterwards?

  • its on the side of my nose and i peeled a lil 2 much off now its red and hurts

  • well dnt do that plz

  • Cool video.

  • One of my friends skin was peeling like a snakes, you could literally grab the skin and peel it off...

  • yea my neck still hurts bit

  • I burned myself bad on holiday a few weeks ago and looked like a red lobster and especially on my face and shoulders. Its best to keep away from the sea when you have sunburn, it makes it worse becasue of the salt in the air and the suns rays.

  • WTF HWHITE?!

  • sunburns SUCK! i'm in hell right now.

  • HALP!

  • i dont care how it works tell me how to make it go away

  • I dont wanna know HOW it happens...

    TELL ME WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT GO AWAY!!!

  • @DDman465 What the Sunburn Video on THe HowCast Channel

  • @DDman465 what u can do is typ in howcast:sunburns.  that should help i know i am a bit late 2 help

  • @DDman465 then watch "how to get rid oif sunburn"

  • @DDman465 hmph, then go watch another video about treating it! The video's clearly states "HOW sunburn works"

  • im soo flippin ichy from my sunburn i want it to go away

  • sunburns are dangerous, it could lead to melanoma

  • Anything can lead to cancer -.-

  • i want to sparta kick him into that swimming pool ..... NOW TELL ME HOW TO GET RID OF THE ITCH !!!!!

  • a freakin pool plumber just told me how sunburns work. wtf

  • omfg!!!!! I have sun burn allover me!! Lol i didn't know tht!!!

  • my skin is rough and really red and sore on my shoulders

    slmost scale like but the outside edge is peeling what should i do ive put aloe on it and that seems to help

  • my shoulders are the same way.... but I don't know why. lol It's only a little bit.

  • thanx for the tips.

  • he reminds me of private paula in full metal jacket :D

  • w00t i got a sunburn yesterday on my shoulders and arms, thank you, for making me special!

  • i JUST got a sunburn but now i fell all special=P

  • but you still didnt tell us why some people get tan and some people get sunburnt? Like how its impossible for me to get a tan.. I just get burnt, but my little sister never gets burnt, she gets tan!

  • what about when i bubbles O_o i gota sun burn right now and some of the skin looks like somethin out of resident evil. thats an over exaggeration but its all bubbly and clear puss not white.

  • you have sun poisoning u should go see a dermatologist

  • what a tool

  • Ow, I know what you guys are talking about... Just got back from a 2 day canoe trip. Not good for the skin, if you know what I mean. But it's cool to see my immune system in action :)!

  • I have a whole butt-load of sunburn right now....Hurts like hell but I still like to keep myself edumacated :) thanks for the enlightening vids peeps

  • ive never had sunburn that peeled, its always turned a tannish color for a bit

  • I have a sunburn right now. It's at the peeling stage. Luckily, it's not hasn't been itching or hurting.

  • well, they hurt!

  • i got a moderate burn rite now god it still hurt though! i spent like 2 hours itching on it then it faded away the aloe stuff only made it itch more rite now im just wearing a super sized shirt and laying by my fan, this is gonna be a long summer!! lol! =)

  • why the hell is he bouncing up and down? is he on a diving board?

  • i am sunburnt atm, was at the water-park with my bf & little sis and OMG I was in soooo much pain lastnight. OOh man. It's a little better today, thankfully =] But I'm one of those people who burn-then the burn turns into a tan. I'm probably gonna be pretty dark lol

  • i have a sunburn right now and my face hurts!

    esp my nose. lol

  • i have sunburn right now and it hurts so much!

  • me too lol was on my school activity

    i live in puerto rico

    blazzing hot!!!!!

    sunburn hurts rlly bad ;(

  • well thnx.....i have a bad sunburn right now on my shoulder and its kinda purple =[

  • you forgot to mention that when you are near water it intensifies the burn

    and, when you walk near the ocean because of the salt content, the burn can be intensified because the sun's rays are way stronger.

    I didn't learn that until i burned myself to a crisp and looked like a lobster then peeled like a banana.

  • I'm also burned at the moment, and i'm hoping that it turns out to be a nice tan and no peeling.

  • I'm pretty burnt at the moment, i'm still praying it dosent peel... fingers crossed for a tan...

  • i'm peeling and itching really bad from mine.

  • i have masive sunburn on my back and im gettin blisters

  • i have sunburn right now..

    ughh i hate it. its all over my face!!

  • i have a sunburn right now and i hate it.

  • what a L!

  • I wonder if theres a way to render oneself immune to a sunburn, very interesting videos and website (howstuffworks)

  • thanks, this is interesting.

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