Why does sunburn hurt so much?

Answer 1

Burns hurt because when the skin is burned, the skin tries to get rid of the heat as fast as possible. It does this by all the capillaries opening wide (most of them usually aren't). But when they stay wide open too long, they rupture, causing further damage, and sometimes tissue death. Cuts hurt too, but the deeper the cut, the less it hurts. Most of the nerves in your skin are loacted along the more shallow layers of skin (this is also why a paper cut can hurt a lot more than a more serious deep cut). A deeper cut severs nerves...no nerves, no pain. Have a burn (or a cut)? Cover the area with a cool, wet terrycloth towel and keep it covered for about 8 hours, and change it when it gets too warm (you'll know because the pain will get worse as it gets warmer). This will often help to relieve the pain. Tammy F

Answer 2

Well its just like keeping your hand on the eye of a stove, its gets all red and its hurts sometimes it peel it depends on how long you held it on there. So same thing with a sunburn except with the sun its gets all red and it hurts and sometimes it peels it only depends how bad it is. And so remember always wear your sunscreen and be safe with your skin.