Lifestyle and home remedies

These steps may help relieve sun allergy symptoms:

• Avoid sun exposure. Most sun allergy symptoms improve in less than a day or two if you keep the affected skin out of the sun.
• Stop using medications that make you sensitive to light. If you're taking medications for other conditions, talk with your doctor about whether you can stop taking them if they are making your skin more sensitive to the sun.
• Apply skin moisturizers. Moisturizing skin lotions can help relieve irritation caused by dry, scaly skin.
• Use soothing skin remedies. Try applying calamine lotion or a lotion with aloe vera to ease your symptoms.