3by3
September 6th, 2001, 08:20 PM
about a month ago, my sweetie went to visit his family for a coupla days. he got badly sunburned on his mini-vacation, poor thing. the very first night he was home, i dashed off to the local supermarket and picked up a potted aloe vera plant (it was a GIANT!). though he resisted, i insisted, and before long i had smeared his entire burn with sqeezed-out aloe goo.
we went to sleep.
he woke up in the middle of the night itching like mad and nearly in tears for wanting to scratch. so i detatched another leaf from our new friend and took drastic measures. i trimmed off the pointy-bits, laid the leaf flat on a plate and sliced it in two (flatwise, not widthwise). then i scraped out every last bit of goo i could, scooped the sticky mess up with my hands and gently massaged my poor, itchy sweetheart until he felt better.
by the next day, we could barely tell he'd been burned. and his skin was super, super soft.
has anyone else had such a dramatic experience with aloe before? i love the stuff--if i hadda choose a favorite plant, it'd be aloe vera. :)
--3by3
we went to sleep.
he woke up in the middle of the night itching like mad and nearly in tears for wanting to scratch. so i detatched another leaf from our new friend and took drastic measures. i trimmed off the pointy-bits, laid the leaf flat on a plate and sliced it in two (flatwise, not widthwise). then i scraped out every last bit of goo i could, scooped the sticky mess up with my hands and gently massaged my poor, itchy sweetheart until he felt better.
by the next day, we could barely tell he'd been burned. and his skin was super, super soft.
has anyone else had such a dramatic experience with aloe before? i love the stuff--if i hadda choose a favorite plant, it'd be aloe vera. :)
--3by3