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too much after sun lotion?

shave my head regularly and every once in a while i forget a hat, don't reapply enough sunscreen, and get a sunburn. not good, i know, but i'm usually good about it, nothing unusual so far. the issue here is when i apply a lot of lotion to sooth the burn and moisten the dryness, i've found i'll wake up in the morning afterwards with my forehead puffy-ish and a bit squishy to the touch, almost like the lotion had dripped down from the scalp to the forehead because it couldn't evaporate enough. and it doesn't stop there -- next day it eventually winds up making the skin around my eyes and nose puffy and squishy, almost alien-like, while the forehead settles. seems like it keeps dripping down until it eventually evaporates.

this happened for the first time last summer, but just this weekend happened for the second time since. the first time i was using some Hawaiian Tropic after-sun lotion, next time was some generic-brand aloe lotion, the most recent time Lubriderm. so it doesn't seem product-specific. the first time the burn was pretty bad and i used a LOT of lotion, but this recent time the burn was comparatively mild and i made sure to only use lotion a few times a day (3-4) as it felt needed. and as i wrote, it had never happened before last year, but of course i've had scalp burns long before then. also note that i normally have very dry skin and moisturize my face and body regularly with lotions, so it's not like my body isn't used to handling lotions. also note that the "swelling" is only limited to the described areas and order, so it very much appears to be excess moisture working its way down, not any kind of allergic reaction or the like.

anybody else experienced this? any idea why i'm experiencing this now? i'm in my late 20s and i think in the past i used gels more than lotions; could it be that the heavier lotions combined with my skin changing with age is causing this result? i don't want to overstate things -- it's not like i resemble Eric Stoltz in Mask or anything -- but looking in the mirror, the swelled, squishy areas are certainly obvious. thanks