Fair-skinned, pale, freckled individuals are more likely to get sunburned than individuals with darker skin.
In front came a man wearing a strange shako and a blue cloak, swarthy, sunburned, and with a hooked nose.
One was an officer--a tall, soldierly, handsome man--the other evidently a private or an orderly, sunburned, short, and thin, with sunken cheeks and a dull expression.
Moderate exposure to sun or ultraviolet light may help heal the lesions, but patients should avoid being sunburned.
Infants and children are more likely to get sunburned than adults.