Old 11-13-2009, 05:38 PM
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gaigai
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Originally Posted by Chele
I've heard painting your burn with egg white (several coats) takes away the burn. I'm going to try it. I'm the burn queen. Steam iron, oven, stove, you name it, I burn myself all the time. At least I'm good with knives.

Chele, first thing you should do is immediately put some ice on the burn. You want to stop the heat/thermal effect, plus the ice will take away the pain as it limits the damage. The faster you can put ice or ice water on the burn the better. No grease or thick stuff.
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