SewMamaw

Try using toothpaste, not the whitening kind. It will take the sting out and you will NOT have any scars. Trust me, I've used it. Burned my left hand with grease couple years ago. Put toothpaste on it and left it for a couple of hours. The next morning no one would know that I had been burned. It sounds crazy but it works.

IBQLTN

The best burn treatment I've ever seen is "Foile". It is a tube of ointment that smells like rotten eggs but it works wonders. You may have to ask your pharmacist to order it but I always have it in the kitchen.

When I was 14 y.o. my mom was seriously burned when a 100 gal coffee urn errupted and burned her face, neck and breast. The owner of the restaurant immediately applied Foile to the burned area and someone took her to the hospital ER (before 911).

They kept her in the waiting room untreated for five hours waiting for a burn specialist! (Long story, heads rolled.)
The doctor said foile was what kept her from blistering. She had 2nd degree burns and NO SCARS!

krmc2000

From an ER nurse
If it blisters it is a second degree burn and do not pop the blisters. If they pop on their own, watch for infection. If it is your fingertips, that is where the most nerve endings are so that may be why you have lingering pain. Usually pain means continuing burning-so you may want to call your doc. Please do not put any food items or anything else like that on it. Cool water-no ice

Debra Mc

I really don't know. My uncle's brother was in an explosion one time & he stayed in Parkland Burn Hosp for 6 months. When unk went to visit brother would ask him to please bring him somethinmg to kill hisself with. It was awful. I have found that cold pickle spears work real well on burns. Something about the vinegar & the cold. Has worked really good on grease burns. Let me know & I will send you the pattern for the mini mits to use for microwave. You got a deep tissue burn. I hate so kind. They don't always blister but stay sore forever.

Nolee

I am an herbalist. You need to put lavender on IMMEDIATELY after the burn occurs or it won't stop the blistering. I have used it straight on any and all burns (especially from the curling iron) and have never EVER blistered. Keeping it on during the healing process will eliminate scars.

Here is the story of lavender. "Lavender oil and burn treatment have a long history. A French chemist Rene Maurice Gattefosse in the early 1900 was working in his lab and burned his hand severely. He then stuck his hand in a nearby container of lavender oil. He discovered his hand not only stopped hurting, it healed faster and didn't scar."

damaquilts

So many different rememdies. One day I was cleaning the stove and took all the burners off . I put one back on to use. A little later I went back and put the rest on forgetting that the one was hot. I use to push my stove coils down with the palm of my hand. Ended up with a nice circle burn on my palm. Said many nasty words and grabbed for the lavender that I kept on my window sill. However it wasn't lavender I grabbed it was tea tree oil. Didn't realize it until after I had poured it on my hand, it burned like the dickens and I said lots more bad words. Then I realized, about 3 minutes or less that my hand didn't hurt anymore. Within an hour I was using it to drive. No pain, no blisters nothing.

Cheshirecatquilter

The good news is that you didn't burn deep enough down to destroy the layer of your skin that is rich in nerves, so it is only a first or second degree burn (you can read about these on the web). It's important to keep the skin intact as long as you can to prevent infection, so don't pop those blisters that might form if you can help it. If you have to, keep the area covered for several days so healing can take place underneath the damaged skin until it inevitably begins to peel/shred off.

teacherbailey

Just an FYI----this is usually sold as sunburn remedy and can be hard to find this time of year but it's well worth it!!!!!!

DirtyPaw

I was a Medic during the Viet Nam war then when I got discharged I worked at the Burnett Burn Center Kansas University Hospital. Cooling the area affected with cool water or ice was good. If you feel pain that is a good thing since your burns would be 1st or 2nd degree. If you suffer a 3rd degree burn you loose much of the feeling in the affected area. Silvadene is what burn centers put on burns and I am fairly sure it is available at a pharmacy without prescription. Just keep it clean and free of anything that might give you an infection. I would be careful of the other salves you put on the burn site.

BURNS
Apply prescription burn cream called Silvadene (the generic equivalent is silver sulfadiazine). This is an antibiotic cream that has excellent healing ...
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trupeach1

cold plain yogurt