Help!

Thank you all! I have a few blisters, so I put aloe and a bandage on. Luckily, it no longer feels like my hand is on fire!

I realize that you’re on the mend now, but, I just wanted to add something here… I saw the recommendation for soap, and I don’t know that I’d recommend soap. One of the effects of a burn is dryness of the skin. This is one reason why water is often used on a burn (and the fact that it tempers the heat) … it helps keep the moisture to the skin. Since soap tends to dry out skin, I would think that soap would do more harm than good.

I don’t know this for sure, I’m not a doctor. But I do remember learning about the burn/dryness of skin thing in both first aid courses that I attended, and since my skin usually drys out from soap I don’t know how helpful soap would be.

I am very late here and it won’t help now but I always keep lavender essential oil on hand at all times for burns. Not fragrance oil but the real stuff. In a pinch try mayonnaise. Works for bee stings as well. Hope your better now!

Also late, but ten minutes under water isn’t enough anyway. You need to use lukewarm water and keep it submerged until you are pain free. It’s tempting to use cold water, but that just becomes unpleasant too when you keep your hand in it for that long, and you could just wind up with chill damage as well. Lukewarm water and for as long as it takes. Fill a bowl, stuff your hand in and watch something on tv while you wait.

I’ve heard you can also apply butter or a some sort of mild moisterising cream on a first degree burn, to keep the skin soft.

If it’s more than a first degree burn, if you get blisters on the affected area, if you start feeling ill or feverish, see a doctor.

Vitamin E oil!! I did this a few years back and it blistered like crazy. The oil helped it heal faster and reduced any scaring. Now you can’t see it at all, and I scar easily!
I also had a bit of swelling. Arnica Montana tablets helped me with that, I use them all the time. (not everyone swells with a burn, I must be the odd one out on this)
Hope it feels better soon, good luck!!

If it isn’t too bad, like blistering, I keep my hand in a bowl of cold water. Not too icy or you won’t be able to stand it and could damage your skin, but keep it in cold water until you can take it out and still be comfortable for more than a few minutes. But if it is really bad, ER! They have Silvodene cream, if that is how you spell it, and will know if it needs anything else. Aloe does help a lot, too concerned you get it feeling better. That is what they had me use for my radiation burns, so it must be pretty good! :)