Hi! Sorry I left the last post up so long. I’ve been dealing with a major burn on my left hand. I grabbed the handle of a hot piece of iron that I had taken out of a 425 degree oven. OUCH.
I did everything wrong, thinking I was doing everything right to help it heal. I’m sharing this so you can learn from my mistakes.
My hand was so hot and inflamed and I grabbed ice to cool it down and kept holding handfuls of ice. I also tried putting aloe vera on it. Maybe you have heard butter helps, but it doesn’t. Aloe Vera is good, but it must be done in the right order. I was only trapping in the heat when I tried to put Aloe Vera and Dermaplast on the hand. I ended up calling my special friends for advise.
First the running water idea is great and effective. You should immediately put it under running water. I did that too. I also took two motrin. But as this was my entire hand and palm, the advice was to place my hand in large bowl of slightly cool water. I kept my hand submerged for a few hours. Once the water became the same temperature as my hand, I tossed the water, and began with a fresh bowl. I went through a few bowls. After a time, I would take my hand out and it didn’t throb but would come back in about 15-20 minutes, so I just keep repeating the process. I even slept on my stomach on the couch for a bit with my hand submerged in the water bowl on the floor. This was the only relief to the hot burning from my hand.
When I no longer had searing pain, I then loosely bandaged the hand with gauze. I kept it clean and dry and watched the tissue for blistering. Once the blisters popped, I washed and cleaned the hand and put antibiotic ointment on the open blisters and covered it again in loose gauze.
Once the blisters healed, I could then put on the aloe vera (I used fresh plant) and lotion. I wrapped it up again, putting the aloe vera on several times throughout the day. After it started to look almost normal again, I began putting sunscreen on the new flesh. I kept it loosely covered for several days.
I do have some scarring on my hand. But, I’m very surprised at how quickly the above sequence of events healed my hand. Maybe I had some help 🙂
Final note, I to make two trips to the store for gauze – check your first aid kit now to make sure you have that you need for the next accident.
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