I’ve moistutized it and wearing long-sleeves but I’ve never done that before so what can I expect in terms of healing time, process?
Edit: bought and applied contininy doses of Polysporin as pharm recommended until i can see my dr
I’ve moistutized it and wearing long-sleeves but I’ve never done that before so what can I expect in terms of healing time, process?
Edit: bought and applied contininy doses of Polysporin as pharm recommended until i can see my dr
Keep it under running water for ½ an hour, at the level that is the most comfortable.
Don’t make it too cold, but cold enough to ease the burning sensation.
If the pain stops before ½ an hour, you can stop.
I’ve read that thing about running water before, and I’ve always wondered - is it really expected that you run the tap for 30 min.? I know it’s for the good of the skin, and super important, but I always struggle with running the tap for that long.
If you are burning yourself often enough that it’s impacting your water bill, you’re worrying about the wrong thing.
Y’know, that’s a good way to put it, and exactly the kind of point I needed to see, in order to put it into perspective.
When I did my first aid training they explained that the deeper layers of the skin were still burning if you don’t cool the burn long enough so in order for the cold water to be effective, you need to cool it down for ages. Maybe not 30 minutes, although it depends on the severity of the burn.
I actually put that to the test, I kind of burn myself regularly cause I’m a clumsy oaf. One time I put my wrist under cold running water for 10 mins, and there was no blister in sight the next day!
If you tell sometime ten minutes, they might put it under for only a couple minutes and call it good enough. Tell them 30 and they’re more likely to hit 10+ minutes.
I didn’t consider that, but I think that’s a really good point. It makes sense to me, because I could see myself applying that kind of logic. Makes the 30ish min. rule make more sense.
That’s totally untrue. Skin will return to normal temperature from any momentary increase in seconds at most. The cooling effect does other things.
That actually makes a lot of sense, when you think about it like that. I appreciate your contribution to science, by accidently burning yourself regularly and noting the results ;)
Depending on where the burn is you can just put the burnt part in a container with cool water instead. It’s much more practical to walk around with your hand in a cup than to be standing next to the faucet.
I’ve always heard about 10 minutes should be sufficient.