Painful burn?!


Question: Painful burn!?
about 10 miutes ago i was straightening my hair and i alomost dropped the flat iron but when i went t catch it lik an idiot i burnt my hand and it hurts really bad!. ive been holding a cold water bottle and i need something done fast because i have a baby shower to go to and i cant have only half my hair straight!. sme 1 told me 2 pour tea on it but the closest i have is a tea bag and i read that those are not good!. PLEASE HELP!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Hi mztlynne

First of sounds like its not too serious as by the looks of it Im guessing you pulled your hand away as soon as it happened!.

So no more than just a partial thickness burn Im guessing

Best thing you can do at this stage is run your hand under running water for 5 to 10 minutes!.!.!.and perhaps cover it up with something thats not fluffy

Reasons

- Its best to run the water onto your arm or wrist NOT directly onto the burn!.!.!.on the arm/wrist so it runs over the burn if that makes sence

- Cover it with something clean and non fluffy - fluffy stuff will stick, and also by covering it, you starve the burn from oxygen!.!.!.and its the oxgen getting to the burn that actually makes it painful

If it still looks bad after running it under water etc consider how serious it looksWww@Answer-Health@Com

Run cool (not cold) water over your hand for at least 10 minutes!. Running water, mind, which means that you holding a water bottle isn't going to help much!. Go turn on a faucet!.
Once you've done that, you can put on some neosporin and lightly bandage the burn!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I love it how hair is more important then a possible 3rd degree burn!.
GoodJobWww@Answer-Health@Com

how about solarcaine spray!. i would keep the ice too!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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