BAD CIGARETTE BURN!! please help.PLEASE!?!?!
Question:
BAD CIGARETTE BURN!! please help.PLEASE!?!?
i was drunk a party and let somone burn me repeatedly with a cigarette. about 12 times of a happy face. 2 for the eyes one for the nose and the rest to make the smileing mouth. its pretty big and its on my knee. at first was fine. it just bubbled up in like a blister. [ive done it before. two times on my arm and they are fine] but anyways. it started to get rest and scabby because it is on my knee. and knees bend and the scab kept breaking and bleeding. and now its to the point were its all green and red and yellow and white and red all around it. and it hurts to bend my knee. and i keep clening it with neosporn and hydrogyne proxcide and alcohal and i even tried hand sanitizer. please help. i dont want it to get amputaded and i dont wanna die!!!!
Answers:
cold water is the best first aid when you burn yourself - 20 minutes under the tap is ideal. NEVER ice or vinegar or milk or butter or mustard or toothpaste or sunscreen or semen or vaseline or tomatoes or vanilla extract or yogurt or sour cream or egg white - not until it is fully healed!
i would advise that you cover the burnt area with sterile paraffin wax or aqueous cream bp. (check the links below and see if you can find a local equivalent)
cover the burnt area in paraffin wax after cleaning and removing any burst blisters - these are just sites of infection and will take longer to heal. wash and reapply every 4-6 hours - cover with cling wrap if you wish to cover with clothes - this will stop your clothes getting covered with paraffin and maintains the burn.
paraffin creates a seal stopping water leaving the body and reduces pain as it protects sensitised nerves. the paraffin imitates the natural oils secreted by the skin. skin cells are better able to multiply and regenerate with this treatment. pain is also helped. make sure you buy plenty of this paraffin - as the burn heals switch to aqueous cream bp.(aqueous cream has a bunch of paraffin in it plus some moisturisers - look out for stuff that also contains sorbolene or glycerine as these help also). following this regime definitely will help your sunburn heal faster and peel less. aloe is good coz it remoisturises but that moisture can be quickly lost as the skin can't contain fluids- this is a function of healthy skin.
so put aloe on the paraffin on over the top as long as there is no broken skin this works great. if there is broken skin leave out the aloe - just paraffin
http://www.doorone.com.au/xgs-aqueous_cr...
http://www.pharmacyonline.com.au/david-c...
hope this helps - let me know how you go and what similar brands/alternatives are available in your area
email if you still have questions - send photos
feedingthedogcustard@hotmail.c...