Minor burns - What do you do?

[sumi]

I must confess I've lost the honey somewhere… And I have a feeling that "somewhere" is the inside of my coat sleeve. Finger feels good though I'm going to see how this one's healing time compares to my previous burns.

 

[Beekissed]

Yes, put a bandage over it. Over here in the states one pays BIG money for dressings impregnated with honey, but you can do it at home just the same.

 

[sumi]

Beekissed, thanks! My finger feels good today. I can see the burn, but not feel it and it didn't bother me last night.

 

[Beekissed]

Last time I had one of those deep, white burns that didn't even bother to blister on top...felt like the blister formed deep...I applied the honey. It did just as you describe, stung for a moment, then it went numb...that deep burning feeling just went away. The next day I took off the band aid and that spot didn't look so big, the following day the white skin peeled off~it was deep, but there wasn't raw flesh under it~ and it never left a scar.

 

[sumi]

It's whitish, but didn't blister and it's looking o.k. Not sore at all! I'm curious to see how long it will take to heal up, normally it takes a good few days to go completely and sometimes it scars a bit. It amazes me how often I burn myself, you'd think I'd have learned after the first time! lol

 

[TexasLisa]

Well Sumi, you need to do a scientific research on this. You have to do a 'control burn' on yourself or a guinea pig and use the cool water method and the honey method and then let us know the results.

I am glad the honey worked. I am definitely going to start using this.

 

[sumi]

Gosh, I have loads of "cold water treatment" burns already! lol They take awhile to settle down and heal, so I'm curious to see how the honey treatment burn is going to do. So far so good

 

[Beekissed]

Here's some interesting reading on honey, burns and wounds....

Prospective randomized controlled clinical trials have proved that honey treatment leads to significantly more rapid healing of superficial and partial-thickness burns than that achieved with silver sulphadiazine, polyurethane film, amniotic membrane, and potato peel.2,11-20 However, in full-thickness burns, early tangential excision and skin grafting were found to be superior to honey dressing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3188068/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158441/

http://www.woundsresearch.com/article/honey-biologic-wound-dressing

 

[Hinotori]

I run cold water over it and apply aloe gel to help heal. I have some nice aloe gel with lidocaine as well that I can use if it bothers me too much.

 

[Hinotori]

Oh and the doctor prescribed a type of manuka honey to my mom to help her heal after her last trigger finger surgery. At bandage change she's have to apply a thin coat to the incision