Minor burns - What do you do?

[moxies_chickennuggets]

I have used aloe since forever....'cause I'm a red head. In the summer, I use a spray bottle to apply often, if by chance I get burned. In the kitchen, same thing....or I dip the burned finger in a small bowl of aloe. Heals things right up.

 

[Beekissed]

Honey works great at taking out the sting and reducing the healing time, while also reducing scar formation. I've used it on small~but deep~ burns several times with good results.

 

[sumi]

Guess what you all? She did it again! @Beekissed, I'm trying the honey tonight. It numbed the spot for a few seconds, then started throbbing (not painfully), then burnt like hades for a few seconds and now it feels o.k. I'm having a great time licking off the run-off here lol

 

[TexasLisa]

I told DS we're having "honey glazed roast finger for dinner" He didn't look keen lol

You are absolutely killing me here! My DH wants to know why I am giggling so much!

Sumi, please be careful. You might be the first to join Honey Anonymous!!

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[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