I'm not sure what is right to do. I was
waxing my legs and the wax began to cool.
So I reheated it and when I took it out of
the microwave the wax spilled out and onto
my bare leg. I couldn't wipe it off in
time, it was already stiffening, so I
peeled it off. It took some skin off with
it. I looked online about burn
treatments. It appears to be just a first
degree burn except that skin has peeled
off. Skin peeling is like a second degree
burn, but I think that it only peeled
because it was wax and not just liquid
that I spilled on me. It's red and it
stings. There are no blisters right now.
Online some sites said run it under cool
water and add ointment. Others say cool
water and no ointment. One site said no
water on it at all. Well, I had to do
something. I ran it under cool water for
a bit, put aloe vera gel on to calm it
down. After that was soaked in completely
I put on neosporin and let the area
breathe until I had to get dressed, and so
then I put a nonstick bandage over it.
Did I do right or should I do something
else?
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Re: Scalding Hot Posted: 11-20-05 18:01pm
boobertube
wrote:
i'm not sure what is right
to do. I was waxing my legs and the wax
began to cool. So I reheated it and
when I took it out of the microwave the
wax spilled out and onto my bare leg. I
couldn't wipe it off in time, it was
already stiffening, so I peeled it off.
It took some skin off with it. I looked
online about burn treatments. It
appears to be just a first degree burn
except that skin has peeled off. Skin
peeling is like a second degree burn, but
I think that it only peeled because it was
wax and not just liquid that I spilled on
me. It's red and it stings. There
are no blisters right now. Online some
sites said run it under cool water and add
ointment. Others say cool water and no
ointment. One site said no water on it
at all. Well, I had to do something.
I ran it under cool water for a bit, put
aloe vera gel on to calm it down. After
that was soaked in completely I put on
neosporin and let the area breathe until I
had to get dressed, and so then I put a
nonstick bandage over it. did I do right
or should I do something
else?
you should have immediately gone to your
local hospital or doctor to get proper
medical treatment. Checking a couple of
internet sites which provide conflicting
information is no substitute for the
advice of a trained medical professional.
What if your skin doesn't grow back
because you followed the wrong advice?
What if you could have done something
really simple (but not obvious) which
would have resulted in minimal to no
scarring... But now it's too late to
prevent scars?
On the flipside, the human body is very
robust and you'll heal up pretty good
without any problems. Since it's been a
couple of weeks, i'm sure you're well on
your way to having a great patch of skin
which will be all scabby for a while but
which, over time, will come out just fine.
Legs are meant to take a lot of abuse
and in time nobody will be able to know
that anything happened.
I'm not a medical professional myself, so
take this for what it's worth: keep a box
of spenco second skin around for just such
cases. It's a thin layer of gel-like
material which is made from something like
95% water:
i don't have any affiliation with them.
I heard about it from someone who is a
medical professional and who said that
after seeing one patient put this on
immediately after being burned, that it
essentially prevented a lot of
complications. I'm guessing that, in
your case, the aloe vera gel likely served
a similar function so you probably did
allright. However, I urge you to still
follow it up with professional medical
advice if you haven't already.
(edited to add dressings.Org link. Also,
what's up with this site changing around
my capitalization? All words get
decapitalized unless preceded by a period.
Rather stupid if you need to include
proper names.)
