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I just burned my hand last week(Friday), with boiling hot water. I put it in cold cold water right away. by the end of the day it was feeling better and not burning anymore...So Monday after my workout class and I had been sweating it blistered up ALOT. Later that night I popped the blister(s)..then peeled the bad skin off. I haven't put anything on it, because I'm low on money. Its drying, red looking, nomore blisters. I can't keep my hand down cause it throbs BAD..I'm gonna get something soon for it. Some kind of cream.
I always pop blisters and pull off the dead skin. Then I apply Neosporin and a band-aid.
Disclaimer: The above mentioned suggestion is merely that, a suggestion. This poster does not guarantee the recommendation stated is the best course of action. Popping a blister could potentially create more problems than leaving it alone. This poster was crazy enough to remove a wart with fingernail clippers and constantly picks scabs.
I think that's what I'm gonna get for my burn. Neosporin!
I was always told never pop the blister because that lets the bacteria in and then you got major problems sometimes . Just coat it in some antibiotic cream and band aid and it should feel better soon .
Yeah, popping the blister lets air and bacteria into still forming skin - i.e., open to the outside. Let the blister alone until it pops on its own. Be aware that many people are allergic to Neosporin.
well I am going to take another view: yes, we have heard don't pop, but from people in our family who are in the medical field, they pretty much say: if you pop it, keep in clean and use a good disinfectant you really should be ok and it really reduces the pain. if there is no pain, then leave it alone.
I soak any burns I get in an epsom salt bath and I've had a few. It takes the heat out of the burn. Dump some epsom salts in a sink of HOT water and swish it around to dissolve and as you're doing this feel the heat leave the water. It has the same effect on the burn.
I had a blister on my wrist from making contact with a hot lawn mower component back when I was in my 20s.
It popped all by itself within an hour of continuing with my yard work. If you pop it, ensure you use a sterilized needle (hold it to a flame for a second or two), then gently pop it and treat it with Neosporin or something similar and then bandage it to protect it from getting infected.
I read somewhere once that if you are going to pop a blister......do it with a sterilized needle and poke it at the very edge of the blister......drain the fluid and leave the "blister skin" intact.
That way most of the wound is still covered/protected and bacteria only has that one small little needle hole to get in.
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