Sunburn, iron or oven accident: a burn can happen quickly! When it is superficial, it is quite possible to treat it yourself. Let’s take a look at the most effective techniques.
Treating a burn yourself: a few precautions
The first thing to do when you are the victim of a burn is to put out the fire to calm the pain and limit the risk of expansion. To do this, pass the burn under lukewarm to cold water for regarding ten minutes. Then disinfect it with a colorless antiseptic.
Know that you can treat a superficial burn yourself at 1is and at 2e degree. On the other hand, if you are burned at 2e deep or 3 degreee degree, go to the emergency room or call the emergency services for assessment or evacuation.
If in doubt regarding the seriousness of the injury, whether it is extensive or located in a sensitive area, go to your doctor, to the emergency room or call the emergency services.
Do not use ice cubes, butter or oil, as recommended by some grandmother’s remedies. A greasy substance will keep the burn warm. If your clothes stick to the burn, don’t try to peel them off yourself. Do not pop the blisters, as this opens the door to infections. Do not use cotton wool, which will stick to the wound. And if necessary, remove watch, rings and other jewelry that interferes with blood circulation during edema.
Healing creams
After passing the burn under cold water for at least 10 minutes, you can use a healing cream such as Flammazine®, Cicatryl® or Cicaderma®.
Massage to make the cream penetrate well. Repeat the operation 1 to 2 times a day, following cleaning the area to be treated, until the pain and redness disappear.
Healing and moisturizing plants
Some plants are powerful healing accelerators and facilitate skin regeneration. In case of superficial burns, nasturtium and anthyllide vulneraria are particularly effective. You can also use coltsfoot for its softening power and comfrey or calendula for their soothing properties.
These plants can be used in poultices or compresses soaked in a decoction (1 tablespoon for a bowl, boil for 5 minutes and leave to infuse for 10 minutes).
St. John’s wort vegetable oil, sea buckthorn vegetable oil and spike lavender essential oil also accelerate skin healing and regeneration. Calendula vegetable oil also has a soothing action.
Finally, aloe gel or Aloe Vera gel, very moisturizing, is extremely effective in case of burns. It is to be applied 2 to 3 times a day.
Ideally, use fresh gel. But if you don’t have Aloe, you can get Aloe Vera gel in pharmacies or organic stores.
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