(Part 2) Best burn care products according to redditors
We found 82 Reddit comments discussing the best burn care products. We ranked the 30 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Burnshield-Burn-Dressing-10cm/dp/B002SX97G0/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_121_lp_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YC5R5DN6XNYW8DHVZQ7D
Aww I am so sorry that thing is still giving you trouble! I just wanted to offer a bit of unsolicited advice for the scarring:
I have had a few surgeries now including having multiple moles removed from my face and body, both by GP's and plastic surgeons. One of the things I learned from the plastic surgeon who did the first one was to use moist healing whenever possible.
I know how hard it is to get a damn bandage to stick to your face anyway, so here's what I do.
Supplies:
The procedure: After cleansing with a gentle cleanser, but BEFORE moisturizing, wash your hands. Cut a small square to fit your wound site from the 2nd skin. This only needs to cover the actual broken skin, but will really help the crusty build up if you decide to cover the whole thing.
Cut a square slightly larger of the tegraderm and round the corners to prevent peeling. You want 1/4-1/2 inch overhang for the tegraderm to adhere properly. Get a skin prep wipe out and tear open package. Don't get any on your fingers, this stuff is sticky.
Peel the blue plastic layer of the 2nd skin and place it on your wound, then using tweezers and your fingers gently peel the clear plastic film from the top. You should be left with a really soothing nice little clear patch of gel - don't worry if you mess this up, the smaller the wound the more fiddly it is at first.
Next, using your tweezers, remove the prep site pad from its foil and swab gently all around the edges of the 2nd skin, covering the whole area that the tegraderm will be covering. Set that aside.
Next, grab your tegraderm. Like the skin prep, this stuff has two layers, there will be a paper liner on one side, the clear film itself in between, and a paper "ring" around the outside to help you with application. Peel the paper liner from that side, exposing the adhesive, and place over your wound, completely covering the 2nd skin. Do not stretch it as you apply, and press gently all around the edges to ensure a good seal. Gently peel the leftover paper ring from the outer edge, and you are done.
You can safely leave this bandage on for a week or more, but you'll probably find if you're wearing makeup that it will start to peel by the end of the day. You can gently apply lotion to your face, and then concealer and makeup over the whole bandage.
Sorry this got long, before I shut up and return to my hole: Some pictures/anecdotal evidence. I had two similarly sized moles removed by a GP, not a plastic surgeon. I used the above method on the one cut out of my face, from the moment I got home with the stitches still in, and left the other mole to heal on its own following the GP's directions of keep dry and covered til stitches removed. (Bandage changes this complicated would have been impossible by myself as that mole was on my shoulder blade.) As you can see the one on my face is nearly invisible, while the one on my shoulder blade puffed up nicely and remains discolored.
I hope this helps!
Solarcaine. It is a topical lidocaine that numbs and hydrates the skin. That and pressing an ice pack into the skin are helpful for me.
Honestly it would probably be better just to make sure it's disinfected well (and cleaned of any dirt etc), then pop on a moist wound healing gel or something like second skin. https://www.amazon.com/Spenco-Skin-Dressing-Sports-count/dp/B004UOTVF2/ref=pd_sim_121_2/177-3949139-2895165?ie=UTF8&dpID=41Md0%2BBWs3L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL200_SR118%2C200_&psc=1&refRID=SV1GA8062T0VJV0JWN98
If it's not actually infected, there's no real reason to apply antibiotic cream, and it just contributes to breeding resistant bacteria. I think the US is one of the only places that sells antibiotic creams freely OTC? Could be wrong on that tho.
This stuff looks and sounds very similar to a (now discontinued?) product I've used. I think the version I used was made by 3M and called CoolWrap or something like that...I bought one package years ago and then never saw it in a store again. It's a sheet of dressing coated in some kind of gel goop that feels really nice and cool.
I use Neutrogena Sport in SPF 70.
It doesn’t feel greasy at all and doesn’t mess with my skin. Other brands get slimy, stream off with sweat, and I get zits under my watch and helmet… bleh. Oh, and most sunscreen is like superglue for bugs. The Neutrogena brand feels like nothing at all, and my skin feels clean and healthy (well, as clean as possible on 100 miles of dusty road and trails…). Don’t use the roll-on kind (looks like deodorant). It’s greasy for a while after applying.
I always apply it from a big bottle before I leave, and carry a small tube with me on the ride so I can reapply every few hours.
Oh, and burn gel like After Burn with 2.5% lidocaine helps when you forget and end up burned. I keep a unit-dose packet of Water-Jel in my first aid kit for long trips. It doesn’t help heal, but it does help you stop itching and breaking any small blisters. I was once out for just five hours or so and got burned so badly I had tiny blisters up and down my arms and knees, and scratching my arms broke most of them. It wasn’t pretty. Always wear sunscreen.
Burn Jel is what I use for my sunburns and my clumsy kitchen burns. It takes the pain away instantly!
Honestly, as bad as it looks, you’re fine. It hurts like hell I’m sure. But there’s no need to go to urgent care. Without any special care, you’ll heal in about a week wearing a shoe that doesn’t touch the area. If you cut off the dead and apply second skin for burns, you can be healed up in about 3 days, even wearing shoes on the area. If you can’t stop for specialty items, or for a break in shoes, duct tape will work. I once had the entire bottom of my feet (aside from the middle of the arch) as one solid blister. It opened looking a lot like yours. The pain goes away pretty quick.
2nd skin:
https://www.amazon.com/Spenco-Moist-Medium-Inches-4-Count/dp/B0015THYGS?th=1&psc=1
Medical research certainly does not agree with you.
It will heal sunburn, cuts, burns, and poison ivy, faster than anything your doctor knows about.
I have won bets with tattoo artists.
It heals them fastest, too.
I will pay for it, if you try it, and it isn't true. That goes for anyone. My money is where my mouth is.
I have offered this challenge many times on reddit.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/calendula--000228.htm
No studies are being done in the US, because it grows everywhere.
People like to say all homeopathy is about micro miniscule amounts of something in a medium.
How ill informed. Just read the ingredients on the calendula gel. Whoops. Did I just dash thousands of redditors assumptions on the rocks?
While we're at it, look at these ''exaggerated'' claims of this homeopathic gel: It is an 8% tincture , which doesn't fit into the silly assumption circle jerk, either.
http://www.smhomeopathic.com/store/product285.html
I would call the FDA if I were you. Those are some strong claims they are making about what the product will do. Oh , that's right. They can't. If the claims weren't true, they could stop them from putting that stuff on the label. Am I right about that? Am I?
http://www.arnicare.com/arnicare-gel/
Wow. It's a crime wave of ''false'' medical claims!!
Call the authorities!!
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