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2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:23 pm
by Squirt
Yesterday I was boiling water because I didn't want to go to the store. A boiling water alert went out to most parts of massachusetts because a major water main burst and the water was not safe to drink.
When went to pick up the water something happened and it spilled on my right hand.
I quickly put my hand under running cold water for about 15 minutes.
It doesn't hurt now but I have a blister and discolored skin about the size of a dime.
Will this leave a scar, or are there ways of preventing the scar from happening?
fu** me for not just going to store
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:27 pm
by poehalcho
boiling water can't be more than a hundred degrees celcius and considering some saunas go as far as 70-80 degrees, I don't tihng the effect of the spilt water could be too bad. I doubt it'll leave a scar, but I don't think srf is the right place to ask.
also, one can buy boiling water in stores O___o??
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:27 pm
by Squirt
poehalcho wrote:I doubt it'll leave a scar, but I dun think srf is the place to ask.
side note: one can buy boiling water in stores O___o?
no a boiling water alert was sent out to most of massachsetts. I boiled water myself lol
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:32 pm
by poehalcho
Squirt wrote:poehalcho wrote:I doubt it'll leave a scar, but I dun think srf is the place to ask.
side note: one can buy boiling water in stores O___o?
no a boiling water alert was sent out to most of massachsetts. I boiled water myself lol
ahh, sorry. I have a cheapskate mind D:.
boiling water to not go to store = boil water yourself to not pay for it in a store. (which I know sounds retarded, but everything is possible in this world D:)
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:36 pm
by blacksheep
Eventually it should go away, apply lotion to your skin every day.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:40 pm
by Shadow
poehalcho wrote:considering some saunas go as far as 70-80 degrees
Kind of cool saunas you got there. 80-100 C is the common temperature here.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:09 pm
by woutR
Someone will come along and explain this, but being somewhere where it's 100 degrees is not the same as pouring 100 degrees water over yourself.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:21 pm
by Snazzi
I did the same thing, but with coffee when I was like 1 or something. But mine was on my chest, and now half of it won't tan, so I have a tan line in the middle of my chest
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:43 pm
by Shadow
woutR wrote:Someone will come along and explain this, but being somewhere where it's 100 degrees is not the same as pouring 100 degrees water over yourself.
I understand it's because water conducts heat better than air. Also why saunas feel hotter when the humidity is high.
Perhaps it's also why the benches in saunas are generally made of wood, and not metal for example.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:56 pm
by LillDev!l
woutR wrote:Someone will come along and explain this, but being somewhere where it's 100 degrees is not the same as pouring 100 degrees water over yourself.
Indeed, water maintains heat better, and therefor it burns things more easely then air or whatever at the same temprature.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:11 pm
by Squirt
I'm applying lubriderm on the burned skin
read online that it helps
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:23 pm
by Zephyrir
Squirt wrote:Will this leave a scar, or are there ways of preventing the scar from happening?
It won't leave scar, but if the blister is big and there is liquid in it you should go to the doctor.
Btw, are you from Boston or other MA area?
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:27 pm
by Azilius
Shadow wrote:poehalcho wrote:considering some saunas go as far as 70-80 degrees
Kind of cool saunas you got there. 80-100 C is the common temperature here.
100 degree sauna would be evaporating..and boiling..
would it not?
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:51 pm
by Shadow
Azilius wrote:100 degree sauna would be evaporating..and boiling..
would it not?
Yeah, water would boil.. eventually, if the temperature was kept at 100+ C long enough. Might take a good because it'd be air conducting the heat (instead of metal as the case is with actually boiling water). What is more, the temperature in sauna is generally measured at head height; it'd be cooler on the sitting level where the water bowl is kept.
If I recall it's about 110C in there in Sauna Championships.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:59 pm
by poehalcho
Shadow wrote:Azilius wrote:100 degree sauna would be evaporating..and boiling..
would it not?
Yeah, water would boil.. eventually, if the temperature was kept at 100+ C long enough. Might take a good because it'd be air conducting the heat (instead of metal as the case is with actually boiling water). What is more, the temperature in sauna is generally measured at head height; it'd be cooler on the sitting level where the water bowl is kept.
If I recall it's about 110C in there in Sauna Championships.
at 100+ degrees your own blood should start to boil and evaporate D:
(<-- has no biology, is not familiar with stuff that keeps body temperature normal).
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 5:07 pm
by Shadow
poehalcho wrote:at 100+ degrees your own blood should start to boil and evaporate D:
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:04 pm
by Toshiharu
Skin turns in a blister shit hurts when you touch it, but goes away after a few days. Nothing to cry about and I don't even use lotion, because I'm too manly.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:29 pm
by *BlackFox
Squirt wrote:Will this leave a scar, or are there ways of preventing the scar from happening
With proper treatment, this type of burn almost never leaves a scar. NEVER pop the blisters.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:49 pm
by poehalcho
Shadow wrote:poehalcho wrote:at 100+ degrees your own blood should start to boil and evaporate D:
poehalcho wrote:(<-- has no biology, is not familiar with stuff that keeps body temperature normal).
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:51 pm
by cpinney
lol Massachusetts
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:12 pm
by takolin
poehalcho wrote:at 100+ degrees your own blood should start to boil and evaporate D:
(<-- has no biology, is not familiar with stuff that keeps body temperature normal).
Sweating?
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:02 pm
by Pinoy_Archer
Smear the part of your hand with toothpaste... i'm f
ucking serious.... after a burn(like less than 5 mins), amazingly it stop swelling and discoloration, and that after burn thing that your skins lumps up and have water under them(fck
forgot the english term). but Seriously Toothpaste.
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:32 pm
by woutR
^ It's called a blister
Re: 2nd degree burn
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:19 pm
by Pinoy_Archer
woutR wrote:^ It's called a blister
I totally forgot... Google didnt help much, tnx mate
editing now.
Edit: nvm about edit. Its sounds kinda funny that way