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[taimatsu]

I have burnt my arm. In fact it currently looks like a 1.5 inch straight-line brand. Ow.

I have the portable fan heater on in our bedroom, because it's cold. It usually points under the bed, to warm the whole room. I decided to prop it up on books to make it warm my arse through the bars at the foot of the bed instead. All well and good. Then it got a bit hot, so I put my arm down through the bars to remove a book and thereby take the heat off my bottom. Mistake - I caught my arm on the bars and discovered that the heater warms them up really efficiently when it's on MAXIMUM at leass than a foot away. Branding ahoy.

I go sit in bathroom now, with cold water.

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[claire-smith.livejournal.com]

OW.

When you're done with the cold water, you can use lavender and/or tea tree oils (if you have any) directly on the burn, to heal, prevent infection and lessen scarring.

I used to burn myself quite often when I was steaming dresses at the wedding shop (metal-headed steamers are hot for a long time after you've switched them off!), so I can safely say that this works!

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

I once managed to brand myself in a rather fetching griddle pattern on the gas heaters at a previous house.

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

Owwwwwwwwwwwww! *huggles*

[bellabrigida.livejournal.com]

I have one of those! From baking.

Apparently, when you burn your skin enough you can do so much damage that you don't even notice that it's burning until you *smell* it.

Mmmm.

Just take good care of it. Keep it clean and when it scabs up, put neosporin on it. Shit. You people don't have that except as a prescription. Well. See if you can get one.

*hugs* Take care.

[taimatsu]

It's not actually *that* bad. It took a long while to stop stinging, but it has now, and the edness has mostly gone - the three little lines are raised and outlined in red, and are sore when touched, but otherwise all is well.