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How to Treat a Chemical Burn from Hair Dye Toner
Dyeing your hair involves using many chemicals, most of which are very bad for your skin. Applied improperly, hair dye toner can cause burns that damage many layers of your skin, resulting in pain,...
View ArticleZinc Cream for Burns
Suffering a burn is a painful experience that should be treated quickly. Getting your burn treated quickly at an emergency room or doctor's office is crucial in the healing process. Zinc cream is a...
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Why Does Your Skin Turn Red When You Put Ice on It?
Ice can provide pain relief to sore muscles or burned skin, but it should never be applied directly to your skin. Your skin turns red when you put ice on it because ice is so cold it damages the skin.
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How do I Fade Scars From Chemical Burns?
Strong chemicals can cause burns on your skin that are similar to thermal burns. The chemicals can severely damage your skin, and healing takes time. Even after bandages are removed and any scabbing...
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How to Treat Muffler Burns
A hot muffler pipe from a motorcycle or other vehicle can burn skin. Burns are rated first degree, second degree or third degree depending on the level of tissue damage. Home treatment is often...
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How to Treat a Skin Burn From Cooking Oil
Skin burns are not uncommon, and many burns that occur at home begin in the kitchen. Hot cooking oil burns need to be treated differently than burns caused by electricity or chemicals.
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How to Relieve a Burn from Hydroquinone
Hydroquinone is a chemical commonly used in skin-lightening creams and treatments. It is no longer available over the counter in the U.S. in concentrations above 2 percent, because tests have shown it...
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How Long Does It Take to Heal a Second Degree Burn?
Second degree burns may take up to three weeks to heal depending on the location, size and depth. Proper care can shorten the time it takes to heal these burns, while infection can lengthen healing time.
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How to Treat a Propane Burn
If you've ever used a barbecue grill, you are probably somewhat familiar with propane, a heavy flammable gaseous alkane found in natural gas and crude petroleum. It is used in clothes dryers, water...
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How to Treat an Oven Burn
Burning yourself on an oven is a surprising and upsetting event. Your skin may be sore, swollen, red or tender to the touch. In some cases, blisters can form at the burn site. Treatment of oven burns...
View ArticleWhy Does Skin Turn White When it Gets Burned?
Burning causes damage to various layers of your skin, depending on the severity of the burn. Whiteness at the burn site may indicate a severe burn that requires medical treatment.
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How to Heal a Burn From a Welding Torch
Burns from a welding torch are painful and treatment should begin immediately to stop the burn and start the healing process. Here are some steps to follow in case of a burn from a welding torch.
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Help With a Solder Iron Burn
Soldering is a process used to bond electrical connections in wiring and to create a strong bond between metal components. Soldering is done with an iron, resembling a pen, on which the tip reaches...
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Uses for Silver Sulfadiazine Cream
Use of Silver Sulfadiazine Cream may be the difference between a burn that heals perfectly and one that gets severely infected. This cream is used in most second- and third-degree burn cases. Because...
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What Are the White Spots on Sunburned Skin?
White spots within a sunburn are commonly due to a yeast named tinea versicolor. The yeast lives in the pores of the skin.
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How to Cut Gel Caps
Gel caps are most commonly taken orally and the capsule dissolves in the stomach, eventually releasing the medication within. But sometimes you need to use the medication within the capsule to treat an...
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What is the Purpose of Compression Bandages on Burn Victims
Serious burns, such as third-degree burns, require special treatment at a hospital to minimize the risk of infection and to protect the patient from other potentially lethal complications. Compression...
View ArticleMuriatic Acid Burn Injury Treatment
Muriatic acid is another name for hydrochloric acid, which is a highly corrosive, poisonous liquid produced when hydrochloride, a gas, is mixed with water. It’s used in various manufacturing processes...
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Home Remedy for Hot Wax Burn
Hot wax has long been a favorite method of hair removal. While this procedure was once left to the cosmetology professionals, it is now performed regularly in many homes. Unfortunately, if the wax is...
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Home Remedy for an Ice Pack Burn on the Skin
When people speak of burns, they are generally talking about skin that has been damaged through exposure to heat. However, the term “burn” can also be applied to damage caused by cold, such as “freezer...
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