burns!

[louder]

how about you just man up bethie?

[beth]

You should never pop a blister, unless it's done so by a health care professional. The risk of infection from breaking a blister is very high. If I was you I wouldn't put any type of lotion on the burn unless it's just a coolant (such as water or a specialist burn treatment gel). Correct me if i'm wrong but vaseline is a oil based product, oil based lotions do not ease painful burns, for obvious reasons!

Since you said the blister has been burst, then the burn does need to be dressed. The best way of doing this is exactly what Catzsy said in her above post.

You say it blistered however it's also painful, so i'm going to guess its a partial thickness burn and since the blister has burst, I strongly recommend you get it seen to at a minor injuries unit, especially it being on your hand.

Also for future reference, if you get a burn keep it under cold running water for a minimum of 10 minutes. This helps stop the burn as believe it or not a burn will keep burning you until around 48 hours after the incident!

thanks so much for this, it's basically degenerating because of work making me wear a plaster on it, and it being peeled everytime the plaster has to come off etc.
my mom's gonna get me some burns gel and pad or something for it tomorrow from boots.

[flatface]

thanks so much for this, it's basically degenerating because of work making me wear a plaster on it, and it being peeled everytime the plaster has to come off etc.
my mom's gonna get me some burns gel and pad or something for it tomorrow from boots.

Thats really bad for work to tell you to do that, shame really because if your work place did follow first aid procedures your burn would probably be a lot better by now!

[beth]

Thats really bad for work to tell you to do that, shame really because if your work place did follow first aid procedures your burn would probably be a lot better by now!

mcdonalds are heroes at health and safety

[Catzsy]

thanks so much for this, it's basically degenerating because of work making me wear a plaster on it, and it being peeled everytime the plaster has to come off etc.
my mom's gonna get me some burns gel and pad or something for it tomorrow from boots.

Might be worth taking Josh's (flatface) advice and having it checked as he has undertaken paramedic training.