Ouch, burnt my arm

[jofeb04]

with my stupid hair staightners!!

Really painful, after 25minutes under cold water.

Anything else I should do?

Thanks

[beansprout]

Put some lavender oil on it.

[Whizzz]

keep it under the cold water as long as poss

here if bigger than a stamp, seek medical attention

[Whizzz]

Sorry but wouldnt recommend putting lavender oil on until well on the way to healing

[harleyd]

i wouldnt put anything on it, keeps the heat in surely? i burnt my neck with the straightners a few weeks ago, took days before it stopped hurting

[jofeb04]

Not using Lavander until the burning stops. (sorry beansprout). Going to try more water, see how it goes!! Looks like it is blistering

[CoteDAzur]

Hope you feel better now. If you have a small kid, the white nappy cream that smells funny is an excellent burn cream. It has fish oil and zinc in it.

[AttilaTheMeerkat]

I would seek medical attention for this burn - you do not know how deep it is.

Do not put any cream on it either - that rule applies to all burns.

[ellasmum1]

I burnt my arm badly on my steel kettle a few months back. It was agony all day, kept in ice cold water nearly an entire day. Once blistered I used the see through burn plasters, you can get these at the chemsist, to keep it clean and dry. I was told don't put anything on it at first, but once it was healing and very dry and skin cracking nurse told me to put vaseline on it. I preferred to put germolene on it, worked ok.
It has now healed great, took a few weeks.