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Oct. 31st, 2005 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsRemember my post last night about the half-inch burn blister? Wasn't exaggerating.
Last night, I burned myself on steam. Despite lots of cold water and aloe gel fresh from the plant, the burn soon was raising a gigantic blister just above the cuticle of my thumb. The blister got so big and so stiff that I thought about pinholing it to release the pressure. In retrospect I wish I'd done so, because a controlled release would have been better than dealing with it when it burst this morning.
Since the "advanced healing" bandaids I'm so fond of essentially mimic a blister, I slapped one on instead and have gone about my business.
All day long, I've watched the cushion part of the bandaid swell to slightly beyond the original outlines of the blister. Occasionally there's a little bit of moisture that channels through to the outer edge of the bandaid.
At this point, do I:
1) Leave everything resolutely alone for a couple of days with this bandaid and let it stew in its own juices?
2) Remove the bandaid (which may cause its own small amount of damage), clean up whatever's under there, put on some disinfectant, and put a new bandaid on?
3) Remove the bandaid and let it drain on its own for an hour or so, then put on a new bandaid? (Won't that be charming while handing out candy to the kiddies!)
Aside from the blister, things don't seem to be too bad. The rest of the burn area isn't even reddish; I can tell there's some damage from the sensitivity of the skin, but it's not even as bad as a sunburn. Except for that blister.
Bleh. Friction blisters I know how to deal with; burn blisters are new and unpleasant.
Last night, I burned myself on steam. Despite lots of cold water and aloe gel fresh from the plant, the burn soon was raising a gigantic blister just above the cuticle of my thumb. The blister got so big and so stiff that I thought about pinholing it to release the pressure. In retrospect I wish I'd done so, because a controlled release would have been better than dealing with it when it burst this morning.
Since the "advanced healing" bandaids I'm so fond of essentially mimic a blister, I slapped one on instead and have gone about my business.
All day long, I've watched the cushion part of the bandaid swell to slightly beyond the original outlines of the blister. Occasionally there's a little bit of moisture that channels through to the outer edge of the bandaid.
At this point, do I:
1) Leave everything resolutely alone for a couple of days with this bandaid and let it stew in its own juices?
2) Remove the bandaid (which may cause its own small amount of damage), clean up whatever's under there, put on some disinfectant, and put a new bandaid on?
3) Remove the bandaid and let it drain on its own for an hour or so, then put on a new bandaid? (Won't that be charming while handing out candy to the kiddies!)
Aside from the blister, things don't seem to be too bad. The rest of the burn area isn't even reddish; I can tell there's some damage from the sensitivity of the skin, but it's not even as bad as a sunburn. Except for that blister.
Bleh. Friction blisters I know how to deal with; burn blisters are new and unpleasant.
