I was at a bonfire the other day and got too close to the fire. I basically fell in but caught myself on the logs which were basically just huge embers. The skin on the palm and six of my fingers have third degree burns on them. The skin on three of my fingers is very white and hard almost. The skin on the others are not as bad and the burns themselves are softer. The burn on my right palm looks like a blister about the size of a quarter. None of the burns are broken right now. I'm thinking about popping them all but am not sure yet. Surprisingly painless however.

I spilled boiling oil on the top of my foot. It is the size of a deck of cards. Surprisingly it doesn't hurt, although now almost 3 weeks later and much triple antibiotic cream, it is starting to itch on the edges. I keep it covered as it is ugly and weepy. I find the skin is very tight over it and was white but now is flaking off and looking angry red. Not certain if 2nd or third, sounds like third almost.

2 years ago at work, I knocked over a boiling cup of tea, the water went between the tongue of my safety boots and my trousers, resulting in the tongue actually welding itself to my leg. I managed to separate the skin from my boots and treated the lower part of my shin with lots of cold water, followed by lavender oil to re-hydrate the area. I went to the hospital who dressed the wound and two weeks later I went to the doctors who gave me a surgical sock to put on and some cream to rub in, after about a year I went to see my doctor because the horrific scar was still itching and my foot is still swollen. My doctor said that this was because I was overweight. I know I am overweight, but that does not do anything to heal my scar which currently is a mixture of dark brown scabs, dark purple skin, and around 5 inch long by three wide, any ideas how to treat this please, other than just saying you are fat like all doctors seem to say, never mind the burn.

A week ago I had brain surgery. The NICU nurse was administering potassium through my IV. It burned my forearm. There are two spots, each about an inch large which are black. It has been almost two weeks. I'm not seeing any improvement after the black scab formed. They didn't tell me anything to do for this. The surgery was performed in another state. The wound is pinkish/red all around the scabbed areas.

I had my hair done a few months ago. The hairdresser used 40% peroxide with bleach and placed it directly on my scalp. I ended up getting a second degree burn all over my scalp with symptoms lasting about three weeks. The hair dresser told me that it was because my head was sensitive. I later found out that it is illegal to apply 40% peroxide to scalp. My head is now very sensitive and never was before.

In 2002 I was at a baby shower and suffered two seizures. I came home and took a nap. When I got up in the late afternoon, my kids were there alone watching me. My husband had taken my son golfing. I got up and started to fix my two daughters some fries. I suffered another seizure and the deep fryer fell on top of me. My girls yelled out the window for help, but nobody wanted to help. Then someone came into our apartment, tore off my clothes, wrapped me up in blankets, and called 911. I was taken to the hospital, and later flown to a larger burn center. I was told that I was lucky to be alive – I had 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns on the right ride of the body. I received a skin graft. Less than a year later, my husband passed away.

I had pork in a smoker and at the 10 hour interval opened the smoker to add water to the pan. The water pan adhered to the smoker and the hot water that laid on the electric element poured over my foot. After about 1 hour my foot had blisters that were about 2 inches in diameter and 2 inches high. After putting it in cold water and treating it with bacitracin and bandages, I've kept it from bacteria but it seems to keep getting infected. The blisters have broken and keep reappearing. This burn is so painful.