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Cut up a raw potato wet it and hold it on the burn it will draw the heat out.

NEVER apply toothpaste to the burn. All it does is temporarily relieve the pain but in the long run, causes even worse scarring later on (traps heat, allowing burn to progress deeper) DO NOT use ice - it causes hypothermia to the burnt area Once burnt immediately run burnt area under cold water for few minutes to help prevent burn from progressing. Allow few minutes break before running under cold water again. Constantly apply moisturizer to keep burnt area well-hydrated. If blisters form, DO NOT pop them. Cover with absorbent non-stick pads (eg. MELOLIN) which allow burnt area to 'breathe'. This'll help cushion & protect the burnt area thus allowing it to properly heal. Blisters will subside/pop by themselves, so DO NOT TOUCH THEM! Crusts of dead skin will form over the layer of new skin. Again, DO NOT PEEL THEM or you could risk damaging the new skin underneath. The dead skin acts as a natural "protector" for the new skin below. PS: Don't forget to moisturize!!

Apply Mustard or vinegar to the burn, it immediately takes the heat away from the area and prevents you from blistering. I burned my whole hand one time and applied mustard, there was one area on my hand I missed and it got badly blistered and left me a noticeable scar..

My mom was a baker and whenever she got burned (no open wound present) they would cool it down with water, dry it, than apply a thick coat of clear nail polish (top coats don't work and actually any colored nail enamel polish would work,it's just that clear isn't as noticeable), it must be enamel polish. Once it dried, it sealed the burn and the pain was no more(its the air that makes it hurts)which in turn kept it from getting infected. Allow the polish to peel off itself, if it peels off before it's healed, reapply another coat. By sealing it with the nail polish, rarely was there ever any scaring, depending on the extent of the burn. When I was younger I burned my leg on the exhaust pipe on a moped, my mom applied clear nail polish and it healed and never scarred and it was a pretty large & blistering burn.

If you happen to burn yourself i.e: coffee pot or iron, lighter ect., immediately rub the area through your hair. This will immediately take the pain away and will cause the area NOT to blister. Amazing and I have used this method MANY times. Try it.

The theory is fire needs oxygen to burn. Bleach eats the oxygen. Without oxygen the burn is extinguished healing itself from the inside out. There should be no scaring & the stinging stops. You needs to keep the wounded area covered completely, for several minutes. Sounds crazy but it is true.

You will be surprised but try it forst before taking it to be wrong ..The first thing to be done is to apply a distant heat to the aprt for example if you have touched a hot iron just keep ur hand near teh ron to get the heat coming from it as same kind of forces neutralise each other ,or if u touche da frying pan just take the heat from the steam of food being cooked (for 1-2 minutes at intervals of few seconds) and see after few minutes u wont be able to make out if u were even burnt ..try before discarding...it works its a old cooks remedy..

webmd said not to use ice. but my girlfriend burnt her hand in the midst of a romantic gathering and siemen works wonders. and if it doesnt work it sure was fun trying.

I WAS TOLD THIS REMEDY BY A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINES WHICH WAS ALSO A CO-WOKER.I BURNED MY ARM AT WORK ONE DAY ON A COFFE URN AND HE QUICKLY SAID NO NO DON'T PUT WATER ON IT, HE SAID TO GO GET ONE EGG AND TAP A HOLE INTO ONE ENDAND LET THE WHITE OF IT COVER THE ENTIRE BURNT AREA,AND IT TOOK AWAY THE STING AND I HAVE NO SCAR TO THIS DAY.SO FOR ALL MY BURNING PROBLEMS SUCH AS GREASE SPLASHES,HOT IRONS,CURLING IRONS IT ALL WORKS.THANKS TO MY JAMAICAN FRIEND

the toothpaste remedy really works... very helpful, since i had no aloe vera on hand... just applied and burn already feels much better thanx to user who submitted this remedy