What to Know About Treating Burn Scars
by SandySkin burns in general cause a traumatic experience. This can lead to far graver problems as the scarring associated can be quite unsettling. Severe burns can cause the loss of tissue, muscle and even bone.
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to have experienced a third degree burn, it’s most likely you will require grafting to replace the lost skin. This also helps to accelerate the healing process of the wound.
No matter what degree of burn you have, there are some first aid treatment tips that can help you in dealing with these situations.
Handling First and Second Degree Skin Burns
Cool Burnt Area: Hold the burned area under cool not-cold running water for ten to fifteen minutes or until finally the pain subsides. If the burned area cannot be placed under running water, then immerse the burned area in water instead. You can also apply cold compresses to cool the area.
Protect the Burned Area: Wrap the afflicted area using a sterile and clean gauze bandage; do not use fluffy cotton or any kind of fabric that produces lint. Keep the bandage loose enough so that it doesn’t put too much pressure on the wound. By maintaining it protected you are helping reduce the pain and keeping air off of the burn.
Decrease the Pain: You can use an OTC pain killer to help minimize the pain caused by a burn, however, if the pain is too severe, consult with a doctor about stronger medication.
For those who have third degree burns, then you should call for emergency medical assistance immediately. While you wait for help to arrive, make sure not to take away any burned clothing. And do not immerse your body in cold water or you may cause shock and hypothermia.
Begin CPR if the person isn’t breathing. Raise the burned parts above heart level and make sure that you use a cool, moist, sterile bandage to cover the burned area.
After the burn is treated, it is time to deal with the burn scars. Minor burns will usually result in some degree of discoloration but not scars. The discoloration usually subsides quickly.
After suffering from a severe burn it is highly likely that the person will develop scar tissue. Burn scar removal can be achieved using different types of treatment, although constrictive tissue is usually treated with grafts and surgery to release the skin.
Other scar removal options may also include laser therapy, excision, and compression therapy. Excision is most often used to treat smaller scars while laser therapy is used on all types of scar tissue. Compression therapy is also a good way of keeping the scar tissue pliable.
All of these methods can be accompanied by the use of scar creams. When choosing the right scar cream you should make sure that it contains special ingredients that can help dissolve damaged tissue and boost the production of collagen. Scar creams can also be used by themselves on minor scars.
Skin burns aren’t easy to treat and can oftentimes lead to extensive scarring, however, BIOSKINEXFOL is a burn scar treatment cream that can help you deal with these problems in a gentle, progressive way. It contains a key natural ingredient – snail serum – which helps provide a gentle microdermabrasion for scars.
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