Burns from hot oil.

[TVR1]

I Seems I had a little mischief earlier this evening. I was cooking a roast and was distracted. I simply forgot that I'd already put the dish in the oven with duck fat. Pulling it out, I splashed myself. Hurt a bit and running under cold water cooled it. 2 hours of in and out of cold water and now all ok, other than a few blisters. It doesn't hurt now and no restriction of movement. Is there a property of duck oil that doesn't burn skin as much as olive oil? I've done both now and the olive was far worse.

I stuck it out and continued cooking though. Roast Potatoes and Parsnips were delicious.

Edited by TVR1 on Monday 29th December 23:30

[rasto]

I did something similar a couple of years ago when deep frying some fish, the fat spat back up out of the pan onto my hand. I ran it under cold water straight away and it seemed ok for that night. The next day however I had two huge blisters on my fingers so I went to the health centre and a nurse surgically 'burst' them and dressed the wounds. Made holding things tricky for a while and I haven't deep fried anything since Hope you have more luck than me.

[TVR1]

rasto said:

I did something similar a couple of years ago when deep frying some fish, the fat spat back up out of the pan onto my hand. I ran it under cold water straight away and it seemed ok for that night. The next day however I had two huge blisters on my fingers so I went to the health centre and a nurse surgically 'burst' them and dressed the wounds. Made holding things tricky for a while and I haven't deep fried anything since Hope you have more luck than me.

Many thanks. looks like I luckily missed splashing my finger pads. The blisters are coming along nicely now though!

[rasto]

That's much worse than mine got ! I think the reason the nurse burst mine was to stop scarring and it worked, are you going to get yours seen to ?

[TVR1]

rasto said:

That's much worse than mine got ! I think the reason the nurse burst mine was to stop scarring and it worked, are you going to get yours seen to ?

No need. Luckily, I was pulling the pan out with a cloth so didn't get the fat on my palms. I'm watching out for the burned patch on top of my hand though. It's not blistered and looks a bit dark and some weeping from my hair follicles in that area. Other than that, all good.

[jules_s]

I did similar with Olive oil a few years back

I would suggest you get it looked at and treated/cleaned properly. mine took ages to heal and ended up with a really deep scab

[Gareth79]

For future use, it's worth keeping some burns equipment at home, eg. Water-Jel is great at dissipating heat and hydrating the skin. You can get dressings or just squirt it on from a bottle:

http://www.ferno.co.uk/health-and-safety/waterjel-...

[TVR1]

jules_s said:

I did similar with Olive oil a few years back

I would suggest you get it looked at and treated/cleaned properly. mine took ages to heal and ended up with a really deep scab

I'm definately looking at it! the interesting thing is my skin pores that are weeping on the not too burned bit. Antiseptic cream applied and off to bed with a large glass of water.

[The_Doc]

With those burns, in that place, including your hand you should be looked after by a burns team. In practice this will mean the Plastics Dressings Clinic at your local hospital. But treatment/supervision is what you need.

[TVR1]

The_Doc said:

With those burns, in that place, including your hand you should be looked after by a burns team. In practice this will mean the Plastics Dressings Clinic at your local hospital. But treatment/supervision is what you need.

Very good advice.

(Hindsight)

I now understand that 24 hours is when you really know the damage. It stopped hurting last night. This is a bad thing. Pain is good as it means the nerves are still working. As im 'customer facing' and my white cells dribbling on the paperwork wouldnt look good; i popped into my Doctor this morning and then straight to dressing clinic. I'm at Chelsea and West in the morning. Burns unit. There are a couple of patches that may be a problem. Specifically the wrist that took the full cascade. Very thin skin there. Had i been thinking straight, i would've ilmed tge slicing of the skin sans anaesthetic (no pain) rarher thakn just pictures. Here we are though.....

[mph1977]

Gareth79 said:

For future use, it's worth keeping some burns equipment at home, eg. Water-Jel is great at dissipating heat and hydrating the skin. You can get dressings or just squirt it on from a bottle:

http://www.ferno.co.uk/health-and-safety/waterjel-...

expensive and only clinically indicated in limited circumstances.

not used in hospitals , limited use in ambulance and rescue work .

[mph1977]

The_Doc said:

With those burns, in that place, including your hand you should be looked after by a burns team. In practice this will mean the Plastics Dressings Clinic at your local hospital. But treatment/supervision is what you need.

it could certainyl do with being seen by plastics or a A+E doc with an interest in burns ( as some places don;t have plastics on site / in the trust)

[Mobile Chicane]

Nasty - hope you get better soon.