I caught on fire a little over a year ago in a welding accident in school my right side was covered in second and third degree burns my hand was destroyed and so was I lol I started my own little landscaping side gig and my skin is like rubbing off it’s like 27 degrees Celsius out any advice?
(English isn’t my first language so i’ve translated something i wrote in my language into english using ChatGPT)
I met a girl not that long ago and we really hit it off. Nothing official or super serious since we hadn’t known each other for very long, but we had a really good connection. We laughed a lot, talked a lot, slept over at each other’s places, held hands etc. She really charmed me in a way that basically never happens for me.
Then completely out of nowhere she was badly injured in an accident involving a fire.
I don’t wanna give too many details because it’s not my story to share and there’s always the small chance someone could recognize it, but I ended up witnessing some of the immediate aftermath and it completely fucked with my head. One moment I was excited to see this girl again and thinking about where this thing between us might go, and shortly afterwards I didn’t even know if she was okay.
Since we’d only recently met, I also wasn’t really part of her “inner circle” yet. I didn’t know her family and barely knew her friends, so for the first few days I basically knew nothing.
Eventually I found out that she had partial thickness burns, including some deeper areas, also on her face and had been treated at the hospital. She’s home now and recovering, but there’s still been some uncertainty about the healing and whether she’ll need more treatment.
We’ve had some contact since then. Early on I asked if I could come see her before we went our separate ways, but she didn’t want me to see her in her current state, which I completely understand. She has said she’d like to see me again once we’re both back in the same city and she’s always been really sweet/positive whenever we’ve texted.
But contact has gotten pretty sparse. Sometimes she takes a couple of days to answer.
I tend to overthink SMS even under completely normal circumstances, so imagine early dating uncertainty combined with this situation and that’s basically where my brain has been.
The thing is that I genuinely want to know how she’s doing, it’s not just about wanting attention from her. I care about her and this whole thing was horrible to see happen to someone I’d started really liking. But I also don’t want my concern to turn into another thing she has to deal with.
I’ve read some posts here from burn survivors saying they were bombarded with messages after their accident and that even though they knew everyone meant well, eventually they just didn’t have the energy to keep answering people or giving updates. That made me wonder if I’m misunderstanding the whole thing by looking at it from my perspective.
It’s been roughly a couple of weeks now, so I mainly wanted to ask people here who have actually been through burns.
I’ve basically checked in every few days and sometimes made jokes/talked about unrelated things if we had a little conversation. Would you have appreciated an occasional low-pressure message even if you didn’t answer for days, or would you rather that person backed off completely and waited for you to reach out? And would a phone call have been nice, or just another thing you had to find energy for?
I’m not really asking anyone to tell me whether she still likes me or interpret her response times because obviously nobody here can know that. I’m mainly trying to understand what the first few weeks after something like this can actually feel like from the other side.
It also sounds like i made this all about me but ive spent days just crying about her cause i feel so bad. She is so nice and warm and its such a tragedy. Its not fair.
(Sorry for the ChatGPT translation, i know AI slop can be quite awful to read but it got to complicated to write in english for me.)
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Hello, I received a 2nd degree burn from a motorcycle engine on Friday while on vacation in Vietnam (Hue, specifically). I’m not scheduled to return to US until August 30 but I’m anxious about the quality of care I’m getting here.
I was burned Friday afternoon. Urgent care was closed for lunch so I went to a pharmacy to get saline solution + silver cream. Should’ve gone to ER but I kept telling myself it wasn’t that bad. My wound wasn’t properly dressed until Sunday morning; the doctors are doing a cold plasma treatment, in addition to cleaning + dressing it. I’m also on antibiotics (cefprozil), which I was told is mandatory, and painkillers.
I’m worried because I’m used to American standards of care (clear explanations of what they’re prescribing me; healing timelines; consistent care team). I feel pretty left in the dark here although I trust they know what they’re doing, as burns are quite common here. I haven’t been given any advice on what to expect, what to do/avoid, how to heal faster, etc. Basically looking for advice and moral support.
Thanks y’all. Will post pictures in the comments because I dislike gore :(
I had full thickness burns on my left arm, shoulder, neck and face and had skin graft surgery on 6/17. I got my custom compression top (it’s a vest with one full sleeve) last week and now have constant blisters on my elbow. Will this eventually resolve when my arm gets used to the compression sleeve? Should I try covering it with something? Also, does anyone have experience with a mask that covers their face and neck? I’m experimenting with foam and silicone but no matter what I do it feels scratchy against my neck.
I had pretty bad 3rd degree burns and i had to have a skin graft i had surgery on the 8 of july and this how my hand is currently looking. What do yall think ?
A nice before and after
Reddit filters keep removing my post as soon as it hits the sub, so i'm going to try one more time with even less pictures and see if it goes through. If not, I give up.
Warning the pictures will get increasingly graphic. If you cant handle it then stop at the first one. Reddit filters removed my post last night before it ever hit the sub, so I'll try with less pictures.
So I'm the a-hole that did something really stupid and got really bad frostbite burn. Initially diagnosed as 2nd degree. But then later diagnosed as 3rd degree. And because there are no limits to my stupidity and arrogance, I delayed surgery for a week and had an infection nearly go septic because I thought a surgeon was overreacting when he said I needed to be admitted... until exactly what he predicted ended up happening and I realized my error.
I've had 1 surgery where they cut 1 inch deep (2.54 centimeters). Then I had another surgery where they cut even more (not sure how much) and they applied some sort of temporary skin graft. I got a 3rd surgery in just about a week for a final skin graft.
But be honest: I'm always going to have gaping holes in my legs, right? I've been taking Norcos, Percocets, Oxycodone and Dilaudid in a hospital setting and at first the meds were so strong I wasnt actually sure I was going to be ok after they were administered. But scratch to a week later and now I'm so tolerant I barely feel anything at all when they administer the meds, they don't make me drowsy anymore, and they dont help the pain much.
I dont even know why I'm making another post. But I just kind of wanted to share and see if anybody has an injury of similar scope and can tell me what I'm realistically looking at down the line in terms of both pain and appearance.
This is day 19 since the burn.
I got second degree burns from hot oil about a month ago and have kept my hand wrapped since. I’m thankful that it’s healed pretty well without infection, but I’d like some advice on dealing with a rash. I’m not sure if it’s from bacitracin or possibly keeping it covered/wrapped for too long? I was using bacitracin at the recommendation of urgent care, but switched to Vaseline after 3 weeks when I noticed a little itchiness. Now it’s been 4 weeks and the itchiness has gotten worse and looks like a rash. Should I continue to bandage and wrap it or would airing it out help at this point? Any other advice welcome too
Pic 1 is a day or two after initial burn, pic 2 is today.
My daughter is 3 years old. About a year ago, when she was 2, she suffered a second degree deep burn (that's what they told us at the hospital in France) and had a skin graft. She has recovered well overall, but the scar has remained very thick, raised and hard, and it seems to be a hypertrophic scar.
We have been using silicone products for quite some time, but unfortunately we haven't seen much improvement. The scar is still very raised and quite prominent.
I would really appreciate hearing from other parents of young children who have gone through something similar.
What treatments actually helped your child's scar? Has anyone had experience with steroid injections (such as Kenalog/triamcinolone) for a child's hypertrophic burn scar? What about laser treatment or other treatments?
I'm especially interested in hearing what worked after silicone treatment didn't make much difference, and whether the scar continued to improve naturally over the following years.
I'd be very grateful for any personal experiences, especially from parents of children who had skin grafts after burns. ❤️
Ive been seeing this girl for about a month here at this seasonal job i’m working at. She is also a seasonal worker and we both live in the same city normally.
We match really well, she’s super cute and warm and we have had some super good moments together. We’ve seen eachother about 3 times per week for the past month.
Last Tuesday i went to her restaurant and we talked a little and said we would do something on Wednesday. Fast forward to Wednesday and someone tells me there’s been an explosion at her restaurant so i go there as fast i can and arrive to a scene of firemen, people crying and the girl i’m seeing being put into a ambulance helicopter.
I called the hospital and made them write a little note from me to her, i’ve been over at her summerhouse and left flowers and a note and i passed by yesterday to try and maybe say hello to her, talk to her parents and i also brought another flower.
Her parents were very nice and talked with me for 20 minutes even though they don’t know me at all. She said she was gonna go get the girl so that i can say hello but she didn’t want to be seen which broke my heart.
We had made plans to maybe travel back home together, which is tomorrow, but obviously she won’t be able to do that anymore and i’m leaving alone.
It’s been a tough few days.
She has mostly superficial 2nd degree burns but also some deeper. The burns are on her face and both her arms and hands. She is currently bandaged on both her arms and can’t use her hands at all.
I’m leaving tomorrow and i really want to see her and say hello and goodbye. I don’t care how she looks.
How can i help her? In the future as well if we start seeing eachother more. Right now she’s with her parents so there’s not much i can do but i’m curious if there’s special things i can think about with a recent burn victim. Things to do or not do.
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Tell me your experience with your scars start with how long you’ve had the scars and how your life has changed throughout your experience good or bad
Who I am…
I became a survivor at 16 and am 24 now 73% of my body 3rd degree 12 months Chicago hospitals 50+ surgeries I think. Lots of psychological troubles in the beginning, insecurities, self hatred, anxiety, addictions, luckily I had depressed friends around me so I had family, made a decision decision when I was 18 I wouldn’t have a normal job to be a normal person and just have scars so I started online business to stay away from the world then I started learning to speak better and I had no guidance so I turned to sales and didn’t do college, then I started a door to door sales company and started hiring recruiting and training new sales people. I think I became so lost in my mind from my appearance I had a choice either end my life or find a way to control my thoughts so I became super conscious of my thoughts my friends call it perspicacious. Then I began becoming consistent on my thoughts and actions and became a leader for my family and my company. I now can say I rarely feel self conscious in negative ways. The only thing is I know I am limited in my hand range and have a feeling my scars are getting tighter the older I become so I’m in a rush to enjoy my life it’s a haunting feeling but other than that I manage because I found a purpose and reason to.
