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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Whats the best thing to use to help minimize scars from burns?
I'm covered in burns all over my hands and arms from work and they are starting to look really ugly :crying:

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Have the burns healed? Until then I wouldn't put anything on them.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    They haven't blistered, there not that bad but just red marks that will leave a mark.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Better protective clothing?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    aloe vera gel soothes it, then when its healed you could use vitamin e cream
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    piecesofme wrote: »
    Whats the best thing to use to help minimize scars from burns?
    I'm covered in burns all over my hands and arms from work and they are starting to look really ugly :crying:

    Skin will heal better when it is kept moist

    http://www.bio-oil-direct.co.uk/

    You'll also get less scaring if you have enough zinc in your system.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Big Gay wrote: »
    Better protective clothing?

    I do wear oven gloves when I can but for some things it's not possible. I work on a food to go department so when we are cooking the chickens we can't wear oven gloves to put them in the oven and to get them out :rolleyes:

    Thanks DG I'll try the bio oil :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sounds like a major health and safety issues if your work causes you to get burned

    Can't you use a glove like this?

    http://www.jmldirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=I5982&changecurrency=GBP
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DG wrote: »
    Sounds like a major health and safety issues if your work causes you to get burned

    Can't you use a glove like this?

    http://www.jmldirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=I5982&changecurrency=GBP


    Something like that would be good and we have asked but for now all they will give us is the mitten type gloves :( But they don't let us wear jumpers either which would help as we wouldn't burn our arms so much!
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