Today, while cooking, I managed to burn my finger. I quickly turned the tap on and ran my finger under cold water, but apparently someone had just used the hot tap, because boiling water flooded out onto my nicely scalded finger. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was cleaning a pan. I turned the water on, and it was super hot. My reaction was to slam my hand down. On a knife. So, not only do I have a burned hand, but there's also a huge cut on it from the knife. FML
Today, I got burned, all because the toaster scared me while I was holding a pot of boiling water. FML
Today, I managed to spill piping hot oil all over my kitchen floor, thinking it was too hot to clean right then and there I left it for a few hours to cool. I forgot about it, and slipped over in it bashing my head into my cupboard handle. FML
Today, I burnt my finger making pancakes for my kid. After hopping around and running the blister under cold water, I went back to finish making the pancakes and burned the same finger right on top of the new blister. An hour later it burst and the flesh is a funny colour underneath. FML
Today, as I was trying to remove my lunch from the hot oven tray, my finger brushed against the metal for a moment, and I instinctively put it in my mouth. I burnt my tongue, on my finger. I didn't realize that was possible. FML
Today, I spilt a very hot cup of tea all over a burn I got yesterday from spilling a very hot cup of tea. FML
Today, I was cooking. I leaned over the stove to preheat the oven, and burned my nipple on a pot of boiling water. I also have a teething son who is breastfeeding. FML
Today, while grabbing a husk of corn out of the boiling hot pot, I splashed hot water on my neck, dropped the corn on my injured toe, and cut myself on the counters, all while my family laughed at my pain. FML
Today, I burned myself while cooking, so I asked my mom to get the burn cream while I waited in the kitchen. While I was waiting, I absentmindedly set my hand on the hot stove, earning myself a second burn. FML
Today, I was pouring boiling water into a cup, and I accidentally spilled it all over my hand. My mother responded by slapping me for getting water everywhere. My hand is scorched red, but thanks, I love you too, mother. FML
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Top comments
Faatz 4
Burn baby burn!
gingerfly91 1
Ahem, scalded* Yes, I did just become one of those people.
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Comments (123)
faithith01 1
Cold water is bad for a burn anyhow. It causes the skin to freeze, creating frostbite.
klovely22 13
There are some people who need to take some burn safety classes or google it. Immediately! It's warm water people.
jesustitts 20
Yay! Smart!
KiddNYC1O 22
I always run the cold water for a few seconds after running the hot water. I'm considerate =]
hateevryone 15
Why didn't you just put gauze on it? Or Vaseline or Neosporin?
jesustitts 20
That's a no no! Unless you loosely wrap the gauze to keep the blister from popping or from getting dirt in it if it does pop. It is also just better to leave the burn alone because the pain subsides within a few minutes and putting anything on it may irritate it further. I recently burned my arm. It blistered (2nd degree burn) and the blister got torn open, ouch. I put some A&D on it and a loose bandaid and it was fine. But if you must do anything warm water is the way to go for any first-second degree burns.
LilliPage 17
I've always been told to put hot water on a burn because it helps do something to the heat of the burn. So, in a way, whoever used that hot water before you helped you out a bit.
nawnatalia 2
Ouch
Roxsteady 2
I've been told, and have done since to always run it under warm to hot water to help it since the nerves are already sensitive. So by running under cold water it will cause the damaged nerves to break and cause it to be worse.
amkaye 1
I wasn't aware boiling water can come out of a tap. The more you know.
ReflexEight 6
FYI, running cold water on any burnt part of yourself can actually make it a lot worse.
Krulin 8
Came here just to say that, use a bowl of water or a clean rag with ice. Running water just irritates the burn and can make it worse in the long run. Not a lot of people know this, surprisingly.
jesustitts 20
No, don't ever use ice in any way.
melrose90210 10
Never run a burn under cold water anyways, it just makes the blister worse