# burn remedies...need answer fast.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-remedies-need-answer-fast/682009>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 23, 2014, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-remedies-need-answer-fast/682009 "2014-02-23T07:52:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-remedies-need-answer-fast/682009/21 "2014-02-23T20:15:46Z")

</div>

> [@kambuckta](#):
>
> Yea, I just kept my hand in a bucket cold water for a few hours and whilst my hand is quite ‘tight’ today, the pain is virtually non-existent.
> 
> It’s a blooming miracle! 🙂

Cecil had a column about burns, ages ago (it might have even been the first book) and he said that putting butter on a burn is like frying it after roasting it. The oils retain heat and cause further damage. You want everything to get back to normal body temperature as fast as possible. Moisturize later.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-remedies-need-answer-fast/682009.md?page=1)