# Please tell me why microwave ovens are not bad!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-microwave-ovens-are-not-bad/215998>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-microwave-ovens-are-not-bad/215998 "2003-11-30T00:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-microwave-ovens-are-not-bad/215998/21 "2003-12-01T14:43:48Z")

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Dunno where they got _that_ from. RF burns certainly heal, but they can also scar, just like any other bad burn can. Because of the nature of RF, the burns can be deeper than other types and may take longer to heal fully, if that’s what they meant.  
-KB2YYR, victim of a few RF burns himself.

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