While cooking spaghetti sauce for the homeless meal today, I was burned by a bubble escaping the boiling liquid. When I reached in to stir it, the bubble popped right under my thumb!
The ball of my thumb and the thumb to the last joint, was covered in a fraction of a second. The pain was consistent with a second degree burn, so I cleaned off the sauce under cold water. The cold water worked well on the pain as long as the hand stayed in this cold water!
Then I added my 'secret' herbal oil, to heal the burn. This is not an endorsement of this brand of laveder oil:
It comes premixed with a carrier oil so It can be used immediately, but it's easy to make your own. Simply add a small amount of the pure essential oil to a good quality carrier oil, that is liquid at room temperature. Essential oils should not be used full strength unless you are Sure that full strength will not harm you! Full strength, over a large area can cause an allergic reaction for future use;so just don't do it.
I keep an extra bottle in the kitchen by my stove, for just such an occasion. It stops the pain in seconds, and stops the blistering process. Of course there is a bottle in my first-aid kit! It usually only takes one application to stop the burning process.
It is also useful on sunburn:
Oddly enough, I had to use it underneath my watch; after I sunburned through the dual crystal on my unprotected wrist. That was a surprise for sure, LOL!
The primary area that would have blistered:
Picture was taken within an hour of being burned, taken after I delivered the food to the homeless feeding site. Notice no blisters, or even reddening of the skin in this primary burn area.
But I messed up and missed a small area on the edge of the burn:
I noticed it while we were serving, and a small blister had formed already. The heat from the food, inside the plastic glove; restarted the pain, so I turned over the task and washed my hand under cold water again. A second application of lavender oil, again stopped the pain, and began healing the blister. In about a day this blister was gone.
So add this to your first-aid kit, and keep on prepping!