In your medicine cabinet, you can not miss a cream to treat
burns. These are the best you will find in the pharmacy.
It is always advisable to have a cream in the home medicine
cabinet to treat burns. Anyone can have oversight in the kitchen or with the
iron and having the best burn cream from the pharmacy can help you reduce
discomfort and prevent further damage.
We are talking, of course, of superficial first or second-degree burns. If the injuries are major, you should go as quickly as possible
to a hospital to assess the damage and prescribe the most appropriate treatment
in order to avoid infections and ensure adequate healing.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET BURNED?
The most important thing when you suffer a burn is
–according to Blanca Díaz Ley, a dermatologist at Felicidad Carrera– to lower the local temperature quickly. Go to
the tap or a cold source as quickly as possible. Even if you separate yourself
from the energy source, the heat remains on our skin and aggravates the damage
produced. If it is a burn caused by the cold, you should raise the temperature.
Later, once the temperature has stabilized, you can apply a topical
corticosteroid and keep the wound clean. One of the biggest problems with burns
is getting infected.
WHAT TO AVOID IF YOU SUFFER A BURN
•Do not remove the blisters. You should never remove the
roof of the blister. You can prick it to empty the fluid, but the roof of the
blister serves as a natural dressing, prevents infection, and promotes
re-epithelialization (healing).
•Do not expose the burn to the sun. Radiation and heat could
worsen the state of the burn. Cover it with a special burn dressing if you have
to go outside. This will also avoid friction that can damage or infect the
area.
•Forget about grandma's remedies. Surely you have heard a
lot of "home tricks" for burns: apply salt, toothpaste, butter, or oil
... Forget about them. It is best to keep the twisted clean and, if necessary,
apply a topical antibiotic and/or a corticosteroid, but nothing else. The rest
of the remedies can favor the infection of the wound.
WHAT CREAM IS GOOD FOR BURNS? WHAT INGREDIENTS SHOULD IT
CONTAIN?
Corticosteroids, which reduce inflammation and are very
useful in the initial phase, and antibiotics, to reduce the risk of infection,
are usually used to treat burns.
In burns first and second degree that are surface can be
applied hyaluronic acid to maintain hydration, water thermal (painkiller),
copper sulfate and zinc sulfate, gluconate of copper and zinc, manganese (all
antibacterials), silver sulfadiazine, panthenol, and Gotu kola, calendula
(calming), or niacinamide.
If it is about already healed burns, ingredients such as
silicone (moisturizes, softens, calms, and soothes), vitamin E (softens,
cleanses, and helps to heal), hyaluronic acid (improves skin texture and blurs
scars), epidermal growth factors, and peptides, phytosterols (all of which
accelerate recovery from injury), Gotu kola (healing), panthenol
(regenerating), shea butter (cell repairing),
rosehip (emollient and moisturizing),
etc. After a few weeks of healing, we can start applying retinol (stimulates
cell renewal accelerating healing, and eliminating sequelae) to recover the
skin.
There are also specific patches for scars that can improve
the consequences that burns may have left.
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