Reply #2: All I know is that third-degree is really bad, [View All]

which isn't much help, but my limited experience included grafts (not me, a friend who fell asleep smoking).

I scalded myself recently, and immediately slapped on a lot of a prescription cortisone ointment I got from my dermatologist friend - Topicort. It was amazing how quickly it took care of the pain, but the damn thing ended up peeling a few weeks later, and there's still a faint mark, so my advice for that is to put a cortisone ointment - even an over-the-counter one - on it as quickly as possible, and keep applying it.

Next time you see your doctor, get a scrip for Topicort - there's a generic - and keep it close at hand in the kitchen......................