Hello all! Just wanted to say, when my injury occurred last winter, I didn't see a way forward to ever feeling happy again. I still wouldn't say I'm happy or completely comfortable, but I'm working on it & I can look in the mirror and accept reality. I just took these pictures, & couldn't believe the progress from when this first started. I'm not where I want to be, but I'm on the way🫶🏾
I spent so long hiding myself even with visible scars including on my face but in fact i realized after therapy that I was just hiding it from me. People always can notice. What doesn’t mean they care.
I like that quote ‘when we hide something in fact, we are just hiding that from ourselves, not from others’.
I started to show myself more and I noticed no one even cared. When I was spending years without showing my legs at the gym but then I started going with shorts and even very short ones because it’s so warm all the time. People don’t even noticed. They didn’t start looking more or less. It’s always so strange to me
i had second degree burns on about 20% of my body from a fire and i am also broke and need sunscreen recommendations that actually work well but also don’t break the bank. any suggestions? dr says i have to wear sunscreen every day all day basically to avoid further permanent scarring, and i didn’t realize how quick i would go through it 🙃 sunny days ahead and i need to stock up. any suggestions are appreciated! or suggestions of clothing items/ hats that help with avoiding UV! my burns were on my face , arms , and chest, so a non pore clogging one for face would be awesome too.
does anyone else get things like this on their grafts? i get spots almost like blackheads but different. they reappear again it’s not a one-off, but only on some of my grafts while others never have any at all. and some of them form like a piercing through the graft skin, with two holes so when i remove them i’ve got what i call ‘skin viaducts’. some really really tiny, but others like the first photo from today, i can stick a pen nib through. it’s not that the skin’s opened up again, they’re closed up still afaik. does anyone know what it is?
edit: i googled the definition of a viaduct lol and i guess i mean ‘skin bridges’ but still
Hi all,
I’ve been using isotoners for the last 6 months or so but they always fall apart.
Have any of you used Jobst Bella Strong 20-mmHg compression glows or Juzo Expert Gloves 30-40 mmHg compression gloves (or any other brands)?
I’m waiting to hear back from my OT’s thoughts too.
Thanks!
Hello! Was just wondering if anyone has tried self tanner on your burn sites with a matured graft (I’m 4 years post recovery) If so, would anyone mind showing their results? Going to the beach in a couple days and I’m really big about keeping it covered in day to day life, but am really not wanting the tan lines in pictures.
Boiling water burn that happened 6 months and 13 days ago . Last photo is from today . Wondering if I will need laser for brown to go away
Hello all, a week ago I was doing something stupid while cooking and splashed exceptionally hot oil on my arm. I felt very little pain and the burned skin looked like my skin color so I thought it wasn’t too bad. Then my skin started to peel of so I went to the ER. They almost immediately admitted me to the burn unit where I had to scrub the skin off my burn in the shower, still very little pain. The next day they bandaged my arm and sent me home with an appointment for 2 days later.
Those 2 days of waiting weren’t too bad as far as discomfort. I got lucky in that the oil did not hit my hand or elbow. At the appointment they checked out the burn sight and said it was a mixed thickness burn with 2/3 of it being deep second degree and 1/3 being third degree. The PA decided to not go the surgical route. Instead the treatment plan is Santyl, a debriding ointment, scrubbing in the shower, and daily dressing changes.
This has been very painful. I think the debriding agent plus the scrubbing has exposed tissue that can feel pain now. As the days have gone on the pain and bleeding has gotten much worse, which is bittersweet because I guess it means that the treatment is working but it also fucking hurts.
I know my situation is pretty good, but I just feel so disheartened about the whole thing. From what I’ve read the grafting would have lead to faster healing and better long term outcomes. I wanted to see if anyone else’s doctors decided to avoid grafting for mixed thickness burns. What was your healing process like?
First picture is before they had me scrub it, second picture is from the appointment, third is after 3 days of at home debriding, fourth is from today.
I just wanted to share that my gloves finally came in this past Friday. They want me to wear them 23 hours per day, but even the amount I've been wearing them has made a difference already. I can feel the difference in my forearm skin graft (it's starting to feel like skin!!), & the nerve pain in my palms has decreased.
Just wanted to share a small win for me🙂 I'm smiling a bit more these days, & for that I'm grateful because there were months where I couldn't fathom enjoying life at all again. I even got my nails done☺️ I'm wishing everyone is having a great day today & a reason to smile😄