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Burns in the Kitchen

Last night as I was cooking up some delicious fried chicken.. I was using a fork (will never do that again) to transfer a piece of breaded chicken to some hot oil. When.. PLOP! the chicken fell off the fork and splashed hot oil all over my hand. Now, anyone that has ever experienced an oil burn can relate... it effing sucks.
I immediately put my hand under cool water and started trying to wash the oil off. Blisters didn't form immediately, but about 15 minutes after I saw how bad the burn was. Now granted, this was a 2nd degree burn.. so it could have been worse, thank god it wasn't.
The pain was so bad that if I had my hand out of cold water or an ice pack for more than 10 minutes I felt shooting pain all the way up my arm. Now before you all think I am a huge baby, I am normally very pain tolerant. I have honestly never felt anything like an oil burn before.. and I can assure you.. I will never fry chicken without tongs again.



So, being the socialite that I am, I posted a picture of my epic burnt hand on Facebook. One of my friends, who is very into essential oils, told me to put some Lavender Oil on it. I have heard about people putting Lavender Oil on burns before but had never tried it. Luckily I had some from a ways back when I used it to help my son get to sleep at night. Well, I thought it was worth a shot and I put the Lavender Oil on my hand where I had gotten burned. It stung at first but then there was some temporary relief.
I was feeling doubtful that it was working because through the entire night if I didn't have an ice pack on my hand it felt like it was melting off. Needless to say.. I got very little sleep last night. Not only because of my hand, but because my 3 month old (3 months today!!!) kept on waking up to get fed, and my 2 year old thought it would be a great idea to wake up at 4:00 in the morning. So, eventually my amazing husband took my son off my hands and I was able to get about 2 maybe 3 hours of sleep.

My burnt hand last night before I went to bed. And the picture doesn't do it justice.. the flash washed out a lot of the red.. it looked much more lobstery. 

My hand this morning when i woke up!


When I woke up, to my surprise.. I could bend my fingers! and I could have the ice pack off of it without the feeling of burning evil on my hand. When I came into my living room I looked at it and saw how much of the redness had gone away, and it was amazing. I think the only thing that looked a little worse was the main blister, it was just slightly bigger.
So much of the pain is gone out of my hand, to say the least it is making me a happy camper today. Because last night I could hardly change a diaper without tears welling up in my eyes. I would highly highly suggest getting some Lavender Oil and keeping it in your kitchen or even just in your first aid kit. It works miracles on burns!

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