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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 22:31:15 GMT -5 I tried removing the extra icy hot, then applying olive oil to my skin and it still hasn't gone away. What else should I do?  | | Back to Top | | sonrisa Elder  Posts: 21,923 Likes: 29,180 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:34:51 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by sonrisa on Nov 2, 2012 22:34:51 GMT -5 You have a chemical burn from icy hot? I'd either call poison control or the ER (depending on the severity). Generally "flush with water" is the standard practice for most chemical exposure. If it is pretty mild I'd probably do that and then treat with first aid antibiotic ointment for burns (neosporin or something).Why did you put olive oil on? Is that recommended on the packaging? | | Back to Top Last Edit: Nov 2, 2012 22:38:44 GMT -5 by sonrisa | | | Deleted Posts: 0 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:37:31 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 22:37:31 GMT -5 My mom told me to try olive oil, sonrisa. Its bearable for the time being. Its not hot to the touch it just burns, worse than normal. | | Back to Top | | | sonrisa Elder Posts: 21,923 Likes: 29,180 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:38:28 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by sonrisa on Nov 2, 2012 22:38:28 GMT -5 Nov 2, 2012 22:37:31 GMT -5 skippingstones said:My mom told me to try olive oil, sonrisa. Its bearable for the time being. Its not hot to the touch it just burns, worse than normal.Ah, that sounds like an old wives tale type fix :-) | | Back to Top | | Jalapeñomel Platinum   Posts: 60,367 Likes: 58,464  | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:38:58 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by Jalapeñomel on Nov 2, 2012 22:38:58 GMT -5 Do you have aloe? Maybe try that. | Back to Top  | | | Deleted Posts: 0 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:40:57 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 22:40:57 GMT -5 I'll try aloe in the morning if it still burns. And if it doesn't go away by tomorrow I'll go to urgent care after workand sonrisa, it burned so bad earlier I just needed something. | | Back to Top | | studytime45 Full Member  Posts: 3,884 Likes: 3,670 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:42:35 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by studytime45 on Nov 2, 2012 22:42:35 GMT -5 I thought olive oil on burns was bad for them because the oil traps the heat in? This could just be for regular heat burns though, and not chemical ones. | | Back to Top | | | sonrisa Elder Posts: 21,923 Likes: 29,180 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:43:39 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by sonrisa on Nov 2, 2012 22:43:39 GMT -5 I'm serous about flushing it and adding neosporin. Flushing should get rid of any chemicals so the problem doesn't get worse. Once you've done that and covered it with a bandaid, an ice pack might help numb the sting. (The "butter on a burn" old wives tale won't help it heal.) | | Back to Top Last Edit: Nov 2, 2012 22:45:02 GMT -5 by sonrisa | | MWOS Elder  Posts: 12,975 Likes: 31,525    | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:48:25 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by MWOS on Nov 2, 2012 22:48:25 GMT -5 If you spilled chemicals on yourself in my lab, I would strip you naked and stick you under the shower for 15 minutes.You can try that in your own bathroom, but it might not be as fun without me watching | Back to Top   | | | Deleted Posts: 0 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:56:51 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Quote - Select Post
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 22:56:51 GMT -5 Nov 2, 2012 22:48:25 GMT -5 MWOS said:If you spilled chemicals on yourself in my lab, I would strip you naked and stick you under the shower for 15 minutes.You can try that in your own bathroom, but it might not be as fun without me watchingI just did that and it went away. It would be better with you here. Ayooo | | Back to Top | | | MWOS Elder Posts: 12,975 Likes: 31,525 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 22:58:52 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by MWOS on Nov 2, 2012 22:58:52 GMT -5 I was there in spirit | | Back to Top | | ErinExpat Senior Member  Posts: 5,028 Likes: 2,407  | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 2, 2012 23:28:45 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by ErinExpat on Nov 2, 2012 23:28:45 GMT -5 This reminds me of the Kelle Hampton essential oil story. The difference here is, she should have known better.I'm sorry you had a burn from IcyHot. Do you have sensitive skin?I just returned from an essential oil party tonight with my friends. I pictured candles and spa tunes and all of us passed out on the floor, totally zen from eucalyptus, but it didn't exactly go that way. I started using a few essential oils for pregnancy nausea and headaches this time around, and now I'm getting into it. And the "I think I'm a Doctor" I'm married to has a list of oils he's researched for common ailments. I'm hoping it goes better than the last time I got into essential oils which goes a little something like this:About six years ago, Girlfriend took one trip into this local health food store that smelled like alfalfa, lavender and healthy people with cool quirks, and it was life-changing--or so I thought. Here I was in my early twenties, identity easily swayed by anything that looked cool (mid-thirties, I still get that way sometimes). And there, standing in front of bergamot and sandalwood bottles in the middle of the essential oil aisle, I decided I was going to become Essential Oil Girl, a small step toward the grass smoothie drinking, dredlock wearing, Prius driving chick that, on that particular day, I thought was cool (I decided I'd stop at maxi pads made out of sheep's wool).I bought five oils to start, came home and didn't even think to research their intended uses. Peppermint oil smelled good, and I was certain it'd make a relaxing bath. So Essential Oil Girl lit some candles, poured a fourth of the peppermint bottle (not kidding--a fourth of a bottle) into hot water and climbed in. Brett walked in a minute later and said, "Smells really strong--like a candy cane" which is about the moment when the excrutiating pain part of this story comes in. Take my word: Do not ever, ever, ever pour fourth of a bottle of peppermint oil into a bath intended to soak a human body. I imagine being burned with dry ice feels a little bit like taking a peppermint oil bath. Or putting Ben Gay in places it doesn't go. Everything--and I mean everything--went frozen. Burning chills. My body shook for four hours. I literally wrapped myself in wool and then climbed under fifteen hundred blankets, hand cupped over burning crotch, crying, and still could not get warm. It was awful. And I'm sorry to say that's not the dumbest thing I've ever done in life (Dad, no need to comment on this sentence). | Back to Top   | | | ErinExpat Senior Member Posts: 5,028 Likes: 2,407 | Help! Icy Hot burn :\ Nov 3, 2012 10:40:32 GMT -5 Quote - Select Post
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Post by ErinExpat on Nov 3, 2012 10:40:32 GMT -5 It's not me!!It was Kelle Hampton!LOL, I don't want anyone to think I'm that dumb  | | Back to Top | | Reply - GBCN
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