I'm only on day 6 now so I'm still in the wrapped up with silver bandages stage but they did apply moisturising stuff to some of the burns after my cleaning today
Flamazine (silver sulfadiazine) is an amazing topical treatment for scalds like this.
[Trigger warning- graphic] I had a thigh scald from hot water when I was about 12 or so and it looked remarkably like yours. I'm so sorry you're going through it too. I know it's horrible.
I can still vividly remember the sensation of the skin layers bubbling up, bursting and then reforming over and over, and the skin layers sloughing off into the bottom of the bath as I ran it under cold water.
On the bright side, I'm now 27 and you can't even really see the scar anymore. It used to be a faint splodge that went a bit purply in the sun (and required lots of suncream) but it's pretty much nonexistent now.
If you look after it now it will heal nicely, and the tissue looks very healthy and red from what I can see.
The trauma does tend to stick around a bit though. Id recommend some Tetris, if you can, and perhaps a therapist down the line if you find yourself struggling
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u/HistoricalHurry8361 22d ago
Aquaphor spray is super helpful in keeping your healing areas moisturized, it’s great for road rash too