How to Remove Plastic Burns?

[Keebler Elf]

I accidentally brushed up against some hot plastic and it's left a plastic burn mark on my arm. It's definitely plastic and not a scar b/c it's a black line and so was the hot plastic. No matter how hard I scrub, it won't come out. Is there some sort of cleaner that I can use that isn't going to burn my arm off?

 

[Papi Chulo]

a razor blade... cut it off

 

[LancsLad]

I'm not sure what you mean, is it a burn caused by contact with hot plastic without residue or is some of the plastic material in the wound.

If its the latter I would suggest medical attention, if the former treat like any other burn and tough it out. If you've ever used simmunition you gets lots of burns on the non protected areas, they don't go away.

 

[Keebler Elf]

I'm not sure what you mean, is it a burn caused by contact with hot plastic without residue or is some of the plastic material in the wound.

It's the latter. It's not much, just about a 1mm wide by 10 mm long line.

 

[GlavaMan]

Use a few drops of Tea Tree oil.

 

[stinkynuts]

I heard leprachaun semen works wonders.

 

[bcskunk]

Pickup some Vitamin E cream from shoppers drug mart.

 

[nominis]

You can't get rid of it right away. As the skin heals it'll come off ... had a few of those.

 

[MarkII]

Get the stongest amount of vitamin E salve you can find.

Foundrys always had a 35% cream on hand but few drugstores carry it.

The higher the amount of vitamin E the better...use it liberally. Try and get a salve not a cream. Salve is more like a wax than cream which is like hand lotion.

M2

 

[GlavaMan]

Or you can get natural source Vit. E capsules & squeeze it out on the wound.

 

[tboy]

or if you have a aloe vera plant, cut off the fattest leaf and squeeze out the gunk that's inside

Or, wear it like a badge of honor lol.

This is why they say use extreme caution when heat welding (aka burning) the ends of plastic ropes and also why when you weld, you only wear cotton or natural fibres. The molten plastic will actually cause a more severe burn than the heat source. Why? Well, if you touch a hot flame, you move away quickly where if the plastic hits your skin, it sticks and keeps burning you until the plastic cools (by transferring the heat to you).

This is what is called first second and third degree burns, the duration of the exposure to heat and the deeper the burn. The way to treat any burn is to run it immediately under COOL not COLD water and make sure the water is flowing to leech out the heat. Cold water supposedly shocks the outer layer of skin and prevents rapid heat extraction from the deeper layers (or something to that effect).

Unless the plastic that you have stuck on you was full of germs (I doubt it because it was molten) I'd leave it alone until the skin below heals. What you've got is a perfect barrier to keep the burn from getting infected. When you skin beneath the burn heals, and starts to fall off, the plastic will come with it....probably in 3 or 4 days