what do you use on burns?

[bipolarandy]

Mills, your so right about the silver sulfadene, that stuff is the greatest.
I knew someone that worked at a VA hospital and took home some bottles of it for sunburns, after a day the worst sunburn would be healed if you used it.
I wish I could get it again, my doctor wont write me a Rx for it.

[agsolder]

If that telltale angry red zone from an infection starts to appear around a burn after a day or so-- and my shop must have nasty germs in it, because every burn, and I have had many, seems to get infected-- I slather it with the only stuff I have found to work: sulfadiazene about an eighth of an inch thick. I cover it with gauze and keep it dry and clean until the infection abates. The thickness of the sulfadiazene is important. This stuff is prescription-only, but if you know a friendly veterinarian, they can supply it, too. It lasts forever, apparently, so I ignore the throwaway date on the container.

[ApprenticeMan]

Lavender Oil, nothing like it for burns, beats the old aloe plant hands down.

[aametalmaster]

Preparation H is what i have used for 30 years for burns. I always have some in the tool box...Bob