Aloe and You - Burns

Aloe is an excellent first aid treatment. It contains a unique blend of polysaccharides, and other compounds which accelerate the healing of the skin’s surface.

Ever been so busy in the kitchen, with four different things cooking and forget to use a pot-holder? How about using an oven mitt that’s just not thick enough? It’s happened to me.

First degree burns – that’s when you get a burn but the skin is not broken, light scorching, sunburn
Second degree burns – when you get a blister and broken skin, like bubbling skin

I have used the pure or raw extracted aloe vera gel to completely heal wounds like these. First I use the aloe as a cleansing/soothing agent, (tried using cold water to cool it first once and it left a scar so now I know to never use anything else). For aloe to work its miracle you must treat the burn immediately!!!

For a first degree burn simply keep rewetting the affected area and as aloe is absorbed quickly into the skin, the pain is eventually reduced to nothing. The skin becomes regenerated and in a day or two you wonder if you really got burned at all.

For second degree burns this works fine too but you may also cut a piece of the aloe pulp and strap or bandage it to the area – replace it when it dries out or scrape the pulp to make it wet once more and put it back on the wound. Usually after about two days the burn becomes like a first degree burn. What is also great is that there is never any infections and barely or never any scarring.

A nurse tells me that she has used the pure aloe gel to treat all kinds of burns, not just temperature burns, in her out-patient clinic and has seen remarkable results.

I’ve never had a third degree burn (when all layers of the skin is destroyed) but I hear it does an amazing job with it. If you have had this experience, please share.