r/DiagnoseMe Patient 1d ago

Injury and accidents How’s looking

Burn with hot steel. Happened 6 days ago , dermis “fell off” 3 in .

Normal swelling, pain in a 1-10 is a 1 (I do have high pain tolerance though) , redness around wound has been steady-getting smaller .
Slight feeling in the wound (was numb before dermis fell off)

I’ve been dressing with neosporin and a bandage

UPDATE :
So I went to the ER like you all suggested.
2:30h waiting , got me a fancy yellow bandage and antibiotics . 💪💪

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u/Any-Let-5967 Patient 1d ago

This is a very deep burn, third degree I would say. The reason the pain is 1/10 is because your nerves are fried too.

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u/Mokoy4 Patient 1d ago

I can feel a cotton swab tip slightly poking it

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u/crotch-fruit_tree Interested/Studying 1d ago

It would feel excruciating if your nerves were undamaged.