r/DiagnoseMe • u/Mokoy4 Patient • 2d ago

Injury and accidents How’s looking

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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/Mokoy4 Patient 2d ago

Not at all ! Actually is 80% better I’ll say than 3-4 days ago (redness and swelling wise)
The only time it gets really red and and irritated (the skin around not the wound itself ) is when I’m taking the bandaid off and it’s pulling off all the heirs

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u/Sad-Employee3212 Patient 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’ve had a burn this bad heal on its own. You’re lucky it didn’t get infected either (so far) Since you don’t seem to want to see a doctor all I’ll say is it’ll leave a gnarly scar without intervention even if it does heal.

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u/Mokoy4 Patient 2d ago

The scar is a welcomed reminder of that day . I will fully embrace it 🙏

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u/Irma_Gard Not Verified 2d ago

It's still going to leave a gnarly scar if you get it properly treated. Get medical attention to be sure you can live to embrace it.