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It's a 3rd degree burn
So I went to a plastic surgeon today who verified it is definitely a full thickness third degree burn.
:( He also said it would take months to heal. The yellow area is dead tissue. Depending upon how it heals I may have to end up having it excised. I asked him how painful it would be and he said that no amount of pain medicine would be enough for him to remove the eschar and I'd have to be put to sleep and then surgically close up the area. I hope that it doesn't come to that. I am at least thankful that the burn wasn't somewhere easily seen like my abdomen or outside leg.
While he was inspecting me he made the comment here's one stab wound and another. It was obvious he was judging the skillset of the doctor who performed the procedure. He said getting burned is very rare and should not have happened. He knew exactly how it happened but didn't go into extreme detail. He only looked frustrated at the results of my procedure
So at least now I have answers to my questions and hopefully now I can move forward with getting this healed up. I'll post pictures in a couple of weeks. Maybe more swelling will have gone down. :)
:( He also said it would take months to heal. The yellow area is dead tissue. Depending upon how it heals I may have to end up having it excised. I asked him how painful it would be and he said that no amount of pain medicine would be enough for him to remove the eschar and I'd have to be put to sleep and then surgically close up the area. I hope that it doesn't come to that. I am at least thankful that the burn wasn't somewhere easily seen like my abdomen or outside leg.
While he was inspecting me he made the comment here's one stab wound and another. It was obvious he was judging the skillset of the doctor who performed the procedure. He said getting burned is very rare and should not have happened. He knew exactly how it happened but didn't go into extreme detail. He only looked frustrated at the results of my procedure
So at least now I have answers to my questions and hopefully now I can move forward with getting this healed up. I'll post pictures in a couple of weeks. Maybe more swelling will have gone down. :)
Burn looks worse to me.
I went to another doctor last Friday who said it was infected. They gave me antibiotics and more antibiotic cream and silvadene. Today I'm at a Wound Center and they are sending me to a plastic surgeon bc they aren't familiar with cosmetic burns and were confused as to how I could have been burned like I am. :( I'm just ready for all this to be over with. On the plus side the dressing they used today is way more comfortable. I'll update what I find out tomorrow.
Day 15
i can see swelling going down but the burn is agonizing. It never stops hurting. At times it feels like a bee sting. I don't feel like I was given proper instruction for a burn and instead of better I think it looks worse. I don't feel as weak today but I'm still not 100%. I showed my best friend, who is an RN my burn and she freaked. So tomorrow I'm going to another doctor to get this looked at. If I could give any advice at this point it would be to know the risks and if you're not being sedated by at least twilight don't do it. No wonder I was in such pain. I wonder how hot it actually gets during the procedure :( also get a doctor who is a general surgeon or even better a board certified plastic surgeon.