Very unmanly burn injury

[He Man]

THe worst burn ive ever had was from my bike. my left ankle fell right on the header where it exists from the eactual heads. so i guess thats the hottest part. I was on there for no more than 2 seconds.  I couldnt walk right for 3 months.

[Monsterlover]

Tea leaves have caffeine, a vaso constrictor that helps reduce swelling.

That addresses the swelling, what makes the pain go away?

[triangleforge]

One of the first things we'd teach new smiths around the forge (right after the proper way to hold a hammer that's going to rebound off the anvil with a whole lot more zip than any nail-driver) is the rule about wearing natural fibers only, and what all the various burning smells mean: burning cotton means you're leaning up against something you shouldn't, burning wood means you've put a tool too close to the fire, burning leather means you've grabbed something way too hot and need to drop it NOW along with your glove. The latter has saved my fingers dozens of times; once you feel the heat, it's too late.

Smell hamburger on the grill? That's gonna leave a mark. And like the above, you smell the burn several seconds before you feel it...

Most embarrassing burn I ever got was the first time I used a TIG welder in high school metal shop. After suiting up in leather to learn the stick welders, I was enjoying the novelty of using relatively thin gloves and a helmet. I didn't realize until hours later that I had an open collar shirt on and had a bright red, blistered triangle of seared skin right at the base of my neck.

[ducpainter]

In the days before mig welders were commonplace in the auto body industry we brazed or welded panels on.

Once while laying on the floor under a car I reached for a new piece of wire...passing my wrist through the flame.

It was ugly for a long time.

[Dieter]

I raise animals that require lightbulbs that run at ridiculous temperatures and emit high levels of uv light, as they're designed to simulate sunlight. There are a bunch of name brand bulbs that do this, but there are speciality businesses that sell the powerful stuff online. I managed to brush my forearm against one of these super bulbs for only a nanosecond. The resulting burn looked like something out of a Toxic Avenger movie. Radiation burn...woo...

...was the pop tart delicious?

[NAKID]

That addresses the swelling, what makes the pain go away?

Reducing the swelling does a lot for killing the pain...

[Johnny OrganDonor]

nope cant say that i do, all my scars are very manly and each one has a very tragic but happy story to it. like the time i jumped in a burning school bus that was sinking to the bottom of a lake to rescue a lol boy from drowning.   i was only wearing shorts at the time and the hot exhaust pipe touched my inner right calf... now i have a nice oval scar that will always remind me of the time i jumped in a river to rescue a lil girl from drowning  

Your story about saving the boy/girl from the lake/river reminds me of the time I rescued 50 miners that were trapped after a tornado caused a jetliner to crash into a frieght train that jumped the tracks and rammed deep into a flooded coal mine.

I got my dumbest burn by grabbing a hot exhaust header while needlessly adjusting the carbs on a little honda I'd been riding hard.  It's difficult to explain a scorched palm.  No manly scar but the hair never grew back.

[erkishhorde]

I got my dumbest burn by grabbing a hot exhaust header while needlessly adjusting the carbs on a little honda I'd been riding hard.  It's difficult to explain a scorched palm.  No manly scar but the hair never grew back.

You used to have hair on your palm? 

[Johnny OrganDonor]

You used to have hair on your palm? 

Doesn't everyone?       

            ........but then my eyesight is pretty bad.   

[whackie]

Silvadene.

that stuff is amazing. used it when i ripped my knee open. got scars, but minimal for seeing my knee cap. bf used it when he was a teenager. lit himself on fire via wood burning furnace. burnt his arm n face, but he only has one tiny scar.

[Punx Clever]

i have a two inch scar across my left cheek/upper lip from a pneumatic potato cannon failure...

and some new stuff on my fingers from today

[Pip]

I took an iron, and placed it next to my face to see if it was on. It was. One slight hand twitch later, I have a neat little spot on my jaw where a beard won't grow. Guess what shape it's in? That's right, hot iron... complete with little steam hole where beard DOES grow.

I still feel like a tool after doing this. It was damned near 4 years ago. 

[triangleforge]

Iron to face FTW!!!   

[duccarlos]

Pop Tarts are very manly.

[NoisyDante]

...was the pop tart delicious?

I was so pissed I threw that one out, ate the other though, and was reminded why I have but one Pop Tart a year on average.  Twas the cherry variety.

I do have that Silvadene around here, I'm also going to try NewSkin soon.  My brother's fiance also said to use Mederma eventually to minimize the scarring. 

I don't think I'm so upset about the prospect of another scar, but for the fact that it was from a breakfast pastry, and even if I tell people I got it while saving toddlers from a burning orphanage, I'll still know the sad, pathetic truth.