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Can you treat a burn with butter?

Updated: 10/7/2023
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14y ago

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The grease doesn't help it heal and will acutally make it hurt more. Ice is the thing to use.

Because, the butter will melt because the burn is hot and if the butter melts and the surface it is on is hot the butter will get hotter and and burn you more.

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14y ago

This is purely anecdotal, but in my experience butter is one of the worst things for minor burns as it traps in the heat. The best thing I have ever found is to run the burn under cold water for as long as it takes to stop hurting.

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11y ago

Yes, butter has some residual milk fat so it's actually quite easy to burn. When it turns brown the flavour really changes, so you have to be careful with it. If you want to fry or saute food with butter and raise the burning temperature a little higher, then mix the melted butter with some vegetable oil that can take higher temperatures.

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14y ago

imagine how butter acts when you cook. if the temperature from the burn is hot enough, it will literally cook you. i wouldn't recommend it although people tend to give it a try.

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