[YEA]  Christina from Union, NY: "I have worked as a waitress for many years, as a waitress you always seem to burn yourself. Every waitress I have come across agrees that if you happen to burn yourself, apply milk to the burn. It truly does work."

[YEA]  06/11/2008: Sara from Moorpark, Ca replies: "I just burnt my finger and ice wasnt helping so I looked it up on google and came across this and it really worked!"

[YEA]  01/21/2009: Jodi from Bowmansville, NY, USA : "My friend told me about Milk of Magnesia for burns. When her daughter was little she has rashes so bad on her bottom that she had to leave on the diaper quite often because of her acidity level in her urine. One day her mother was watching her and she told her mother to be very careful because of the rash. She left for a few hours and when she came home the rash was gone. She had applied Milk of Magnesia directly on her granddaughter and not long after the skin rash was gone.

My friend also told me about using it on burns, so I have tried it. My daughter and I have both burned our hands so I tried it and it worked. You need to soak it near an hour but it leaves no red marks and it feels better."

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Mustard for Burns

Apply mustard to a burn, then rinse and reapply when it dries off and any pain returns. As mustard may stain clothes or furniture, you can also wrap the burned area in gauze.

[YEA]  01/29/2010: Lexibot from West Plains, Missouri replies: "This worked for me when I burnt my finger this morning while I was stocking the fire. After about 45 minutes of slight annoying pain, I searched and found this remedy, it works nicely. All I did was numb the finger for about 3-5 minuets with an ice cube, then squirted some plain yellow mustard on my finger and spread it around, the heat went away in seconds. All I felt was a minor sore feeling from the throbbing. Now 2 hours later, I don't feel barely a thing!"

[YEA]  03/11/2007: Kristina from Waukesha, Wisconsin: "Hi, my grandma was a chef for forty years and whenever she got burned she would cut a fresh onion in half and apply it directly to the burn, I am not sure for how long. It would heal very quickly. I don't think she needed to do it more than once."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  02/02/2009: Ashley from Fresno, Ca: "yesterday i burned my finger on a fire place glass and my aunt is a nurse and she said to put peanut butter on it and it worked it took the sting out then the next day my hand was all ugly looking"

[YEA]  01/17/2013: Diana from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : "This is a quck, foolproof way to instantly stop the burning & pain from a burn that affects a small area... Say you are lighting a candle & some hot wax gets on your hand or you accidentally burn your finger on a hot pot.... IMMEDIATELY place the part of ur skin that is burning on your earlobe. You will start to feel relief instantly & if the pain hasn't subsided completely, proceed to move up the side of your ear or transfer to the other ear. Within a very short period of time, the pain of the burn will BE GONE... Your earlobes may feel pretty warm, but the spot where you were burning will be cool & painfree! This can help prevent the burn from blistering as well. This works by halting the burning from progressing, the earlobe draws the heat out from the spot where it has been burned & your earlobes are the PERFECT temp to cool the burn w/o feeling the need to keep it under ice cold water!!! This works very much the same way tin foil does.... But even better, b/c it doesn't get worse bf it gets better & it works much faster!!! But in order for it to be most effective, you have to apply the burned area to your earlobes ASAP!!! It takes a few times to remember to place the burned area against your earlobe, but b4 u know it, it will become an automatic reflex!"

[YEA]  03/02/2012: Natali from Phoenix, Az : "A lot of people here are suggesting the foil method. However, I don't have any tin foil on hand to try it out. I had been contently soaking my fingers in ice water after being burned by super hot liquid, but came across a post warning of this. The person stated that soaking your burn can increase the pain and likelihood of blistering from the skin swelling with water. Since this made sense to me, I read more posts. It seems the foil works by blocking air from the burn, so I figured plastic, also less daunting than foil, would have the same effect. It did! The waves of pain are further apart and the intensity is diminishing. I recommend this method for those wary of having foil rubbing against such a sensitive injury."

[YEA]  06/10/2007: Nadia B from Toronto, Ontario Canada: "Whenever I've gotten a burn or a bruise, I've used raw pork fat (salo) applied directly to the wound and change the fat as needed. (After 8-12 hours or overnight) It never fails! The key is to apply it immediatly. I go to my local butcher and ask for pork salo. I cut the fat up into thin pieces (0.5 inch thick) of various sizes and then store them in the freezer in case of emergency. That way I always have some on hand. (Pork salo is very cheap, and in some cases the butcher will give it to you for free). DO NOT try this remedy using bacon etc (the salt will irritate the wound)."