Treating Minor Hot Oil Burns on the Skin

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44. Actually honey should be fine.

Here's an interesting article

[link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686636/|]

Honey works differently from antibiotics, which attack the bacteria's cell wall or inhibit intracellular metabolic pathways. Honey is hygroscopic, meaning it draws moisture out of the environment and thus dehydrates bacteria. Its sugar content is also high enough to hinder the growth of microbes, but the sugar content alone is not the sole reason for honey's antibacterial properties.

Honey also has a low pH that also has an antibacterial effect.

If you want to be extra careful, you can spring for medical honey. One brand is Medihoney, comes in tubes as well as honey impregnated pads. I used it as a nurse at a VA hospital.

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Crow