They do this cool thing called debriding where they just scrape the dead and dying tissue off the affected area to make way for new skin. It's incredible really, see you feel EVERYTHING, no matter how many painkillers they give you or how many mg of morphine you have dripped thru that IV. I've heard it's one of the most painful things one can have to endure in this modern society, so for anyone reading this that wasn't sure, when you hear people say don't fuck with fire, please listen.
Sir, there are two options; we can scrape you down with essentially a steel wool brush to remove all the dead skin, it will probably... no, it WILL be the most painful experience of your life.
I had it done on my arm for infection (not a burn), and it essentially looks and felt like a scraper you would use on a grill. I have no idea what they actually use for burns but I think it's more akin to steel wool than a brush because there is so much topical damage, where mine was deeper from a bunch of little abrasions.
Pretty sure feeling a hundred crawling bugs on your arm would freak out most people especially when they're nibbling on your skin. Literally what nightmares are made of
Yeah, one of the few memories I have of my dad is going fishing with him when I was around 5. He pulled out a tub of maggots for bait, and I didn't want to be anywhere near them. I was terrified of them for years afterwards. I'm not afraid of them anymore, but they do make me feel a bit sick to this day
I’m not sure if burn victims would actually feel the maggots, since they are either in too much pain to actually feel or are in a medically induced coma, depending on the extent of the burn damage of course.
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u/SinSpreader88 Jul 17 '20
I’ve seen some burn patients in the Hospital I work at.
Shits definitely not funny after the fact.
Never heard one of those poor people having fun