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Colgate toothpaste is a good salve for burns

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Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.

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toothpaste design Comments By: SHEILA BUNCIE YOU HAVE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING ELSE, WHY NOT DESIGNER TUBES TOO MATCH THE BATHROOM? I AM SURPISED NO ONE HAS THOUGHT OF IT YET'( FROM YOUR NEW MARKETING MANAGER)   Not good Comments By: Anon Colgate toothpaste or any other form of toothpaste is NOT a good salve for burns!   Try it yourself! Comments By: Common Sense Try putting toothpaste on your arm and leave it there for several minutes. You will feel a tingle, then a burning sensation. That's becaues it BURNS your skin. Do NOT rub toothpaste onto a burn. The person who posted this is either badly informed or trying to hurt you.   toothpaste for burns Comments By: sarah they do that in greece, from the days when they couldn't buy products for burns. i tried it, and it worked really well, the mint cools it. Obviously if the burn is really serious ( i.e an open wound ), then you shouldn't use it. another tip is to wrap it in clingfilm if that is possible   NEVER Comments By: Shelly You should never put toothpaste on a burn unless you want an infection. When you are burned you should NEVER put anything on it. Including a cold cloth. The only thing you should do is run it under cold water. Placing anything on a burn only traps the heat and allows it to continue doing damage. (Advice from Shriner's Burn Institute, Cincinnati, OH)   Aloe is better Comments By: Anon Cut a stem (close to the plant center) from an Aloe plant. Press the cut end of the stem on the burned spot and keep the 'jelly' on your burn for a few minutes.   ouch Comments By: ashley i did this last night and it made my burn a lot worse :(   Minor burns only Comments By: Pain freee I burned the palm of my hand and fingers on a plate that had been left on a burner. I ran it under cold water, iced it, and then put Crest toothpaste on it. It still burned after the ice wore off, so I tried the Crest. It gave me practically instant relief of the burn. Again, this was a closed minor burn. I would highly recommend it, but only for closed burns right after you run it under cold water for several minutes. I never saw a sign of infection.   true Comments By: Deepti My sister had a second-degree burn about 10-cm long. After washing with cold water, we applied toothpaste and it really relieved her pain until we reached our doctor...   natural relief for burns Comments By: Ray I would suggest that you should only use toothpaste on closed burns. Another tip that I use all the time is urine, yes! pee on it. Especially on closed burns or scalds. It heals far quicker.   it works Comments By: anon toothpast is the last thing i would try but it works   OLD OLD RECIPE FOR BURNS Comments By: ANON MY LITTLE BROTHER STUCK THE CAR CIGARETTE LIGHTER ON HIS THUMB. I IMMEDIATLY MIXED A THICK PASTE OF BAKING SODA AND WATER, AND KEPT HIS THUMB IN IT. HE STOPPED CRYING IN A FEW MINUTES. I KEPT ADDING A FEW DROPS OF WATER TO THE SODA TO KEEP IT SLIGHTLY WET. NO BLISTER. TOOTHPASTE HAS GRIT AS FAR AS I KNOW   Toothpaste works! Comments By: April I burned my thumb on a hot pan. I ran it under cold water for a few minutes, then wrapped a cold washcloth around it for about 10 minutes. Afterwards, I applied a small amount of toothpaste and there's no burning sensation anymore! The burn is very minor and closed. I would not recommend toothpaste for an open wound.   Toothpaste does work Comments By: Matt Yesterday I burned the side of my leg very badly on a motorcycle exhaust, I immediatly put colgate toothpaste on it. The burning stopped immediately. I left it on until it dried. Took a shower and it washed away, the water running over it stung a little but not nearly as bad as before the colgate. Today the burn is slightly raised, (NO BLISTER), does not hurt at all. COlGATE WORKS   recent burn Comments By: Sarah I actually JUST got burned today, about four cm long on the grill. I applied a bit of toothpaste on it, but since the grill was still on it was a messy and quick job and only about half got covered w/ toothpaste. I figured I'll leave it on for a while and see if the side w/ toothpaste on it actually turns out better than the side w/o. It's a rushed and extremely unprofessional exp, I know but its better than nothing.   toothpaste Comments By: cJ burnt my fingers on the grill, tried toothpaste, IT WORKED, PAIN GONE !   Cool water with 1 or 2 ice cubes Comments By: Lenny123 I burnt my hand with very hot soup. Fill a bowl with pipe water and add a cube of ice to reduce the temperature. Place your in the water, continue to add a cube of ice momentarily to maintain water temperature. This should provide temporary relief.   should i Comments By: mitch i just got a burn from ligtinga firework, it burned my thumbit still hurts 10 minutes later im dipping in cold water, wat shyould i do   DON'T DO IT Comments By: Jessica THIS DOES NOT WORK! I repeat. Does not work! I tried it for a few days, just so my pimple would go away and three day's later..I had this irritated red spot in the middle of my forehead. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k135/daftghosty/general crap/face.jpg   toothpaste does work... Comments By: Cathy First of all who ever said that toothpaste doesn't work for minor burns is wrong... It really does work, I had burned myself once when I was still living in the Philippines and my mother put some toothpast on it and it worked... Almost everyone that had some minor burn on their skin use toothpaste...   toothpaste does work... Comments By: Cathy First of all who ever said that toothpaste doesn't work for minor burns is wrong... It really does work, I had burned myself once when I was still living in the Philippines and my mother put some toothpast on it and it worked... Almost everyone that had some minor burn on their skin use toothpaste...   tooth paste and a bag of ice Comments By: Maggie McNamara my friend was getting fries out of the oven and burned her self so we put a wet paper towel on it but that didnt go that well, then we put a bandage but it hurt, so we tried to put toothpaste on and got a bag of ice and she felt a lot better   It works!! Comments By: Anon I always put toothpaste on my minor burns.   it really works Comments By: nedjy desir I burnt my finger yesterday and my big brother told me to put toothpaste on it. did and it really worked. At first it will burn for like 2 minutes then it really feels better. Hope this helps you.   Forget the toothpaste -- Use a potato! Comments By: anon Just Google "burns potato" and you will see lots of evidence and even medical journal articles about the success of rubbing a cut potato on burns.   Do NOT use toothpaste. Comments By: Anon. Even if it does relieve pain toothpaste can cause infection if used on the wrong type of burn because it can open the wound. Honestly, the best way is to keep the burn under running water. Smothering the burn with oily substances doesn't let the heat escape.   Yay! Comments By: Melissa I just got a steam burn that was really hurting. It's just a minor, closed burn. Anyways, decided to give the toothpaste a shot to see if it works and it does, instantly! Cool! Oh and I did not have colgate, I figured any brand would do and i was right.   Toothe past 4 burns Comments By: Jamie I was taking out somthing out of he over and my right arm hit the top of the oven... so the i switch hands and burnt the other... so I went to the bathroom and poured cool water o it then pu cogate on it INSTANTLEY it was painfree but then the burning came back but not as BaD as before....   Toothe past 4 burns Comments By: Jamie I was taking out somthing out of he over and my right arm hit the top of the oven... so the i switch hands and burnt the other... so I went to the bathroom and poured cool water o it then put cogate on it INSTANTLEY it was painfree but then abot three minutes later the burning came back but not as BaD as before....   I just used colgate on a burn Comments By: susan I just poured a boiling pan of water accidently over my left hand, I had my son google burn and he said colgate, i had some put it on and it did help then i read sites that said dont so washed it off, it started hurting really bad so put it back on   tot Comments By: lullu i burned my hand today i put toothpaste but was worried afa coz ny bro said its not good as new resaerchers have found it does somethin to your nerves   colgate toothpaste Comments By: Tom_chch Hi, after a glass of boiling water was spilled on my right hand around the thumb and pointing finger area i ran under warm/cold water for 5-10 minutes, then put a bag of frozen on it for 10-20 minutes.. after about an hour it really started to burn so tried toothpaste, the burning sensation went away instantly then came back about 5 minutes later but alot less painful that before applying the paste. The burn is 1st degree closed burn.   works for some and not for others Comments By: jason personally ive used it several times over the years and it works everytime, but obviously this isnt the case for everyone. So for minor degree burns(the skin is red but no blistering or skin opening)try puting some toothpaste on it and if it doesnt work then just wash it off. I doubt having toothpaste on your skin for 3-5 minutes(the trial period) will result in irreversible damage to any of your organ systems.   It worked for me Comments By: Nana Last night, I burned my right hand with a pot handle, felt the burn all the way up my arm. It was horrible. I immediatly put colgate toothpaste on it. The burning stopped immediately. I left it on until it dried, then washed it with cold water and felt it again. I placed more toothpaste on it and washed it off this morning. Today my hand feels great and NO BLISTER, does not hurt at all. It workded for me.   Burnt My Hand With Boiling Hot Water Comments By: Jem A couple of days ago I just boiled the kettle and was rinsing out a cup with the boiling hot water and somehow (i was tired) the whole cup of water flipped and spilled all over my left hand. Ouch! So I ran it under cold water for a few minutes, until it started to burn/hurt and then put toothpaste all over my hand and left it on all night. No swelling or blisters and almost all the redness has gone. I always use toothpaste (any brand) if I get a minor burn (closed burn) and it ALWAYS works. Cools it right down and takes most of the pain away. Yogurt is also very good for sunburn (possibly hot water burns too)   im trying it now!! Comments By: love you all i'm frying fish earlier,small amounts of cooking oil some how gets into my exposed tummy, my wife, being concern as she always have been, put some toothpaste into it against my objection I being a nurse by profession..well i guess love conquers all hahaha..no infection yet ,ill worry bout it later ..anyway its just a minor burn ,i wash it with cold water earlier..so far the minty sensation does some good on relieving the pain,,and i'm about to finish this blog i'm feeling much better now .. well i know for a fact that soon it well just heal by itself i love the way my wife doing her own little way of giving me some comfort..no harm done   a strange remedy Comments By: suggesting I had read somewhere that COLD sugarless black tea was good for burns, as I was always accident prone in the kitchen and had many burns to show for it, I made it a point of keeping a potful in the kitchen since then burns were dealt with quickly and effectively. I have heard potatoes and their peel also are very good too. I just tried toothpaste on my daughter's burns as their was no cold tea. She did get instant relief. I don't know about the side effects of it though   continued from above Comments By: suggesting My daughter got a blister after the toothpaste and it has burst and now we have a small would to deal with, doing it with Soframycin any other suggestions are welcome as regards the tea I did some research on the net on that and it seems to be an excellent remedy for both burns and sunburns as the tannins in the tea remove the tannins. you can also use a couple of tea bags on the burn after wetting them or place them on the burn and let water seep through them. For those who are prone to burns I will advise a pot of cold teal always ready in the kitchen   It works! Comments By: Anon I never heard of using toothpaste until my wife from the Philippines used it on my son. It works just as good as mustard. Mustard has vinegar which is a common home remeny effect on burns. Toothpaste most likely has a chemical that is known to help treat burns. Its odd how professionals scold us about these remedies. But the fact is they do work. Common since applies. These home remedies may help but professional treatment is needed for large area burns.   Toothpaste works - surprisingly! Comments By: Anon I am at work and do not have access to Aloe Vera or anything else except toothpaste. It worked extremely well. It is a very small, closed burn but the pain was starting to rise. I tried some Crest toothpaste and it instantly dampened the pain. Thank you to whoever first suggested it.   it would hurt but then it wont? huh Comments By: Gurjot Bhatti ok so i burnt my thumb on the stove by accident...so i put crest toothpaste on it and it still burned but nowi washed my hand with water cold cold water and put toothpaste on it again and this time it worked but now the pain retuened again wat should i do???? ouch its been burned for more than 3 hours or so   It worked for me much to my chagrin Comments By: Raebrek I took a pretty good splash of hot oil cooking this past Sunday. Enough to cover from my index finger, hand to the first knuckle on my thumb. Hurt like, I have been burned many times before. second worse burn ever. I turned to my right and ran my hand under the cold water of the faucet. My wife came in and said "Put toothpaste on it". I said NO. Her cousin came in and said "Put toothpaste on it". I said NO. So after my wife put toothpaste on it it still hurt. I mean I had quite a large red area on my hand. I washed it off say an hour later and the skin was sensitive if I rubbed it so I did not rub it. Monday it didn't hurt much but you could see the red spots that were left. Today is Friday and I the marks are almost gone. No peeling, no pain. I do not believe in toothpaste but what else is there to attribute this too? I have never had a burn this bad not peel or blister. The pain was bad enough I thought I would have a giant blister. Today, no problem and it hasn't even been a week.   it really does work! Comments By: Lisa i had a small burn on the top of my hand and a friend of mine told me to put toothpaste on it. it worked really well and its healed nicely. it was not a serious burn. i would recommend seeking medical advice for any serious burns!!   Toothpaste Works!! Comments By: Bill Clinton gotta say i was a little sceptical at first because my mom said it burns like hell. But actually when you first put it on it burns a little but after 5 minutes you feel nothing. Takes away the pain as if you were never burned. I used Colgate so im not sure if any other toothpaste will work. But give it a try, it works!!!   From an RN - it works! Comments By: Cheryl Ok, to all the fancy-dancy EMT, etc. nay-sayer's - don't knock it 'til you try it. ToothPASTE is not occlusive, like an oil based product, for one thing. I'm a practicing RN and I know all the "official training" also. I'll tell you, tooth PASTE works wonders on burns - 1 or 2nd degree!! Don't knock it til you use it. It prevents blistering as well. I obviously wouldn't use it on an open wound, but definitely on anything else. I've had several intense burns, ranging from putting my hand on a hot stove coil, to burning my ears with a curling iron. ToothPASTE always decreases the pain instantly - left on til it naturally dries up and wears off; reapplied if pain returns. I've NEVER gotten a blister or an infection. The burns heal much quicker and much cleaner. It's part of my first-aid kit now.   yes colgate really works.. Comments By: rem a cup of boiling water spill on my left breast, so i run to shower and rinse it for minutes, afterwards i feel the pain, so i put colgate on it, after 10 to 15 minutes it fells much better so i suggest colgate for close minor burn. also try ice cold water or rub cuve ice on the affected close minor burn..   its really works! Comments By: rose its really works!! tooth paste for minor burns i try it alraedy...   Excellent tip Comments By: shail I end up burning my hands a lot while cooking. This happened last night too! I immediately spread toothpaste all over my burn; it cools the burning area. I promise you...the next day you will have no scars or burned skin. Toothpaste is a miracle cure!!!!!!!!   in pain Comments By: amy please help i have a steam burn on my thumb its been hours and it still REALLY HURTS   i burnt myself Comments By: cathy S i burnt myself on stove burner earlier.i tries aloe.silvadine,ice,now colgate.so far this has worked.thank God for Colgate.   toothpase works Comments By: dian i learned this from my spanish freind, and i have used toothpaste a few times now (and tonight)from the oven ring.it does relieve the burning alot.   Colgate Toothpaste for Burns Comments By: Marion The toothpaste is the best thing I have found for burns. Don't rub it in, just put a thick layer over the total burn area and leave it for as long as you can. I wouldn't suggest you use it for burns that have broken the skin, just kitchen type burns. It is easy to get off as well. Try it - really works.