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hhc314@yahoo.com wrote:
> Radium, let me assure that if you recieve a really bad Third Degree
> Burn, both your skin and underlying flesh will in fact carbonize and
> turn black.  When that happens, the healing time is very prolonged.

What if it did not carbonize? Lets say for some 'magical' reason.

> As a an experienced fireworks display shooter about this. Just citing
> one of my three persoanal experiences of this type, on the first
> occasion the molten dross from one of the flare that we used to ignite
> display fireworks dropped onto my foot, burned though the sneaker that
> I was foolishling wearing, and created a third degree burn of this type
> on my foot. A doctor had to cut away the carbonized flesh in order for
> it to heal properly.

I sure hope you have fully recovered.

> While not diminishing the burn potentialil the value of an
> oxy-acetylene flame, the simple fact is that your body will react
> immediately to remove the source of the heat with often only a first or
> second degree burn resulting (I know because I have an use one).

What if my body does not reflexively pull me away from the source of
heat?

How long does it take for and oxy-acetylene flame to cause a
third-degree burn?

Could the flame be made so hot that it would instantly cause a
third-degree burn before signals of pain are generated?

> On
> the other hand, if the dross from molten steel falls into your shoe and
> you cannot immediately remove it, then you'll enjoy the experience of a
> good, flesh carbonizing, third degree burn, which I hope you will never
> experience.

Third-degree burns caused by hot water don't carbonize.

Another thing. Once, I was pouring some boiling water into a
cup-o-noodles soup container, the water spilled on my left hand,
turning it bright red. I am sure this was just a first degree burn. It
was red and extremely irritating.

A year later, I was frying tortillas in HOT butter. Some frying-hot
butter fell on my feet! Needless to say, I was stunned for a moment.
The burn on my foot became cold, pale, and moist, it began to give out
fluid [Must have been a superficial 2nd-degree burn]. My skin is
usually brownish yellow since I am of Indian ancestry. The burnt skin
on my foot, however, became albino white [no brown, no black, no
yellow, no red]! Took about a week to completely heal. It then regained
its normal color.

Strangely, the water burn on my hand was so much more debilitating than
the butter burn on my foot! The burn on my foot was sharply painful but
I could ignore it. The burn on my hand, however, was just so irritating
and painful. This is strange. Aren't superficial second-degree burns
supposed to MORE painful than first-degree burns??

It seems the hands and arms are far more irritated by the presence of
thermal burns than the feet and legs.