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Suggest Treatment For Burn On My Hand Which Is Becoming Smelly

Should I go see my doctor if a small 2nd degree burn on my hand now is smelly, but has no drainage? I burned the back of my hand on a toaster oven 6 days ago. Some of the top layer of skin was gone after the initial burn, and a few days later a yellow-ish covering grew over it. It was dry and did not have any drainage. This covering seemed to spread, and only today did I think to smell it, and it did have an off/foul smell, though I could only smell it when my nose was close to it. After looking up how to clean a burn, I cleaned the wound with Hydrogen Peroxide, and used a sterilized tweezer to remove the yellow, it mostly all came off in one piece revealing pink skin underneath. I then put neosporin on it. The area still smells as it did before. How should I care for this area? Should I make an appointment to see my doctor?
Mon, 13 Oct 2014
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Cosmetic & Plastic Surgeon 's  Response
Hi...thanks for sharing your problem here in this forum...
You got sunburn which seems to infected...most of the time when 2nd degree burn get infected it is converted to 3rd degree...so i will suggest to see your doctor..he will advise you after looking at the wound ...even then i will advise you to wash it frequently..use muper oinment...so that the infection is subside...hope it will work....thanks
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Suggest Treatment For Burn On My Hand Which Is Becoming Smelly

Hi...thanks for sharing your problem here in this forum... You got sunburn which seems to infected...most of the time when 2nd degree burn get infected it is converted to 3rd degree...so i will suggest to see your doctor..he will advise you after looking at the wound ...even then i will advise you to wash it frequently..use muper oinment...so that the infection is subside...hope it will work....thanks Dr ihsan