The people at work sprayed prescription silvadine (sp) on my burns but I had to keep spraying it. I stopped at a Chinese fish and chips for supper and the nice lady saw my burns and gave me a tube of Ching Wan Hung, all natural ointment. I put it on my burns and put a vinyl glove over it. Replaced the ointment when needed. I actually had blisters. Overnight the blisters went down enough for me to work the next day with vinyl gloves on. Within 3 days my hand was healed enough that it didn't bother me. The workers at the plant couldn't believe it, so they ordered themselves some of the ointment.

Maybe for next time?

First time I used a cast iron skillet on the stove I grabbed the handle not realizing it would get hot too.

See a doctor and make sure that you have plenty of the right type of burn ointment -- use a lot of it on that hand. The last thing you want now is an infection in that burn area.

and welcome DU

moist burn pads. He wrapped it for me.

Welcome to DU

but it depends on things like where on your body, size, and age/health.

That stinks, I'm sorry.

pork tenderloin out of. Spilled my broth all over the cat and the floor!

Don't be surprised if your pharmacies carry that ointment.

have unnecessarily many oven mitts next to the stove, and when a hot pan comes out of the oven and gets set down anywhere we slide an oven mitt onto the handle to indicate it is hot. That doesn't help with stubby pot handles or lids, of course, and you can't pick up the pan with that oven mitt on the handle b/c doing so is too unsteady, so it isn't perfect by any means. There's always a downside or risk somewhere.

And I’ve come close. I would like to post a print of your post in my cast iron skillet.

From the google: Second-degree burns typically heal within 7 to 21 days. The burned area may permanently become darker or lighter in color and may form a scar. A scald burn that forms a blister is a good example of a second-degree burn.

Good luck with a speedy recovery. I imagine some folks can share suggestions. All I can contribute is for immediately after being burned to submerge the burned area in an ice bath as long as you can to counteract the burn itself. Which ain’t much help with the healing process.

Cold water/ice can cause "freezer burn"--which is almost as bad as the original burn. It's going to be a shock to the tissue.

but it appears that it has Ching wan Hung. I'm telling you it worked better than the prescription spray they gave me. It has Sesame oil and beeswax and some other natural ingredients.

Hands heal in weird ways. I had a second degree burn on the back of my hand once. It blistered and I went into a mild shock. The good part was that I was in the company of a doctor who witnessed the event and tended to my burns for me. We used a few homeopathic topicals over the first couple days and it healed faster than I had expected. I was down to flaky scabs in about five days. But he lanced the blisters the next morning, left the skin on and applied comfrey salve oil (hadn't added the beeswax yet) and a tree sap called dragon's blood that works as a latex coating but has healing properties as well. I added more comfrey every time I changed the dressing and it healed rally fast. I didn't have any pain after the first night but the comfrey may have helped with that too.

Check your local heathfood/organic foods store.

Burn wounds are dangerously susceptible to infections and even sepsis.
One of the best kitchen investments which anyone can make is to acquire high end, long, high temperature oven mittens or oven gloves. I've scorched my forearms enough times to know that reaching into a hot oven with a pot holder is a mistake.
https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Kitchen+Tools/Cooking+Accessories/Silicone+Oven+Mitt+Set/100198

That's gotta hurt!

I once had a pancake on the go and the flat-top shorted out but the oven still worked. I turned on the oven and slid the frying pan inside. After several minutes, I went to pull the pan out with my bare hand and stopped just short of wrapping my fingers around the handle. So close! Then I grabbed an oven mitt and narrowly avoided the same injury you have.

Hope it heals quickly, sinkingfeeling.

Are you right handed? So sorry, it’s a few weeks I think.

when I take a skillet out of the oven. It's one of the most useful things I've learned from ATK.

I hope it heals quickly!

I’ve done this exact thing more than once. Once I soaked my hand in ice water because it was the only way to dull the pain….I actually gave myself frostbite which made it all worse. So, don’t do that!

I’m sorry. Lots of good advice aboce and if you think you need to have it checked out by a doctor…definitely do. It’s your hand and you need it.

The closest I've come was using a thin dishtowel - and I learned quickly that that wasn't a good idea!

If you're lucky, it may feel better in a day, depending on how long you held it. If not, it's something to see a professional about.

We all go on auto pilot in the kitchen; see pan, pick it up by the handle.

I use a pot holder to get it out of the oven and after that the pot holder never leaves the handle until it goes into the dish washer. If I'm using an oven mit I turn it around and slide the handle inside the mit.

I hadn't put on it. It was just stupid. I noticed it wasn't sitting straight on the burner and just reached for it.

I am gettig over a burn from taking a mug from the micro. Fortunately I used my left hand and it only hurt the first day. Band aids are protecting it for now.

I felt stupid, too. Just was on autopilot, not thinking. Pretty much happens to all of us.

It was a skillet I usually Doug in the oven. I had to have antibiotics because it was in my lymphatic arm. Took a couple of weeks, but my burn wasn’t near as large.
Hope you heal quickly.

They are good up to 500F and work much better than using a towel or potholder

https://www.lodgecastiron.com/product/silicone-handle-holder?sku=ASHH41