Is it normal for skin to wrinkle at the site of a mild burn?

I guess seeing a dermatologist would be the best course. There are a few product that are OTC to help skin, but the dr would be my best recomendation. I am one to not guess about stuff related to my body and health. Especially with the good money I pay for insurance and the access to some of the best Dr in the country where I live.

@blueiiznh Normally, I would agree with you, but I don’t have access to health insurance right now and probably won’t for the forseeable future, so if the problem isn’t life-threatening, I treat it mysel.

@lonelydragon i understand. On the few times this has happened to me there was a wrinkle in the center. My suspect was that in the burn process the various layers of skin were stressed and stretched out during inflamation and initial trauma time. The wrinkle area is in the center because that is the core of the injury and how the overstretched skin settles out. That sounds like a pretty big area and time should remove the wrinkle, but I have no idea on how it may age. I am amazed at how skin heals, but am far from knowing much about our biggest organ.

It should become normal again, but it may take some time… from a few weeks to a few years. It’s good that you’re putting lotion on it. You could also try vitamin E. I wouldn’t bother going to a doctor., but I guess they could have something that would help. It may be worth it if you have insurance and are really concerned about it. Otherwise, there’s probably nothing a doctor could do that would improve on what you’re doing now + time.

I second the idea with vitamin E It worked for me. After the burn has completely healed, you can also try that over the counter cream for scars…I forget the name right now, but if you ask your pharmacist, they can get it for you.

I worked in a fast food place for 6 years when I was a teenager, and I got minor burns on my hands all the time. Sometimes the skin would wrinkle as it healed, and I don’t have any lasting scars (not even from that time I stuck my hand in the fryer). If you’re worried, try Vitamin E cream as others have suggested.

I wouldn’t be too concerned about it. It sounds like it’s healing and the wrinkles are probably just part of that. The creams should help. I dumped a full cup of boiling water down the front of myself when I was about 15 or so and I had 1st and 2nd degree burns, but no scarring.

Thanks to all for your advice! I have been exfoliating with a glycolic acid scrub, and then the layer of wrinkled skin began to peel all on its own, so now there’s smooth skin emerging underneath. I will probably still try the vitamin E everyone has suggested to prevent scarring.

Thanks for posing the question, my son (10) has burns from a boating accident and it has not been a full year of recover yet and the skin has gone through myriad of changes. He is now at the stage that you mentioned with wrinkled skin. He laughed about being the oldest ten year old he knows. But I will try the vitamin E. We have used essential that work well in regards to scars and burns and I am pleased w the outcome. Sunscreen on your burned areas is extremely important as well.