Hey...whats burning? oh...its me!!!

yay! my first burn!




in a performance at uni i was using my big cathedral poi in a flat (horizontal) buzzsaw, and had mis-wraped my chain around my left hand, leaving out a couple of fingers. i use 4ft dog chains wrapped around my hands several times so i didnt notice. as a result the poi was about 10cm longer than it should have been.
additionally my fire shirt hadnt been washed in a few spins & breaths so had some residual fuel on it.
it took about 1 second to register that the heat on my neck wasnt from the poi, and so i patted the flame about fairly quickly, and finished my routine. i was probably alight for maybe 3 secs.

it was a bit raw for the rest of the evening, but the pain was tolerable. it doesnt particularly hurt now. according to various references it counts as a 2nd degree burn.

well thats my adventure for the moment. back to work now.

hugs to all!

ouch. not a nice place to get burnt.

Congratulations. ~.^ You might want to use some antibiotic cream or whatnot so it doesn't scar, though.

I think it's really just a big hickey and he's trying to pass it off as a burn.

i was gonna say that!

yeh, in reality its a giant hickie that some 14 yr old girl gave to him, and hes just trying to say its a burn to cover up that fact to the mrs!


hehehe just kidding, ouch mate not good...

It looks like theres a slight chance of scarring in the reddest spot, when it's mostly healed start applying vitamin E.

Leper! unclean! unclean!



I usually singe the hair on my arms or burn off the split ends of my pony tail..

Raph

Also, make sure to cover the area with sunblock for a year or it will never look right again.

oi, did someone say vitamin e? very nice for cutting down on scarring

I managed to set fire to my armpit while spinning the other night, but I was lucky ehough to put it out before I got any proper burns, although I did have a few "mates" pointing and laughing at me!!

yeah, thanks guys - pass the fire extinguisher!!

ouch! well i'm sorry and congrats all in one i suppose. yes, vitamin e works quite well. it helped quite nicely for my scars from my nipple piercings.

eek! that looks like a nasty burn!! hope it heals okay!!!

i burnt my eyelid a couple of months ago - now that hurts! kero in the eye is not fun either!! my eyebrow was also a casualty in that burn!!! usually (by usually i mean when i sometimes burn myself) i just burn my arm or my hair...

anyone else had any bizarre/really painful burns that produce marks that are hard to explain to those who aren't into playing with fire?!

yes mike, youve found out my little secret... it was actually a love bite. someone told me to never mess with a woman with an acid tongue....

ill line up the various creams and potions youve all suggested and apply all at once.

pounce, do you have any part of your body that isnt pierced???

um, no.



actually my nipples aren't pierced anymore, but they were. and there are a few spots that aren't pierced on my body, but hopefully that won't last too long

thats a very nice neck you have there Mr Dentrassi

My first scar was from a spin on Canada Day (Also my first time infront of a crowd...) my wicks are held on with 1/4 inch lock bolts. Anyway I was spinning and during a trick the end of said bolt hit my side (I spin sans shirt). I now have a moon shaped scar on my side. But me thinks thats a little burn that happened to land on a abnormaly large hicky.

Once you get nine burns does it make you a fireman?

It's a pretty impressive one, congratulations.

poor ickle Dent-y

wow! impressive! big ouch tho!