Should you pop a blister or leave it alone? If you can pop a blister how do you go about doing it safely?

Answer 1

leave it alone because the skin over the fluid is a natural and very effective barrier to infection; but if you MUST pop it in order to walk, wash the area and your hands first with soap and water and dry thoroughly with a clean towel, then sanitize a needle in alcohol or bleach and slide it just through the skin over the fluid, and gently express the fluid into gauze or tissues, then wash the area again, and cover it with a thin layer of antibiotic ointment and a bandage, and keep it very clean. change the bandage once or twice a day and watch for redness, swelling, pain or excessive warmth, which would indicate infection.

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Should You Pop A Blister

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Should you pop a blister or leave it alone? If you can pop a blister how do you go about doing it safely?

Answer 5

The blister may look bad but you should not pop the blister, if you do so you have to suffer pain for a day or today. The liquid inside it is natural, and current it healing your wound. So wait!!. It will eventually pop on it own.
And after it pops, drain the liquid and the burned area. Keep it clean (using a band-aid is not a bad idea). Wait for it to heal on its own.

Answer 6

I am not going to say what is the right or wrong way as we all have opinions, I know doctors will tell you NOT to pop a blister however I believe most doctors know very little.
I want to make it clear the way I treat my blisters works AMAZING on superficial blisters only, NOT blisters that are extreme or severe. When I say superficial blisters, im talking about blisters that only effect the first layer of skin. Basically the types of blisters we get day to day from working hard, wearing shoes for a short time, or even a burn from touching something hot for a second or two and so forth.

I have had hundreds of blisters in my life time, especially when I was younger from digging and laying bricks. When ever I got a blister I ALWAYS done the following and NEVER got one infected blister by treating them this way,

Start by getting a needle and burn the first third of the needle with a lighter, you will feel the needle get extremely hot within 10 seconds or so, this kills everything on the needle.
I then prick the blister a couple of times while the needle is still hot, most of the fluid will drain fast but give it a gentle squeeze to make sure all the fluid is out,
I then cut the dead skin or the skin that is raised off with small scissors and immediately cover the area with Betadine this keeps the area dry and also sterilized. I DON'T cover the area with anything else just the Betadine as this will keep it dry and allow the skin below to harden and also allows the new skin to grow very fast.

I guarantee you this works wonders and I always worked out side so I often got dirt, sand or mud on the area and never got a infection, keep in mind there is still soft skin where the initial fluid from the superficial blister was. Within a day or two you will have new skin covering the area and totally healing it.

Keep in mind a few facts here, superficial blisters we get from work, or pressure on our feet from shoes, or a slight burn to name a few. These kinds of blisters only effect the top layer of skin, it doesn't effect ALL our skin layers.
Our skin is 2 millimetres thick or 0.07 of a inch thick, so under the fluid in these superficial blisters we still have a second skin layer there albeit very soft tender skin, once the fluid is removed from these superficial blisters it instantly allows the existing skin below to dry and harden up and also allows the new skin layer to grow within a day or two.

If you have blisters from burns that are more severe or even bad sun burn, then TOTALLY ignore what I wrote above.

Answer 7

When I was in college many moons ago, the P.E.instructors said to put some adhesive tape over the blister and leave it on until it the tape wears off. They swore by this method. I guess the tape kept out the bacteria until the blister could heal. Never tried it myself, I personally would not pop it but put some antibacterial cream and a bandage on it.

Answer 8

Think of it this way.... If the blister stays closed, your skin provides somewhat of a barrier to keep infection out of it and it will stay moist while healing itself , therefore leaving less of a scar than if it were allowed to dry out.... If it gets popped whether by accident or on purpose... the best thing to do is put triple antibiotic over it so it stays moist and protected against infection and cover it with a bandage.

Answer 9

The way we pop blisters in My Country (Puerto Rico) was and still is NO SCIENCE and Very Safe.
You wash the area where the blister is located and then take a needle and sterilize it with alcohol,or by boiling it in "BOILING WATER". Then you just puncture the blister with the needle and apply some pressure to the blister until it is all emptied out. Apply a bit of neo-sporine or triple anti-biotic to the area or blister and put a band-aid over it and before you realize it; "PUFF, IT'S GONE SAFELY!!!"
I hope this will help!

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Answer 11

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