Question 1

can peroxide burn your skin?

Accepted Answer

IT DOESN'T: The only real use for peroxide is to help wash stuff out of a dirty wound.  It doesn't kill bacteria even as much as a topical antibiotic.  It will even damage healing tissue. Does it bubble when 'germs' are present?  No, it just bubbles peroxide is water with an extra oxygen atom.  This is weakly attached and wants to come off hence the bubbling.  Bacteria? No it will bubble on clean glass.

Question 2

should hydrogen peroxide cause permanent skin damage?

Accepted Answer

Dont leave it on: I wouldnt soak your hand in it, otherwise, it is harmless if used to clean wounds.

Question 3

is it possible to unbleach the skin from hydrogen peroxide?

Accepted Answer

Give it time: Hydrogen peroxide can bleach skin. However, the lightening effect does fade over time allowing pigment to be restored. It would be highly unusual to have permanent whitening of the skin after hydrogen peroxide use.

Question 4

how long will i have flakey skin for if using bezoyl peroxide?

Accepted Answer

MOISTURIZER: Use benzoyl  peroxide with moisturizer which is available over the counter. This will make sure you do not get the dryness of the skin that will result in the flakiness

Question 5

what happens to someone's skin when they put hydrogen peroxide on their face?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen peroxide is: a powerful oxidizer. It bubbles on skin when H2O2 separates into oxygen O and water H2O.  If left on the skin for a period of time, the oxygen is absorbed into the dermis and creates small oxygen bubbles in the tiny capillaries at the skin surface and turns the skin white. Short periods of exposure have slight antibacterial properties. But long exposure will dry your skin. Rinse with plain water.

Question 6

i just put hydrogen peroxide on my son's cut and his skin turned white briefly. is that normal?

Accepted Answer

Peroxide Bleaching: Yes.  This is perfectly normal with hydrogen peroxide.  Peroxide actually has a bleaching action on the skin which will eventually fade and once again become normal. No need to worry about this.

Question 7

can benzoyl peroxide bleaches your skin?

Accepted Answer

No: Can dry not bleach.

Question 8

can using hydrogen peroxide on wounds damage skin?

Accepted Answer

Yes: This product has been shown to be toxic to new cells that are trying to heal your wound. It should not be used as a wound cleanser except to cleanse a dirty wound that has just been created from trauma.

Question 9

how to use peroxide and if it touches skin what to do with white small spots on fingers?

Accepted Answer

Wear gloves: I've gotten the little white spots, too. They resolve spontaneously. Minimizing contact with peroxide, washing skin right after contact could help, but wearing latex, nitrile, or vinyl gloves should prevent the problem.

Question 10

is it possible to overdose on hydrogen peroxide by applying too much to the skin over large, open wounds, at one time??

Accepted Answer

No...: Not possible to overdose, however after the initial cleansing of the wound stop use of the hydrogen peroxide.  Continued use will only keep reopening the wound, preventing it from healing.

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