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What is the best treatment for a second degree burn?
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Keep clean: Second degree burns are where the skin blisters and peels. It will heal in less than 2 weeks if just kept clean by washing and covering with local antibiotics such as Bacitracin ointment.
Answered 9/7/2018
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