How to Treat a Burn 2

2 . Second-degree burn. Second-degree burns are much more painful than first degree burns and are usually accompanied swelling and blisters. A bad sunburn or a sunburn on someone with very light skin my rise to the level of a second-degree burn. Second-degree burns are also common in the kitchen—splattered hot oil, or an accidental bump of the stove or oven electrical elements can fry skin in an instant. Second degree burns occur when the epidermis has been burned through and the second layer of skin (the dermis) has also been burned. The blisters are yellow in color and will pop on their own with new skin developing underneath (after the layer of crackly film breaks off). Second-degree burns related to the sun may or may not swell.