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CJ Munn
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Started On : 14-Oct-2009 at 09:15:40 AM, #Views : 5912
Topic Subject : Re: Belly casting with plaster bandage |
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I should also add that wet plaster spills on your arm shouldn't burn
as you describe. This might suggest you have an allergic reaction to
plaster and had best not work with it. It is not corrosive at all
and a drip like that would never normally burn you, unless you had a
specific skin reaction to the contents. The burning that hurt the
girl was caused by the build up of heat that occurs as plaster starts
to cure (a little chemical reaction). The thicker the plaster, the
hotter it gets. But thin plaster and drips of plaster should never
ever burn like that, so you may want to get allergy tested.
The only other thing I can think of is that you misinterpreted the
sensation as a burn when actually it might have just been the way
plaster slightly contracts as it dries which can sometimes pull on
skin/tug on the tiny downy hairs on the skin and that tautening
feeling can be a tiny bit uncomfortable and may have 'alerted you'
rather than a burning sensation. Sometimes the body's feedback can be
misleading - just like sticking your toe under the hot tap can
sometimes feel cold for a few seconds or vice versa.
HTH
CJ x
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> Post Date : Wednesday 14th 2009f October 2009 08:37:47 AM
> Posted by : "Helen Hannah" helen.hannah@ntlworld.com
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> Belly casting with plaster bandage:--
> Hi Everyone.
> Can someone help me with a puzzlement I have had for a while.
> In the news here in the UK a few days ago was the case of a school
> who had been suied for allowing children in a class to make casts
> of thier hands using plaster of paris. One child put thier hand
> into a bucket of the mixture and then couldn't remove her hand. She
> lost all her fingers in the accident, due to burning.
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> I have seen many websites in the UK and abroad that offer kits to
> make plaster bandge casts of your pregant belly. Is there a
> diffrence between the plaster on these bandages and plaster of
> paris? I can't understand how these bandages can be safly applied
> to the skin if they contain plaster of paris, which burns skin.
>
> I know that I have spilt wet plaster onto my arm before now and
> been allerted to it, by the burning sensation. I just can't see how
> it is safe to use plaster bandage direct onto skin.
>
> Maybe some kind of barrier cream is used that is not obvious on the
> websites I have been looking at?
>
> Looking forward to getting some feedback.
>
> Regards
>
> Helen Hannah
>
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