Top photo: Before and after comparison of Jon's 2-week experiment on his fingertip burns, using Lavengel® on his index and middle fingers versus nothing on his ring and pinky fingers. The first photo was taken 24 hours post-burn before using Lavengel®; the second was 15 days post burn.
Jon P. is a former graduate student that worked with our inventor, Dr. Andy Clark, in his university lab. One day, as he was cooking chicken in the oven, Jon accidentally grabbed the handle of the hot pan fresh out of the oven and suffered significant burns to his left hand.
Jon knew about Lavengel® from working with his mentor Dr. Clark, so he acquired some to use on the burns. Being a true man of science like his mentor, Jon decided to conduct an experiment: He used Lavengel® to heal two of his burned fingers and none on the other two.
Here is Jon's account:
"I forgot that the pan was just inside the hot oven and grabbed the handle. I had 2nd-degree burns everywhere that my hand was in actual contact with the handle (center of palm, tip of each finger and a small patch on the medial portion of thumb).
I iced the hand immediately and took ibuprofen, but it was very painful. The next day I acquired Lavengel and applied it for the first time approximately 24 hrs after the initial burn. The first image is right before treating with Lavengel.
I applied the gel generously over 2 of the finger tips (#2 and 3, deciding to do my own experiment) and on the burn located on my palm [not pictured]. After applying the gel, I put my hand inside a rubber glove and reapplied every 12 hours for the next 2 days.
The pain did not immediately dissipate the first day with the treatment, but was negligible in the treated areas by day 2 (48 hrs post-burn). Pain persisted for ~1 week on untreated fingers.
After 60 hrs of treatment (72 hrs post-burn) I switched to only applying once per day and used a band-aid on the fingertip burns and no longer covered the palm for the remainder of the week. After the first week, I only applied the Lavengel if the skin was feeling irritated. The second image is 2 weeks post-burn with skin moistened (after a shower)... pretty significant difference!"
Talk about a true warrior for science! Based on Jon's testimony and photos, the difference in healing is remarkable, and the speed in relief versus the untreated fingers should not be overlooked either!
Burns are truly one of our product's strong points, and we invite anyone to try it for themselves. As we jokingly tell people, Lavengel® is even great for dogs, too!
