Long-term effects of stress. Your bodyâs stress response is perfect in the short-term, but damaging if it goes on for weeks or years. Raised levels of cortisol for prolonged periods can damp down your immune system and decrease the number of brain cells so impairing your memory.
With its skin-soothing properties to reduce inflammation, oats are particularly useful when your burn is healing and you're tempted to scratch it. Add a cup of oats to bath water and soak for 20 minutes to soothe a large burn. For smaller irritations, add some oats to a small bowl of water and soak the affected area. Air dry your skin so a thin layer of oats remains, further reducing itching.
How Skin Heals. A skin wound heals from the bottom up and from the edges inward. In the first stages of healing, the basic connective tissue of the skin collagen expands into the wound area. This builds the framework to support the rebuilding of the skin.