3rd Degree Burn Makeup

This instructable outlines how to make a 3rd degree burn for your arm or other appendage. I have used this for some costumes and it works for training people to treat burns.

Step 1 Materials Needed

-Elmer's Glue
-Black Aerosol Hair Coloring
-Fake Blood
-Tissue Paper
-Sharpie

Optional:
-Black Skin Makeup

You can find the Hair Coloring at most costume shops.
The fake blood can be substituted with red food coloring/red paint.

Comments

[kmeyers]

Very nice and looks real. and very easy to follow. keep up the good work.

[bradster2256]

Great i used this at a Boy Scout training day and there was a iran war vet who was shooken by this so called simulation thx

[Warlrosity]

Burns arent really funny, I got burnt then It got infected then well hell got looose

[cali_mrtnz]

hmm... it looks pretty good, except that the tissue paper is a little too dry still. try "glazing" it again with glue, and maybe a oatmeal to the mix. You can put some oatmeal into a bit of the fake blood and let it soak it up, and then set it into the glue on your arm, to create a congealed, scabby look. Scabs always have a texture to it, and bubbles just aren't enough.

[Boden]

just looking at the picture made my stomach churn. so.... good job!

[fd93]

i think the main problem is it ends to abruptly burns don't do that you should try to fade the burn into your skin tone heat obeys the laws of diffusion start the epicenter with the 3rd degree but gradually fade it out to second(blisters) and then 1st(cracked redness) but this is very good for isolated burn costumes and a good instructible

[Angeleyes997]

That looks more like black tissuepaper.

[Nevermind]

Almost, I think Third degree burns have several blisters on the edges though...... 5*

[Browncoat]

Maybe it's my monitor, but it looks a bit "blue" to me... Good technique though, even if the coloring needs a bit of tweaking for the specific need.

[testingthelimits]

Its not really blue when you look at it. The flash really brings it out. I think the blue is where the blood mixed with the hair paint, then dried onto the white tissue.

[KentsOkay]

Dang, looks like some one took a blow torch to your skin....

[KentsOkay]

4 1/2 stars!

[mrtentaclenun]

Maybe your "burns" are from a different cause but my third degree burns looked nothing like that. And were they ever painful. Still looks good though!

[temp]

i think this is more of a you spilt burning napalm on your arm for 10 minutes then left it there. you might be thinking of a second degreeburn which just mainly looks like really pale blistered skin.

[testingthelimits]

do you have pictures of it? I'd like to try to see if I can tweak this method to be more realistic.

[mrtentaclenun]

Like temp said, about second degree burns: Yes, this is partially second degree burn, but also third as well. The top two pictures were taken the day it happened. The bottom two were the second day. I messed with the contrast in the bottom two since the flash really washed them out and the pictures don't do them justice. Good luck!

[mrtentaclenun]

Did the picture not upload??

[IAmThisGuy]

No. I don't see any pictures.

[codongolev]

I wouldn't go with black all over. I got a good effect when I put red and put flecks of black on the red and around the edges of the "wound".