result in 150-degree pavement.
And with 158 degrees hot enough to fry eggs, the study’s message is clear: Pavement burns are not your run-of-the-mill summer burn.
“A first-degree burn, commonly called a sunburn, just injures the top layer of skin, or epithelium,” Chestovich said. Though painful, such minor burns can be treated with over-the-counter pain medications.
By contrast, a second-degree burn blisters into the skin’s deeper base. These can require topical antibiotics and even surgery to remove dead tissue or a graft to cover damaged skin with healthy tissue.
“A third-degree burn damages the skin in its entirety,” Chestovich said. Such burns can require
