So I got a pretty bad burn lighting a pizza oven yesterday (9/26/26). Long story short there was a quick firebomb, and my hand (ang generally the whole right side of my body) got engulfed for a sec, but Im only worried about this specific bubble. I went and ran my hand under cold water immediately for a few minutes. My hand was red and stung like hell for hours.

I said "I'll be fine, but a small bump showed up and my friend went and bought me "Alocane burn gel" which i imediately put on, and I put on again before bed.

I did some research over the night, and basically all it says is: do not pop, wash with an antiseptic burn cream, and cover with gauze without adhesive to keep it sort of dry.

So i went and got some Bactene spray, and I figured my process would be to spray with bactene and wait for it to dry, put on the burn cream and wait for it to dry, then put gauze pad on it and seal it on with med tape, and repeat the process a few times a day.

So i did that this afternoon, and now when I took off the gauze, my finger looks all wet and wrinkly like when you wear a sticky bandaid for too long, which makes me thing that was maybe not the right thing to do.

Any recommendations on a proper process?

More importantly, this is a huge bump... do I need to go to urgent care? Problem is I lost my job a few months ago, and thus my kaiser insurance. I recently got on MediCAL, but I dont know how to use it and hoped I wouldnt have to before I got on my feet. Like how to use it, where I am allowed to go, is it gonna cost an arm and leg when im already struggling?

I guess, if there are any professionals, I would appreciate knowing if I really need a doctor or what to do.

Second degree burn? Severity?