JAKARTA - Understanding about odol or toothpaste can help overcome the fire, which is still widely circulated and is believed by many people. However, it should be noted that this understanding is not true.
Not only is it just a mistake, this understanding can also endanger the body. Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Surgeon Experts (PABI), dr. Heri Setyanto, Sp.B, FINACS, said that the use of markers on burns can damage skin tissue.
The main step to dealing with burns is to keep away the source of the heat that causes the wound, not add other substances that contain heat such as odol.
"That's a myth. One of the burns therapy is being kept away from heat sources," said Doctor Heri in Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
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"This is still plus hot odol, now that's a myth," he added.
Using odol on burns can exacerbate damage to the skin tissue. Odol can withstand the heat under the skin, which can make the wound area even wider.
"As a result, the damage to the network will be wider. Damage should be made cold. (If) the heat is added, it will damage more networks," he said.
Doctor Heri said the handling of burns was by cooling the wound area. The goal is to reduce the heat left in the skin tissue and not spread deeper.
Number one as soon as there is a burn, what it does is cool the wound. The trick is to flush with something cold," concluded Doctor Heri.
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