 [ Symptoms ] i accidentally scraped off my dead skin on a burn and pink flesh was undereath how should i take care of that area now  i have a second degree burn on my thigh and the doctor told me to put sulfadiazine on it twice a day two days later i woke up and accidentally scraped off a huge piece of dead skin and raw pink flesh was underneath i continued to put on the sulfa for a day but pus starting coming out and now the area is even more red i woke up this morning and there was a tiny spot of white on it too how should i sea with this area can i use aloe is the more reddening means that its an infection [ Disease ] i have no way of blindly determining if your burn is now infected so if this is your concern you will need to see a medical provider for a hands on assessment there is nothing wrong with continuing the sulfa cream for a while longer since this is an antibiotic and you can use the aloe later if you want the pink underneath is typically normal and does not necessarily mean their is a secondary infection