Friction burn

A friction burn is when two surfaces rub together to cause friction, resulting in damage to one of the surfaces, which causes pain. For instance, when someone rubs themselves against a carpet, a burn appears on that person's skin where the stratum corneum, the stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum and the stratum basale are rubbed off to reveal the dermal papillae. This may be very painful, but it is unlikely to cause bleeding.

Some friction burns can happen between the legs of most males. The medical treatment for inguinal friction burn is the application of a cream containing anti-inflammatory factors (usually cortizol) and to some degree pain killers. Then again, considering that inguinal friction is usually caused by obesity, weight loss is also indicated as a profilactic factor. The major risk in assesing friction burns is miss-diagnosis with some fungal infections.