Second-degree burns aren’t too bad. It’s the type of burn you’d get from accidentally grabbing a curling iron (which I once did when I blindly reached behind me for the Windex that was on the bathroom counter when I was cleaning a mirror when I was very young). Can definitely walk away with 2nd-degree. It’s third-degree that’ll leave you near-death.
Yeah, I goofed. Massive 2nd degree burns can put you in the hospital, but you can walk around (albeit in some real pain) with decent 2nd degree burns. I was thinking 3rd degree...