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Burned my finger while cooking. Advise to ease pain?

I thoughtlessly grabbed the lid of a thing I was cooking in the oven (400F) and burned the index finger of my left hand and a little bit of my thumb too. Having my finger in ice cold water eases the pain completely, but almost as soon as I take my finger off the ice cold water the burning pain gets back. That was about 2 hours ago. The finger itself doens't look too bad, other than the fact that I have a band of fingerprints missing, but the pain is bad enough I won't be able to get any sleep unless I ease the pain, and of course I can't sleep with my hand immersed in ice cold water... I do have an ice pack that's probably my only hope, but I wonder if there are other burn pain relievers or suggestions to ease the burning pain...? I've heard of applying butter or toothpaste to the burned area. I tried butter but it doesn't seem to be doing anything (although it may help it to get/feel worse). Any suggestions...? (I don't have any drugs or painkillers at home either...)
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Assuming clean and dry there's not much for pain. Ibuprofen or some other antiinflammatory and some burn cream with lidocaine if possible.

Use lukewarm to cool water, room temperature is typically ideal. the ice only numbs it temporarily by constricting blood vessels as soon as it warms up it'll go back to hurting.
drymer · 56-60, M
@Callmewhatyouwill [quote]the ice only numbs it temporarily by constricting blood vessels as soon as it warms up it'll go back to hurting.[/quote]
I can attest the pain is back with a vengeance...