Quote Originally Posted by Slipperychicken View Post
Isn't that actually supposed to be safe? I've seen that trick being done with paper bills, but I guess that could work with body parts too.
As I understand it, rubbing alcohol burns at a very low heat, and if there's enough of it, the liquid itself actually provides some insulation.

That being said, in this particular incidence I had too much rubbing alchohol too poorly distributed (so flames were falling across dry skin), so I'm fairly sure that if I hadn't put it out as quickly as I did, I would have suffered burns.