Medical Knowledge of Healing Time?

Hello all! It's been a long time! Anyone remember me from the early years of SV? I've had a rough couple of years and haven't been able to be on the pole as much as I'd like. Anywho... Over five months ago, I sustained mostly 2nd degree burns to most of my non dominant hand and a large area of the forearm. I'm mostly scar free, there's just a general pinkness and shinyness to the areas that blistered the worst. A small patch on the arm that was more severely burned has recently finally healed up and is a hard lumpy scar. I have deep muscle aches and still get pins and needles that worsen with activity. I've been told this is due to nerve damage and should improve. My question: anyone have any idea how much of a beating my new skin can take? Any ideas what I can do to toughen it up? I'm itching to get back on the pole and lose all the weight I've gained since quitting smoking a year ago and then torching myself. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.