For anyone else coming along, hydrocolloid bandages once you have a moment to treat it.
Sliced my finger open, brand new razor blade, like a yawning mouth. Staunched the bleeding, wrapped a hydrocolloid bandage around it, bloody and dirty and all, good to go. Let it set for 2 days until the pain calmed down enough to re-wrap, showered, another hydrocolloid bandage. No antibiotics, nothing. 4-days, brand new skin, finger bends, no scar. And I’m 54, not exactly Wolverine.
I could sell those things all day long, best first-aid tech I’ve discovered. Nothing will heal a wound faster.
Yes, they cost way more than a regular bandaid, but you only need one, and you’re healed fast. Generic is fine, but as usual, BandAid™ brand works best, better glue and easier to apply. I mostly keep the cheap shit, some BandAid™ for the ‘special’ wounds.
Superglue for paper-cut wounds! Yes, it stings for 20-seconds, grow a fucking pair, then it’s over and healed in 24-hours.
redacted2@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Super glue is my go to. Just glue that shit right back closed like it never happened. Then some tape to make sure it stays closed through the day.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I believe that was one of its first proposed uses, but is too brittle (or breaks down too quick?) to be a “proper” medical solution.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Well, they’ve certainly worked out a proper solution since them. I had laparoscopic surgery and they didn’t so much sew me up as calk up my holes and send me home.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Your choice of words is commendable.
bagelberger@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Medical super glue exists! It has additional compounds in it to slow down the heating/bonding period and to add flexibility
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni82f1-cAXg
remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Cool. Actually, I think that is where I heard about the original formulas not being ideal. (My brain can store random factoids really well, but will always discard the source.)
b3an@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I love stuff like this! I saw this on my radar recently, It’s gross but cool! Engineers create new glue that mimics mussels and mucus to prevent bacterial buildup
untorquer@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Only took like 40yrs
Tyfud@lemmy.world 6 days ago
There is medical grade super glue, and I highly recommend using it over the standard stuff, primarily because the chemicals in regular superglue isn’t great for your cut.
redacted2@lemmy.world 5 days ago
that article is a little funny. Dont use glitter glue to close up surgery. And dont hot glue yourself back together.
There is some difference in dermabond and superglue, one big one is fda approval. There is a toxicity difference, the fda product has a more expensive manufacturing process.
I will add, for me, I never glue a cut shut unless I know its clean. which means it is getting rinsed in a bath of rubbing alcohol. I have had great results myself. I am not a doctor or trained as one.
JustZ@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I think you have to be very careful with that. My dog got a bad laceration one time, and luckily we were able to provide pressure and bring them straight to the vet which was close by, and while I was there I mentioned that I had thought about using super glue to close it, and they were mortified. Mortified. They said it would have made him extremely sick.
Apparently the glue they used to close wounds, which acts like super glue is very different than actual super glue.