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Interesting exchange, thanks. I knew peroxide and isopropanol cause some cell damage, but didn't know if it was significant enough to impact healing. I also did
by Bartweiss 9y ago
Interesting exchange, thanks. I knew peroxide and isopropanol cause some cell damage, but didn't know if it was significant enough to impact healing. I also didn't know isopropanol was worse for this than peroxides? (If that is what you're saying?)
The general stance here makes sense, though; possibly one non-antibiotic clean on a fresh injury, then just leave it alone.
- classichasclass 9y agoI'm not sure which is worse, but I don't think either are helpful beyond the very very short term.
- vibrio 9y agomy view on that is that isopropanol is less discriminate in it's toxicity that hydrogen peroxide. as mentioned above, our cells (but not those of bacterial that live without oxygen) have enzymes such as peroxidase, catalyase, and Superoxide dismutase which fight oxygen radicals(how peroxide works to kill cells). Granted as mentioned above, pouring peroxide on surely overwhelms this system to some extent, so some damage can occur perhaps slowing healing. Isopropanoal just 'drys-out' and denatures every thing it hits pretty much.