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I’ve used CA on wounds quite a bit - I have a habit of carving myself open, usually on my fingers, and when it’s a deep cut that will reopen without sutures, gl
by madaxe_again 4y ago
I’ve used CA on wounds quite a bit - I have a habit of carving myself open, usually on my fingers, and when it’s a deep cut that will reopen without sutures, glue it is.
You don’t want it in the wound. It won’t adhere well, and it will interfere with healing. Instead, I usually use a bit of sterile gauze, glue it to the skin on one side, let it set, and then pull the wound closed with it and glue it to the other side. I then bandage over to prevent dirt etc. getting in. I’ve used this on surgical wounds, too, when they weren’t closed by the hospital and I couldn’t get an appointment to have them addressed. Worked beautifully, no scar even.
- leobg 4y agoWTF. You should have your own TV show! I mean, if TV shows where still a thing. Cool trick!
- hgsgm 4y agoThis is pretty much the ER / urgent care does when you go in to glue a cut, but sanitary and performed by people who aren't themselves suffering from an open would on their hands or bodies.
- genocidicbunny 4y agoMake sure you don't use cotton when you're doing this though.
- madaxe_again 4y agoHah, yeah - I knew there was a second thing I wanted to mention, and that was it. Unless you’re looking to cauterise something, in which case there are much better ways - a red hot nail, for instance. Other excellent use for a hot nail is nail trephination, which I had to do only last week as I’m a dolt who carried a cast iron stove without closing the door first, and gravity did it for me, on my finger. Being accident prone and living quite a long way from medical care teaches you a few tricks.