Thread: Dropped the straight and took a nice divot out of my finger tonight..

Man! You did a good job of that!

Originally Posted by pjrage

You can put superglue in an open wound? I would have thought that is a bad idea to do. I mean I'm no doctor and have no reason to think that other than it just sounds like a bad idea. But does seem like it would do the trick to stop the bleeding. Does it still allow the cut to get the air it needs to heal properly though?

I definitely caught my finger on the edge of my DE with a feather blade on it the other day. Took a little chunk out. A little styptic nick relief and I was good to go.

You can use glue-like substances to close wounds. Dermabond is the only one I've had experience with, but I'm sure there are others. Basically you pull the edges of the wound together and glue over the top. You definitely don't put any inside the wound.

You gotta be careful though, because you can easily glue yourself to patients

It probably wouldn't be much use in this case anyway, cause if there's a chunk missing there won't be nice straight edges to oppose.

Using Tissue Adhesive for Wound Repair: A Practical Guide to Dermabond - March 1, 2000 - American Academy of Family Physicians

As always, don't try this at home

Well... on the brightside i found an excuse to buy the norton starter kit

On the not so bright side, i have no idea how to deal with this thing. Just going to keep putting gauze w/ antibiotic on it.

Superglue works great for sealing wounds, as long as it's not at a flex point. You can get glue inside of a shallow cut (i.e. not a stab wound) without a problem, since the new tissue grows underneath the superglue it will be pushed out as it heals.

Originally Posted by Quick

Oh man... you didn't paint eyeballs and a little nose on your thumb?

(sorry, sorry, that wasn't very nice but I just couldn't help myself )

HA, what a good idea... maybe I'll have somebody tattoo a nose and some eyes on it..

And you can get a product called Nu-skin (I think that's right) that is like a superglue. It lets you basically put a clear protective glue layer over your wound..won't close it but it will protect it.

Oh my god....Those are some nasty cuts, especially the "chunk" cut out of Slartibartfast's finger!!!

I've only dropped a razor once, but luckily it wasn't opened all the way and when it hit the ground it fell on the spine, so it was fine...

I was always told by my mom to NEVER catch a falling knife, just let it fall. Your hand is more important than the knife. So I think this holds even more true with a razor, since it can clearly do a lot of damage to your skin.

Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave

Oh my god....Those are some nasty cuts, especially the "chunk" cut out of Slartibartfast's finger!!!

I've only dropped a razor once, but luckily it wasn't opened all the way and when it hit the ground it fell on the spine, so it was fine...

I was always told by my mom to NEVER catch a falling knife, just let it fall. Your hand is more important than the knife. So I think this holds even more true with a razor, since it can clearly do a lot of damage to your skin.

The cut is actually from the Merkur HD i used after dropping the straight.

I am like a mongoose, that straight had no chance of cutting me

Going to go pick up some new skin at lunch and see how it works.

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

HA, what a good idea... maybe I'll have somebody tattoo a nose and some eyes on it..

BTW be careful with superglue on cuts, I'm sure I read there are different types and only one is "medical grade".

Looking better. No bleeding when i removed the gauze at lunch, so i cleaned and applied New Skin. fyi, New Skin burns a lot.

Then another layer of new skin, followed by a bandage. Typing is a bit easier now and things are looking up

Originally Posted by dupytren

You can use glue-like substances to close wounds. Dermabond is the only one I've had experience with, but I'm sure there are others. Basically you pull the edges of the wound together and glue over the top. You definitely don't put any inside the wound.

You gotta be careful though, because you can easily glue yourself to patients

It probably wouldn't be much use in this case anyway, cause if there's a chunk missing there won't be nice straight edges to oppose.

Using Tissue Adhesive for Wound Repair: A Practical Guide to Dermabond - March 1, 2000 - American Academy of Family Physicians

As always, don't try this at home

You can also use crazy glue if you want to.No, actually you can!