Neosporin is magic stuff as well, a must have. :)
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Neosporin is magic stuff as well, a must have. :)
oh yeah, have heard that, there's also an urban miyth that it was some kind of military development originally , like liquid stitches for battlefield treatment?
Possibly started by the film dog soldiers?
"Ever wondered why the best thing that superglue sticks together is your fingers? Forget your grandma's china cups - this stuff was developed for the Vietnam war to patch up broken soldiers."
A way to use styptic for larger cuts is to crush it up and add water to make a paste. Spread the paste over the cut and it forms a kind of anti-bacterial crust. An old school doctor gave me this tip.
They use it in the hospital they just colour it purple and call it Dermabond and charge ungodly amounts of money for it.
Interesting to know. I figured there had to be a difference (other than price). I guess the moral of the story is that if you have sensitive skin use the fancy super glue...
What about the CA that you have to add an accelerator to. I wonder if that would be less burny?
i use loctite brand... it don't burn *(or else i have sufficient nerve damage to mask it..)
As a remote paramedic,(Get to do more stuff than a regular paramedic) I can tell you that the main risk of home sealing a major wound is the risk of infection.
That's the reason they scrub lacerations with providine before suturing or sealing with dermabond