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    Default When styptic won't cut it.

    Excuse the play on words but I wanted to give some wound care tips. I had a bad slice the other night due to being startled and nearly took off a chunk of my cheek. Luckily the piece was a perfect flap, still attached, to easily be put back with a little super glue. That's right you can put the skin back and glue over it for some DIY stitches, but I was all out of super glue!?!? I used the next best thing; clear nail polish. It is basically the same thing as liquid bandage and works just as well. The wound is healing well and now appears as just a small cut. A little FYI for everyone and the reason I always take super glue in camping first aid kits.
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    The question is,,,,, why did you have nail polish on your camping trip,,,,
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    Oh I wasn't camping at the time. I never shave on a camping trip or turn on my cellphone unless utterly necessary. I actually have my own clear nail polish these days for label protection and my J-nat vs. stealing from swmbo. I do always carry the super glue since there are a million uses for it while out camping. I was searching my shop and remembered I had finished the last of the super glue a few days back and in poetic justice declined to pick some up earlier at Wally world while checking out. I was in line to check out and they had some super glue in the impulse buy area at checkout and I thought 'Nah I won't need any more super glue soon' a few hours before cutting my face. The eclectic checkouts I have had since starting this habit have been many and strange; ranging from bottles of nail polish to cushion padding for a hone case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aa1192 View Post
    Oh I wasn't camping at the time. I never shave on a camping trip or turn on my cellphone unless utterly necessary.
    I'm with you 100% on the cellphone front, but you are seriously missing out on one of the great pleasures in life: shaving with a straight in the great outdoors! If I'm backpacking or otherwise going light weight, then it's full-on dirtbag enjoyment for me. But if I'm car camping and weight isn't an issue, some shaving gear now makes the trip with me. The most enjoyable shave I have ever had was probably in Quechee Gorge park down in Vermont last year. It was early in the morning, sun coming through the mist in the trees, a bit of wood smoke from the fire, absolute peace and quiet, a slightly confused deer for company... it was brilliant. Best enjoyed in off-peak seasons when peace and quiet rules the morning.

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    Yes,,, I'm just kidding with you aa1192,,,,,


    I have used super glue numerous times to close small cuts & nail polish put on a mosquito bite can take the itch away,,,,
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    Super glue was actually first invented for just this purpose, to glue cuts back together in the field
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    Huh very cool! It does an excellent job and I have been lucky to never need it for major gash.
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    And the super glue for flesh is blue so you know where it is, then dries clear
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    Have sealed all manner of cuts with super glue for years, including my dreaded winter-time split fingertips. Depending on where you're using it, try using an emery board or a little piece of sandpaper to smooth out your personal repairs.
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    Man up. Duct-Tape it.

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