Thread: The first big cut

As a surgeon I'd agree on staying away from Neosporin. It drives antibiotic resistance and it's not needed in the vascularized areas of the face.

Clean it with ordinary soap and water. Add steristrip if it's a large cut (unless it's big enough to suture). Keep it moist by using a salve bandage and don't touch it unless needed. The best band aids works just like a scab with a protective shell and keeps the wound wet to facilitate healing.

Swap bandages when dirty and wet it loose to make it as atraumatic as possible. Stay away from direct sunlight and/or use a good sunblock.

Originally Posted by Hersir

As a surgeon I'd agree on staying away from Neosporin. It drives antibiotic resistance and it's not needed in the vascularized areas of the face.

Clean it with ordinary soap and water. Add steristrip if it's a large cut (unless it's big enough to suture). Keep it moist by using a salve bandage and don't touch it unless needed. The best band aids works just like a scab with a protective shell and keeps the wound wet to facilitate healing.

Swap bandages when dirty and wet it loose to make it as atraumatic as possible. Stay away from direct sunlight and/or use a good sunblock.

OK Doc, I got to know how much for the consult fee? LOL., just kidding I'm glad your on, I might need my own consultation sometime. I've been known to cut myself here and there. Great advice and I'll remember it. Thanks.

I remember my first big cut was after two friends and I knocked over our first bank years ago. The cut was enough to buy plenty of shaving supplies and as a matter of.....oh, you mean the other kind of cut.

yea near the corner of my mouth on the left side. It bled like a pig. I just let it clot with some pressure and didn't use anything on it. I have a very slight scar there now. Kind of sexy I think.

Scars...tattoos with better stories.

Ah, let it scar. The women love a little scar here and there on their man.

It's provided some good story time with my clients lol.

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Originally Posted by Hersir

As a surgeon I'd agree on staying away from Neosporin. It drives antibiotic resistance and it's not needed in the vascularized areas of the face.

Clean it with ordinary soap and water. Add steristrip if it's a large cut (unless it's big enough to suture). Keep it moist by using a salve bandage and don't touch it unless needed. The best band aids works just like a scab with a protective shell and keeps the wound wet to facilitate healing.

Swap bandages when dirty and wet it loose to make it as atraumatic as possible. Stay away from direct sunlight and/or use a good sunblock.

Steristrips are the best. Saved my hands many times.

I didn't treat my first cuts as well as I should have. Used a styptic pencil and didn't properly bandage and moisturize after, so they aren't healing as quickly as they could

I havent nicked myself in a long time now!! but now that i said that watch out!!!I work in the printing industries, and we do get
deep paper cuts usually on fingers, just imagine a continuous piece of paper going 70 miles per hour!! i had some deep paper cuts on fingers, its always a clean cut like a razor blade, we close the cut and put a dab of superglue let dry and your good to go!!

Originally Posted by Lazarus

He went on to say that the various antibiotics and other ingredients in such products can in some cases actually make scarring worse.

Interesting post, did he say why antibiotics and other ingredients have this effect?

I don't know what was said then but topic antibiotics generally speaking contain solvents that infers with healing similar to staying away from alcohol for wound cleaning.

The antibiotics might kill off the local bacterial flora enabling nastier bugs to infect the wound. Besides to actually work you have to reapply it several times a day to keep bacteria away which violates the don't touch principle.