• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    For anyone else coming along, hydrocolloid bandages once you have a moment to treat it.

    Sliced my finger open, brand new razor blade, like a yawning mouth. Staunched the bleeding, wrapped a hydrocolloid bandage around it, bloody and dirty and all, good to go. Let it set for 2 days until the pain calmed down enough to re-wrap, showered, another hydrocolloid bandage. No antibiotics, nothing. 4-days, brand new skin, finger bends, no scar. And I’m 54, not exactly Wolverine.

    I could sell those things all day long, best first-aid tech I’ve discovered. Nothing will heal a wound faster.

    Yes, they cost way more than a regular bandaid, but you only need one, and you’re healed fast. Generic is fine, but as usual, BandAid™ brand works best, better glue and easier to apply. I mostly keep the cheap shit, some BandAid™ for the ‘special’ wounds.

    Superglue for paper-cut wounds! Yes, it stings for 20-seconds, grow a fucking pair, then it’s over and healed in 24-hours.