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Rule No. 4 of wound care: for a pleasing yellow coloration try rubbing some dirt and cigarette ash into it
Rule No. 5 of wound care: for a pleasing black coloration, try pressing a lit cigarette into it
Rule No. 6 of wound care: to moisten it up, pee on it :333
Wait, is that the tumblr run by the dude who was sentenced for impersonating an official government account?
no i think that was osha-official
or maybe amtrak-official? iirc they both had legal troubles because of this
This is, perhaps, the funniest answer anyone could have offered. “No, but I’m losing track of the agency impersonations on the agency impersonation site.” Tumblr’s hilarious
you can’t get this on any other website
RULE NO. 3 OF WOUND CARE: WE ALL WISH THEY WOULD, BUT THOSE SCABS WON’T PICK THEMSELVES!
This is not advice, but one of the nice things about a staph infection I had on my forearm as a teen was getting to pick at those scabs for days.
THEY’LL??? LET THEM BE
Uh… No. That’s the most enjoyable part of having a scab.
Real
This small interaction sums the internet up perfectly.
From all my experiences with putting in for and subsequently reading the results of wound care consults, these are the basic rules for most everyday wounds (not deeper than the first two layers of skin and not bigger than a playing card on your arms / legs / torso and not bigger than a coin on your hands feet face or genitals)
- Soap and water
- Open to air (no coverings) unless it’s something that’s gonna touch a lot of gross stuff like your feet. If you have to cover it to keep stuff out of it make sure you’re also taking time to let it air out (such as by putting your foot up). You can put a thin layer of Vaseline over it.
- Keep your hands off it.
Afaik number 2 is outdated knowledge. Letting air to wounds dries them out, which slows the healing process. Keep them fuckers moist!
hydrocolloid bandages have been a life changer for me. i scar like no one’s business and things take ten years to heal, but cleaning it with an antiseptic and then slapping a hydrocolloid on makes a huge difference in both length of time needed for healing and also comfort. I can legit forget i am injured because the bandage is flexible and clear and water resistant, lol
Moist but not yucky
All the WOCN I interact with say emollient (such as Vaseline) is fine but covering traps bacteria.
If you disinfect and cover, there should be no bacteria.
Dress the wound, change dressing routinely, reapply antiseptic when doing so.
It’s less about no microbes than starting with a reasonable amount. As long as the wound is cleaned of debris and large amounts of dead tissue, one’s immune system will typically be able to prevent bacterial overgrowth or handle a small amount of pathogenic bacteria. I make the distinction in the hope that people don’t go overboard with disinfection. You just need good enough.
I had a sizable wound treated with a hydrocolloid bandage. They’re sealed to form a moist environment by retaining exudate and are changed every 5-7 days. No antibiotics are used. It should have been a festering mess according to previous wisdom, but it was fine the entire time.
