06-11-2012, 02:47 AM
This weekend I cut myself shaving. Not a weeper nor a small nick. I am not sure how but either I turned my head or forgot to pull the razor away from my face when I repositioned it. I wound up with a one inch incision. Not deep but it bled.
It wouldn't stop even after a styptic pencil and multiple wads of toilet paper stuck to it.
So off to the supermarket went my wife. She piicked up this liquid bandage
http://www.newskinproducts.com/products/...ndage.aspx
You apply it with a small brush. It stopped the bleeding and sealed up the incision.
It is great stuff.
I may replace my styptic pencil with this stuff. The only down side is the smell. Smells just like rubber cement. Due to what ever solvent they used.
But I would recommend this. I (unfortunately) can see it being very useful in my household.
Phil
It wouldn't stop even after a styptic pencil and multiple wads of toilet paper stuck to it.
So off to the supermarket went my wife. She piicked up this liquid bandage
http://www.newskinproducts.com/products/...ndage.aspx
You apply it with a small brush. It stopped the bleeding and sealed up the incision.
It is great stuff.
I may replace my styptic pencil with this stuff. The only down side is the smell. Smells just like rubber cement. Due to what ever solvent they used.
But I would recommend this. I (unfortunately) can see it being very useful in my household.
Phil
06-11-2012, 10:39 AM
Interesting.
50 years ago it smelled like bananas.
I have no idea how deep it was, but you can also use superglue (cyanoacrylate) to close a cut. Just don't glue your finger to the cut. If it ever needs stitches superglue works really good for that. Works for animals too if you can get them to sit still.
50 years ago it smelled like bananas.
I have no idea how deep it was, but you can also use superglue (cyanoacrylate) to close a cut. Just don't glue your finger to the cut. If it ever needs stitches superglue works really good for that. Works for animals too if you can get them to sit still.
06-11-2012, 07:44 PM
(06-11-2012, 10:39 AM)ShadowsDad Wrote: Interesting.
50 years ago it smelled like bananas.
I have no idea how deep it was, but you can also use superglue (cyanoacrylate) to close a cut. Just don't glue your finger to the cut. If it ever needs stitches superglue works really good for that. Works for animals too if you can get them to sit still.
It definitely smelled like bananas. I had almost forgotten about this product. I used to use it all the time.
I also was shaving a week or so ago and my hand faltered just enough to cause my razor to go straight sideways and I opened a similar incision. It was very small though and stopped bleeding pretty quickly. Now I'm double careful before I touch the razor to my skin!
06-11-2012, 09:27 PM
If you need stitching any grade is better than no grade. Or you could use needle and thread. Or go to the emergency room or the animal hospital for (for instance) dogs that roll in dead things and eat poop.
I'd be willing to bet that the only difference between the medical grade and the commercial grade is the price and the packaging. It comes from a commercial process after all. Maybe the inside of the tube is sterilized.
Times may be coming where we need this info.
Anyone have more on medical CA?
I'd be willing to bet that the only difference between the medical grade and the commercial grade is the price and the packaging. It comes from a commercial process after all. Maybe the inside of the tube is sterilized.
Times may be coming where we need this info.
Anyone have more on medical CA?
06-12-2012, 07:55 AM
I used liquid bandage (I forget the brand) once, for a cut I got on my finger. I absolutely hated the stuff and haven't used it since. Besides the sting and smell, the stuff feels awful and stays on the skin long after the wound is closed. Unless it is an emergency, an antiseptic to clean the wound and a Band-Aid still work best for me.
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