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Stop dressing sticking to cuts?
I can't seem to find any way of dressing a wound without the bandages/gauze/whatever I use sticking to the cut. Even if I wait for the cut to stop bleeding (which I'm not very good at, I know it's really bad but I just have to keep looking, or it soaks though and I freak out) It still at some point re-opens and the blood dries to the bandage so when I move it rips open (In turn causing me to yelp rather like a puppy). At the moment I'm using gauze with lint cloth wrapped around it and a tubi grip on top to keep it in place, so nothing adhesive. I've tried spraying the gauze with anti-bacterial spray to keep it wet but I've heard conflicting advice on whether you should keep wounds wet. Also (I don't know if this will make a difference) the cuts are on my leg, so are constantly moving and are covered by my jeans that rub.
Sorry if this has been covered, I just couldn't find anything in the first aid advice page!
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