cuts
 

Just wondering...how are you supposed to clean up cuts? I dont wipe the blood off a fresh cut. Is that bad?

Run it under water, rinse it with witch hazel (or something else to kill germs), and put rescue cream or neosporin on it, and finish with a band-aid!

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*takes notes*
im horrible when it comes to aftercare.
i just tape a papertowel over it and when i take it off, it just rips the scabs off.
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Rinse it with a woundwash or with water and a mild soap but make sure you rinse all of the soap out. Then put antiseptic/anti-bacterial cream on it and put a gauze pad dressing over the top. The easiest are the ones that are adhesive but if not you can bandage it in place or stick it down with medical tape (Micropore).

Papertowel isn't really suitable as it sticks to the wound and so pulls scabs off like you've said and bits may come off and get stuff in the cut which can increase the chance of infection and may cause your body to react if it heals around a bit of it.

So I would always have to put band aid over them? Gosh, and all the while I have been leaving them open..just like that until the blood dries off on its own.

yh i usually just leave them, i've used gauze only twice.
do you get it when it starts to clot? cos i got that the other day and it went all stringy which was weird becasue tha's never happened to me before

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The blood going all stringy? Like after its stopped bleeding for a bit? If so that sounds like it clotting.

It is better using bandaids/dressings and things for all of them rather than healing as it reduces the chance of infection. Deeper cuts really should be treated like that, shallower cuts it would be better to if you can

My friend once said that band aids are only for cuts in areas like the palm, finger or something like that. Not for areas like the arm or the leg because that dark skin would cover it up soon. I guess she is wrong?

Band aids protect the wound as it closes and heals.

So...I should wash it and then put the band aid? Thanks people.

Yep, thats the best way