help and advice needed urgently

[Living Dead Doll]

i recently cut myself on my foreham ,
the skin surrounding the cuts is all red, slightly swollen and painful to touch
the cuts themselves arent as bad and there is no sign of infection yet
im worried bout the surrounding are as its quite raw

[makedamnsure]

Probably just swollen and irritated because of the cutting.

If there are no signs of infection you should be ok.

Not sure how to ease the swelling but tea tree cream might sooth the pain.

[Living Dead Doll]

okay thanks for the tips
<3

[Bitter_Angel]

Yeah, sounds like they are irritated. Clean them properly and dress them to prevent infection.
There is a wound care guide on the main site if you need any advice on the best ways to clean them.

[Living Dead Doll]

I Used The Dettol Version Of TCP
It Stung So Bad
After Ten Minutes They Stopped Bleeding
I've Now COvered Them With Savlon Antiseptic Cream, Gauze Dressing And A Bandage
YThanks For All Tips

[Animad]

I'd say in the future that often using weaker antibacterials is a good thing. Those, though are good, can be a bit harsh and so damage the initial stages of wound healing and set things back. I'd advise you to purchase a wound cleaner/ wound wash or even a bottle of saline (can often by in big bottles now as it's used to clean contact lenses) to clean them with. Even lukewarm tap water would be good and then you could, if the cuts not too deep, put some antibacterial/ anti-septic cream on after such as Savlon. If you want to use Dettol then I'd suggest not using it neat but diluting it down.

A dressing pad rather than gauze would be better too so I'd buy some non-stick (AKA non-adherant/ low adhearnt) dressings such as Melonin if you haven't got any already as the problem with gauze is it sticks to wounds and then can be very hard to get off and can lead to further damage. But yep, definately keep it covered and well done for looking after it. It is totally normal for a fresh cut to be like that just due to your bodies own natural defences and there is an article in one of the stickies on the FAF explaining this.

[Albemarle]

Dettol can be quite strong - try diluting it more if you find that it is too strong, at least until wounds have had a chance to heal a little more.

Make sure you keep wound area clean and dry (when you clean it, do so gently and pat dry afterwards with clean towel or clean disposable paper towel).

Yeah, 'dry' dressings are best. Either the pre-made ones described above or you can buy lint and micropore if wounds are an awkward shape and use scissors to cut lint to required shape and put the N0N-fluffy side on the wound.