Wound Care Question - Stuff coming out? SI trigs

[alpacahat]

Hellooo... Triggers for kinda graphic wound description.
OK, so I've got a cut that I did a weekish ago. It went into the fat a fair bit and ended up gaping as wide as it was long (ummm.... bit more than 1cm?) but didn't bleed heaps or anything. My cuts never go deep, just very wide. I closed it up as soon as I did it but in a self destructive moment I ripped the dressing off the next day and it opened up again. I've just kept it bandaided since then. (3 days?)
It weeped a lot, and started getting a little bit infected, but I did all the right things and it's no longer showing signs of infection.
The thing I'm wondering about is that now the midle of the cut has become higher than the surrounding skin and is sort of bubbling over the top a bit. It's red but not bleeding at all. It's kinda squidgy like jelly. I have absolutely no pain what-so-ever, even when I touch the squishy bit. Will it dry out and scab over? Or will it get more raised and actually come out (ahhrgh!) of the cut? I don't really know what to do. I've just covered it in gauze and Dettol. Is that ok?
Cheeeeeers!

[Animad]

I'd get it checked out. When a cut that hasn't been closed heals it forns something called granulation tissue which is pink/red, moist and has red spots. This is a tissue with is high in capillary blood flow and creates like a network for which scar tissue can bridge across. If too much of it is formed it can effectively worsen wound healing and can produce very bad scars. Doctors/nurses can do things to reduce this by use of special dressing regimes so it is best to get it checked out. Also, as this is prone to infection keep it covered up, clean and moistened with anti-bacterial cream in the mean time. If it dries out this can also worsen wound healing so it really does help to keep a dressing on it until you get it checked out

[alpacahat]

Thank you! I never knew that, it's happened to me a lot in my recent SI episodes and that explains why I've had such horrible scars from them!
You've been really helpful Animad, cheers :)

[Animad]

Closing a wound up with steristrips (if not near a joint/ gaping less than around 5mm), or getting it stitched if wider than this will mean that the two edges will heal together quicker and as the edges are closer together the chances/ amount of scarring will be less if that helps.