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Well, I have an in-depth study of band-aids going on around here. I can
offer my best tips:
The Nexcare Comfort strips are the BEST bandaids made. They even make
them in "Oh my god, I'm going to bleed to death" sizes. The huge 2x4" ones are
awesome to keep on hand. If you need it bigger, use a gauze pad and cut the foot
part of a nice snug fitting sock off, and use it as a armband/legband to hold it
in place (I find my hands/arms usually get it the most, though I've had a few on
my thighs too, as well as many face and chest ones). I have permanent scars from
a few good ones.
Here's the trick to get even the deepest cat scratches to heal in 3 days or
less:
1. Clean it WELL when first done. Get in the shower if you have to, use
antibacterial soap, and WASH it very thoroughly. You should be bleeding MORE
after you are done than you were to begin with.
2. Get the Bactine liquid, the kind in the squeeze bottle, and blot at it
with a cotton ball, this helps with the stinging.
3. Choose a bandaid that will completely cover the scratch, preferably one
with the sticky part all the way around the pad, so it seals the medicine in,
and the dirt out.
4. Use a generous glob of Neosporin on the scratch.
5. Squirt a bit of the Bactine liquid ONTO the bandaid pad, so it is WET,
but just the pad is wet, don't over do it and get the adhesive part wet.
6. Apply the wet Bactine bandaid to the cut that is globbed with Neosporin.
If your scratch looks gaping, like it might could use stitches, use the bandaid
to pull the two side together, apply one side first, pull it over the wound
and adhere the second side to the skin on the other side of the wound,
but pull it tighter than you normally would, so it pulls the scratch closed as
it covers it.
7. If you're dealing with a thigh scratch, take into consideration if you
spend more time sitting, or standing, and apply the bandaid in the position you
will be in most of the time, as the skin on the thighs moves a LOT from a
sitting position to a standing one, and a bandaid applied while sitting will
pucker once you stand up. Puckering is bad, because it mis-aligns the two wound
edges by placing more tension on one side then the other.
8. Leave it on as long as it will stay on. If it comes loose, immediately
make another one just like the first one. Sleep with it on, KEEP it covered and
WET, if you shower/bathe, take it off as soon as you get in the tub (not
before), and immediately dry the skin around it and reapply a new one as soon as
you get out, it HAS to stay moist at all times. If it dries out, squirt some
more Bactine on the outside of the pad (the Nexcare strips allow it to pass
through to the pad from the back side if applied carefully). That's the
trick. Wounds allowed to dry out form scabs, scabbed wounds heal slower
than clean edged wounds (and they scar more).
Phaewryn PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!!
http://ucat.us/adopt.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital
camera (for pictures) and HOMES for CATS!
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