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Onoff
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It's not hurting at all, one plaster strip has already come off on the walk back from the pub.
I must get some steri strips, quite fancied a go with them.
Tbh SWMBO has some topical out of date anaesthetic here, did think about home stitching it but presume you need special "gut" or whatever?
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Big respect to anyone who was a cook in the forces - it was the hardest course going. To this day I don’t think anyone has ever passed
One of the fitters at Rover used to be a cook in the navy, I didn't know you could fry an egg with a microwave until he showed us.
Home stitching would be asking for it to get infected. You’d probably be better superglueing it than stitching it yourself. Whatever you attempt make sure it’s thoroughly cleaned out. The above definitely isn’t medical advice. If it’s bad enough for you to think it needs stitching I’d get it checked out properly.
I still remember the day my mum stood on a bit of broken milk bottle. Refused to go to A&E, as they were built tough in those days - but there must have been a small shard remaining that plagued her when walking for 40 years afterwards.
When I was about 10yo I fell over on to a broken bottle and put a gash just under my knee. Went to the doctor's and got it cleaned up and stitched. After that, every couple of years or so the end of the scar would get all red and swell up for a couple of weeks. This went on for about thirty years, at which point it swelled up, burst, and out came a load of pus, and a bit of cinder, which had been missed in the clean up, and hiding in there ever since.
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Superglue surgical is great for such things. Ive used it on the dog and an alpaca, plus myself. But do also use farm antibiotic spray too!
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They used that to stick my head back together just before Christmas, healed up nicely
Thought you were on a diet!
Salt and vinegar may have better antiseptic properties.
Blooming expensive stuff!
Ordinary super glue does work but can be harmful and its not flexible enough and tends to crack and flake off.
Medical glue is a different formulation, safer and flexible so it doesn't crack.
Onoff
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Work/life stress has meant that's right out the window. Comfort eating junk. It was never a diet per se but clean eating. Weights back on & all the old ailments are coming back.
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They used the glue on me when I did the side of my head, a few year ago. I wanted stitches, (the scar would have looked far more impressive
), but they refused & glued it. I've got a pokey fine line which you can barely see now.Stitched my head up when I was a kid, had to shave the hair off to do it.They used the glue on me when I did the side of my head, a few year ago. I wanted stitches, (the scar would have looked far more impressive
Funnily I think the scar must have moved as it's below my hairline now.
