Cuts and Scarring

Make sure your tetanus booster injections are up to date!!!!!!!

Remember to wash a fresh cut carefully (ideally using sterile cotton wool), a fresh piece for each wipe, washing AWAY from the the cut. DAB dry with more sterile cotton wool, then use a fresh peice of cotton wool to apply antiseptic. Lotion or cream will do, but personally I find the
creams don't hurt, and the lotions sting! THEN you can proceed to use these steps for minimising scars....

Copied from a magazine (can't remember which one...)

A scar is caused by the body producing protein to knit the skin together and repair the wound; this is triggered by a gap in the skin or inflammation. To minimise scarring, you must minimise the extent of the injury.

But before all of these things, remember to wash the cut carefully (ideally using sterile cotton wool), a fresh piece for each wipe, washing AWAY from the the cut. DAB dry with more sterile cotton wool, then use a fresh peice of cotton wool to apply antiseptic. Lotion or cream will do, but personnally I find the creams don't hurt, and the lotions sting! THEN you can proceed to use the steps for minimising scars....

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