My Dermabond came off yesterday. The way my doctor talked about it, I assumed the wound would be all pretty and sealed up, like my scars after my surgeries last year. But...
On another note, I’ve all but confirmed it cut deep enough to cause nerve damage. Whether it’s permanent or not remains to be seen. Luckily, given the positioning, it’s not debilitating! Just painful.
Well, it’s still a wide-open, gaping stab wound, but it hasn’t bled anymore. I’ve just been keeping it dry and protected as best I can. When it’s wet it behaves like it did after the Dermabond came off, but when dry, it forms like... an internal scab. I’ve never had a wound this deep and this open so I don’t know how else to describe it.
The skin around the edges is sorta puffy and red, but it doesn’t look or even feel infected. Google isn’t much help; the recommendation I see most is “just leave it open and go about business like normal”, but like... I’ve been letting it air out today, but I picked up a tube of body wash wrong and the edge poked it, and I felt like I was about to die. Soooooooo it’s getting gauzed and bandaged for work tomorrow.
The skin around the edges is sorta puffy and red, but it doesn’t look or even feel infected. Google isn’t much help; the recommendation I see most is “just leave it open and go about business like normal”, but like... I’ve been letting it air out today, but I picked up a tube of body wash wrong and the edge poked it, and I felt like I was about to die. Soooooooo it’s getting gauzed and bandaged for work tomorrow.
On another note, I’ve all but confirmed it cut deep enough to cause nerve damage. Whether it’s permanent or not remains to be seen. Luckily, given the positioning, it’s not debilitating! Just painful.