Post: #1

Next time you cut yourself deeply, use SUPERGLUE.

1) Inspect wound, clean debris
2) Use disinfectant (Personal preference- hydrogen peroxide)
3) Apply superglue to wound
4) Hold wound together until sealed

Your body will self-absorb it, superglue provides a better seal against water, and its used in the medical setting instead of sutures.

Other uses...applied as protective coating to ripped skin.

Post: #2

Cyanoacrylate is good stuff, all right. Field medics (all sorts of medics) use it quite a bit. Obviously be careful (if you stick a finger onto damaged tissue, removing it will do even more damage) but it can be pretty damn useful in the right circumstances.

Having said that, I'd still put a bandage over the fix. CA isn't a magic barrier and you still want to keep it clean.

Post: #3

Should probably add to use latex gloves. For both hygiene and to keep glue of your fingers.

Post: #4

Nitrile/Vinyl is probably a better choice than latex.

Post: #5

This sounds interesting, and I think I've heard something similar, but I'm kind of loath to be pouring industrial products into gaping wounds without some kind of source.
Do you have a study or medical guide you can link us to?

Post: #6

They sell it in pharmacies as "liquid bandaid". Works well.

Post: #7

Do you have to shave off your body hair around the wound so hair doesn't get supergluded inside?

Post: #8

Very cool - this is a trick I learned from another bass player in the same orchestra about 10 years ago - when you'd get blisters on your fingers, pop 'em, drain 'em, apply superglue.

Popping it would relieve the pressure, the superglue would cover the really tender meat on your finger, end result being - you keep playing

Post: #9

(10-18-2012 04:58 PM)Roosh Wrote:  They sell it in pharmacies as "liquid bandaid". Works well.

I used a combination of that and these things called "skin closure strips" to treat a huge gash I had that definitely would have required stitches otherwise (especially considering it was on that area of skin under your thumb that is always stretching and bunching). Healed very nicely and without infection.

Post: #10

(10-18-2012 03:23 PM)DVY Wrote:  Next time you cut yourself deeply, use SUPERGLUE.

1) Inspect wound, clean debris
2) Use disinfectant (Personal preference- hydrogen peroxide)
3) Apply superglue to wound
4) Hold wound together until sealed

Your body will self-absorb it, superglue provides a better seal against water, and its used in the medical setting instead of sutures.

Other uses...applied as protective coating to ripped skin.

Please do this with caution.

- Superglue should only be applied to the skin overlying the wound, it damages the tissue within the wound i.e. don't apply it on the 'raw' parts of the wound, the glue will prevent the cells from growing the bridges required to close the wound
- If your wound is deep enough, superglue may not be able to hold it closed, it might tear open beneath the superglue and fill up with blood causing a hematoma

The technique is to pinch the wound edges closed and then apply the glue, either in a thick layer or with sticky bandages. Then cover the wound with a bigger bandaid/bandages to prevent yourself accidently tearing it open when the glue hooks onto something.

Post: #11

There's no way this stuffs not toxic.

Post: #12

Quote:2) Use disinfectant (Personal preference- hydrogen peroxide)

I forgot to mention, that if you leave hydrogen peroxide inside a wound and then close the wound, the hydrogen peroxide reacts with your body water to form oxygen, which will then bubble into your tissues and make your skin feel like bubble wrap.

If you use hydrogen peroxide, wash it out thoroughly or leave the wound open. I'd rather use some other disinfect, though. Chlorhexidine in water is the classic one and relatively less toxic than the other disinfectants. That said, I recall reading some studies have shown that good old running tap water can be as good a disinfectant, provided you rinse for at least 10 minutes continuously (use a watch to time yourself, because it has to be 10 minutes)

Post: #13

Thomas Rhymer is right.

Hydrogen peroxide can cause oxygen bubbles. The best is to wait a few minutes until fizzing stops completely, then irrigate w/sterile saline (but tap-water would be sufficient)

Approximating the wounds THEN applying the superglue is key. Minimal amounts would be key.

Just keep in mind, you want the area clean, and the wound to heal to the before- wounded condition. Dont let anything like hair to get in the wound.

As for the deepness of the wound, if its less than 2 inches, I would say it is safe to use the superglue technique

I learned this trick from older Oral Surgoens. From my experience, with draining dental abcess (infections). The protoccol is CIG: Curettage (Removal of infected tissue), Irrigation (Hydrogen peroxide except on the upper molars because of sinus proximity, followed by sterile saline), Gauze for pressure (Slows bleeding, helps with bloodclot formation). For clean tissue, closure will speed healing up.

As for a study, wiki had a good source...The United States National Toxicology Program and the United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive have concluded that the use of ethyl cyanoacrylate[Krazy Glue and Superglue] is safe and that additional study is unnecessary. http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/c...6.htm#11.1

Post: #14

Chlorhexidine is a rather weak disinfectant. Hydrogen peroxide is a stronger disinfectant, non-toxic, and doesnt burn like alcohol. Another good one is iodine, or diluted sodium hypochlorite (aka Clorox mixed w/water)