I am wondering how common injuries to the hand/fingers are, to those whom are "everyday" cooks? I got my first nasty slice today - nothing to stitch - just took a fairly deep layer off my left pinky. Never injured myself to the point of needing sutures while cooking, but did twice while I was a potter (shattered stoneware).
I have a friend who is a professional chef and he has a systemic Staph infection from hand injuries which won't clear up. Anyone have home remedies he might want to try? I think he's about at his wit's end.
I don't usually hurt myself with knives... but I've been known to cut a fingernail every now and then. I'm not lightning quick and don't feel the need to look at something else while I'm chopping, so my mantra is "Look at what you're doing".
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So now I have to deal with the soggy bandaid [censored]. The things too deep for the glue.
I use paper tape on most cuts. Clean the wound, pull the edges together and tape holds it in place to heal.
So now I have to deal with the soggy bandaid [censored]. The things too deep for the glue.
I use paper tape on most cuts. Clean the wound, pull the edges together and tape holds it in place to heal.
Second Skin or some such paint on sealer works well on many small cuts. It burns a bit going on, not unlike painting with clear nail polish, but it holds up well under repeated hand washings. I have to be very careful with my hands because of work and exposure to patient's cooties. Goomba
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:00:43 -0400, Goomba38 wrote:
> Second Skin or some such paint on sealer works well on many small
cuts.
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I think Second Skin was the "glue" the OP referred to. SS isn't meant for cuts that draw blood, AFAIK.
Superglue (cyano-acrylate type adhesives) are very useful for things
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this, since they bond skin so well. Use with care, of course though
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I've bonded my fingers together with it in the distant past... thank goodness I knew I could use fingernail polish remover to free myself from the mess.
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Well, since I'm a tinkerer/maker/repairer of 'stuff' I've had my close calls. Guess the big fear I've had of doing such since childhood has quickened my reactions and I've always snapped them apart in plenty of time, TF!
I have glued many a cut though, and had them heal excellently with none of the 'skin pruning' associated with Band-Aids and the like. Did it (sorta) when I sawed into my left thumb knuckle with a rusty old wood saw (don't ask!) - I wrapped sawing thread around and around the wound to hold it together, put a thin line of the glue down either side of the cut over the turns of thread, when it dried snipped the thread away apart from over the cut = quick stitches. When the wound dried a little, put a bead of the glue right over the cut - did a fine job, and it healed quickly and infection free (I did clean it very well first and treated it with tea tree oil too).
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I have glued many a cut though, and had them heal excellently with none
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the 'skin pruning' associated with Band-Aids and the like.
Yup.. there is medical grade "superglue" used all the time now. Goomba
Indeed. One of the things it was experimented with for after its 'discovery' (IIRC, some optics guy trying to make very transparent acrylic based lenses or similar? I'd have to google to be sure...) - was never intended as a glue...?
