I recently reopened a large wound on my leg from slidding in softball. I have non-stick gauze pads, but they aren't quite large enough to cover the whole wound with one pad. Would saran wrap work ok, providing I dress the wound with bandages over it?
2006-08-10 09:19:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
ABSOLUTELY NOT! Saran wrap is plastic and designed to STICK to things, and keep air out! you put saran wrap on that thing and any microbes that thrive in an airless environment WILL GO TO TOWN on you! it's called toxic shock syndrome and it will put you in the hospital!
2006-08-10 09:27:21 · answer #1 · answered by blkrose65 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's exactly what tattoo places do with large tattoos - cover it with gauze and wrap saran wrap around the body part it is on. Essentially a fresh tattoo is a large wound, so I would think it would work. They do say to take it off after about 2 hours and not re-cover it though, I bet the saran wrap would start to kind of suffocate the healthy skin if left on too long.
2006-08-10 09:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no doctor but I'm a skater with past 'road-rash' and this is what I'd do and I've done::
Wash & clean the wound.
Shave a little hair from around the wound and squeeze on 'triple antibiotic ointment' (VERY VERY important.)
Cut a piece of saran wrap a little bigger than your wound and tape it on.. This will keep the air and germs out. Leave on for two days then repeat.
Do this and it will heal without any infection from the 'inside out'. You will have a nice clean soft pink quickly healing wound.
Doing it 'normally' - like with non-stick gauze pads - you'll have a hard itching hurting scab tthat takes much longer to heal.
Good luck!
2006-08-10 09:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by Freesumpin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got a tattoo the other day, and the artist put saran wrap over it instead of gauze, which used to be common. Of course, the saran wrap isn't going to be absorbent.
2006-08-10 09:25:12 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you must use saran wrap....put the gauze on the wound first, two pads if necessary and then cover with the wrap. The plastic wrap will tend to macerate the wound tho.
2006-08-10 09:26:55 · answer #5 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, and you can use crisco for neosporin ointment. Then hold it all together with paste made from flour and water. Don't worry about the microbes. A little lighter fluid tossed on will kill them in seconds.
2006-08-10 09:31:45 · answer #6 · answered by yadayadayada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that is not a good idea.
2006-08-10 09:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by Jenny K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it wouldn't
2006-08-10 09:23:15 · answer #8 · answered by banzai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋