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Moist wounds heal 2-3 times faster than dry wounds (woundeducators.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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& https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842869/

I feel like it should be common knowledge to help people not only recover faster, but also to have less complications and less scarring.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Guess that’s part of the reason neosporin works well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah I was going to say, antiseptic gel under a regular bandage is basically the best case scenario for general healing