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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] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is huge news to me. I was always taught to remove bandages asap to let wounds "air out".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It depends on the wound. If the skin needs to move, letting it dry hard and crack and bleed is not good. In those cases: covered by day, ointment only by night.

If the wound just happened, yea keep it covered.

If you are a burn victim, then yes, spring for the healing tank... if you can afford it.