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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] 3 points 11 months ago

They just used it as an example.

If you'll do the minimum you should keep a wound dry.

If you'll do more than the minimum you should keep the wound clean and lightly moist.

The issue with moistness is it also allows infections a better environment to fester. Which is why without antibiotics you're generally better keeping things moderately dry.