Liquid Bandage

[Marc Lewis]

Super glue works really well 😊

 

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Would not want to smear that all over the palms of my hand lol.

 

Sounds like good stuff. How much ££ is it?

[Haironyourchest]

Mine was €7.00 for a wee aresol bottle 40mg I think. Its not for gluing wounds closed by the way - just a barrier membrane.

[bigtreedon]

Would not want to smear that all over the palms of my hand lol.

 

Sounds like good stuff. How much ££ is it?

 

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[Daythe trees]

Only trouble with gluing skin with super glue is if you get dirt on it before the glue sets then you end up with a black scar for a while. I have had a couple, oh and it stings enough to make your eyes water if you're soft like me.

[jomoco]

Thanks a lot Hairy lad!

 

Not as if me medkit's not too extravagant n bloated now, izit mate!

 

Bee suits, spray on goop n stretchers for big galoots!

 

Jomoco

[Haironyourchest]

An update on my Liquid Bandage experiment:

 

Yesterday - after a few days off - my hands had recovered from the lime exposure, some peeling of the first layer of skin but no serious problems. So we got back into the plastering, and I sprayed the Liquid Bandage all over both hands and fingers that morning and just before we started. As before, I wore rigger gloves (water permeable) and got my gloves soaking wet all day, with the caustic solution. Several times during the day I applied barrier cream, but I think it rubbed off in the glove material pretty quickly.

 

At days end, my hands were, as before, severely wrinkled and white, and on the side of both thumbs were corrosions from lime particles trapped in the gloves, I suspect, where the thumb rubs against the trowel handle.

 

When I got home, I applied lemon juice, washed hands, applied iodine to the corrosions, and then liberal repeated doses of hand cream that evening.

 

This morning, my hands are fine, no skin peeling. I didn't think the Liquid Bandage was working at the time, because of the wrinkling, but it appears that it DID WORK. Next time I'll use it again, but will also use nitrile gloves inside my riggers, or just get rubber cement gloves....but it worked anyway.

[gooseflight]

Is this similar to Celox? I have a sachet of the crystal type stuff in my first aid kit, I think it's more for bigger chainsaw wounds rather than smaller cuts, but has anyone actually used it and can prove it works? Just intrigued really!

 

Thanks for putting this up, I'm forever snicking myself with a silky, looks very usefull!

 

Celox (chitosan) is for major, life-threatening bleeds. Forms a plug and accelerates clotting.

 

Does it work? Sure:

 

http://www.frontmed.co.nz/Modules/LSDocumentManager/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentId=8

[scriv]

Celox is used to treat battlefield wounds and is supposedly very effective. Its current issue to medics in the forces.

[Peasgood]

Superglue was supposedly invented for sticking wounds together, so why the hell didn't they invent it non stingy too?

More like they invented it to sting people to death and it just so happens it's quite sticky too.

[jomoco]

Yeah, took me a bit to figure out how to remove medical steel staples, without the fancy pliers!

 

Gotta bend em right on top in the middle, like an ice tong in reverse!

 

Does lots of scars indicate experience or stupidity?

 

Jomoco