On 5/31/2012 9:31 PM, John Holladay wrote:
<snick>

I had heard of using super glue to seal a wound.  Note to all - read up 
on the correct way to do this.  The idea is not to just apply the glue 
to the open wound in order to try to seal the open wound.  I now this 
know from experience.  That hurt much worse than the actual wound and it 
still was hurting hours afterward.  And I'm not talking about a small 
dull ache.  I mean, it hurt.
>
> Btw.  The correct way to do this is to hold/squeeze the wound closed, 
> then apply a sparing amount of the glue at the edges to hold it 
> closed.  I just poured it on the wound.  It did seal it and it did 
> stop the bleeding, but d@m... that hurt.
>
>
<snick>
Good to know. I've wondered about that. I haven't used it on real cuts, 
only on paper cuts where there's no blood, just a flap of skin that will 
eventually cause tearing.
It's also useful to prevent a fingernail from splitting further than it 
already has. And quicker than nail lacquer! Try to avoid getting glue on 
the skin at the leading edge.

Don

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