Tissue paper epidermis is not fun

[Lawrence00]

Some weeks ago I looked down at the back of my hand and there was a quarter inch tear with a bleed. I think that while pulling on trousers, a gathering of cloth must have pulled too much sideways. I cleaned and bandaged and about a week later a bad choice of bandage pulled the whole thing open again. For at least a couple weeks I have kept it covered with raw honey, guaze, and a couple regular bandaids and it is almost healed.

What the heck

 

[Blessed]

Yes, it is a problem as we age. It sees every time I am at the doctor there are questions about my skin. I have 3 pups, someone is always giving me a good scratch or poke with their nails. I always clean and medicate the area but we are slower to heal in addition to thin skin.

 

[IrishEyes]

Same here, My doctor saw a rather large triangle shaped skin peeled back on my arm
about 3-4 inches from point to base where my dogs claw got caught and peeled it back
to a flap of skin.
This skin like that can't be stitched. He gave me a cream to put on them as I lay the loose
skin over the exposed area. And it keeps it from healing to those real white splotches you
end up with at times.
Mupirocin Ointment you may ask about it with your doctor. It only takes a dab each time you
put on a clean bandage. I love this ointment

 

[Lewkat]

As we age, we lose our collagen and adipose tissue under the skin, leaving us more vulnerable to these sort of wounds. I am extremely careful these days as even though there is a lot of flab around lost firmness in my upper and forearms, the skin is almost transparent.

 

[Oldeagle66]

This is a new one for me. I have never heard of this before. Sounds irritating and painful.

 

[IrishEyes]

This is a new one for me. I have never heard of this before. Sounds irritating and painful.

It stings more than anything

 

[Lawrence00]

Same here, My doctor saw a rather large triangle shaped skin peeled back on my arm
about 3-4 inches from point to base where my dogs claw got caught and peeled it back
to a flap of skin.
This skin like that can't be stitched. He gave me a cream to put on them as I lay the loose
skin over the exposed area. And it keeps it from healing to those real white splotches you
end up with at times.
Mupirocin Ointment you may ask about it with your doctor. It only takes a dab each time you
put on a clean bandage. I love this ointment

After the one bandage pulled the whole thing open again and I was planning to run up to Walgreens and out of the blue I had a thought about honey for moisture. The internet found a story about a guy who had a really bad lawnmower accident and his leg would not heal. There is honey from one particular country that is famous and his doctors used honey infused bandages to finally heal the leg. So I gave straight Missouri raw honey a try.

 

[Lawrence00]

This is a new one for me. I have never heard of this before. Sounds irritating and painful.

Near zero pain. Was just a big surprise.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I would generally just clean a wound like that, then apply Neosporin generously and leave a bandage on it only as long as it still bleeds - like a few minutes to a few hours. That approach is not what most medical sites I just now looked at recommend, but it is what works for me.