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[mellowtigger]

Two beers really did the trick last night.  The finger was feeling better, and I was sleepy enough to go to bed really early.  I'm sure the rest helped.

I tried to clean up the wound again this morning, but I didn't get very far.  I made the mistake yesterday of taking the torn-off skin and laying it back down across the wound.  So today, of course, it's stuck together even though the skin is dead now.  I'm not tearing it back off again, so it'll have to drop off in its own time.  At least it doesn't look infected to me, so no trip to the doctor is needed.  And the swelling under the fingernail has gone down, so it's not throbbing much today.

Here's a link to the photo that I took this morning, so the squeamish don't have to look at it unnecessarily.

Comments

[anziulewicz.livejournal.com]

Looks fine to me. As long as the swelling is going down, I wouldn't worry about it. If it was me, I'd just buy a tube of generic triple-antibiotic ointment from Family Dollar, shmear a little on the pad of a band-aid, and keep it covered, changing the band-aid every morning. Beyond that, you're just fine.

[mellowtigger]

Yesterday I was reaching for the generic and then noticed that the "Neosporin plus pain relief" came in a box with a nifty little portable case for storing both medicine and bandaids. I wanted it for my desk at work, so I got the brand name variety instead of the generic.

The photo hardly shows any of the bruising for some reason. But, yeah, it's not turning filthy, so I'm sure it'll be fine as is. It didn't cut far into me. It was just a hard pinch and a fair-sized triangle of skin got torn off. (You can barely see the outline of it in the picture.)

:o)

[otterlover01.livejournal.com]

How good you are feeling better. No, I WON'T look! lol Wish your finger will be completley healed asap. Hugs, L. ;o)

Re: :o)

[mellowtigger]

I was planning to do some gardening this weekend, but I guess I'll avoid that since I want the skin to heal before getting it dirty. I'm using lots of antibiotic ointment, so I'm sure it'll mend quickly. :)