..and this is where I admit stupidity and the awesome power that is krazy glue.

chtudor

chtudor

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On Sunday I was cutting a bagel in a foolish way (I was completely under-slept last weekend because of work.) with my Spyderco Khukuri resulted in the blessed thing introducing itself to the meat of my left palm. Well it's not the knife's fault, it's totally mine. When I'm not under-slept I don't claim to be a smart guy, but on with the story.

So, said Spyderco is saying hello to the meat of my hand. I turn around and start chanting "stupid, stupid, stupid" to the wife, and a my sleep deprived brane starts running threw a checklist... regular band-aid: no way, butterfly band-aid: not in that spot of my hand, head to urgent care (I'd rather not just because I already feel like a freaking moron), ...... Krazy Glue!. So I dig threw the FA kit one handed and pull out of those small single use jobbies, clean up the area as best as I can, asked the wife to help with aiming (minds out of the gutter children), and glued that bad boy up. Not too shabby, I almost felt less stupid. Pleased with the

3 days pass, the bulk of the blood colored bits of glue have sense come off in hand washings and what you see in the first pic is my wound as of about 09:00 today. No inflamed flesh (a tiny bit of redness that is not tender) and that's it. The second pic is a "representation" of how much of the Spyderco introduced itself to my left palm.

There is no lesson here, be safe with thine edged tools, I'm just amazed at how well it's healed in just a few short days I will say however that years ago I was EMT-ish(in the service) so I have had a modicum of training and in no way recommend using Krazy glue or dermabond or whatever for sticking bits of yourself back together unless you've been properly trained.
 

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wow that really bit ya:eek: :eek:...i use krazy glue when i cant put a bandaid on...ive done it serveral times and it works pretty well...
 
Glue is perfect for that kind of cut. I use it all the time on split fingers and I had a big split in my big toe from removing a in grown toe nail myself, glue solved the bleeding problem. Never had any sort of problems with using it either. keepem sharp
 
So I would think that on a deep cut like that, that you want to keep the glue out of the inside of your hand and just apply it to the outside edge to pull the skin tight. Since the glue relies on H2O to activate it, it will get hard inside your hand and having a big divider of glue wouldn't be good.

Is this a good assumption?
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
So I would think that on a deep cut like that, that you want to keep the glue out of the inside of your hand and just apply it to the outside edge to pull the skin tight. Since the glue relies on H2O to activate it, it will get hard inside your hand and having a big divider of glue wouldn't be good.

Is this a good assumption?
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I'm not an EMT, but that's what I've always done on myself (tried to NOT get the glue INTO the wound, but just to hold the top outer skin together).
 
puukkoman said:
I'm not an EMT, but that's what I've always done on myself (tried to NOT get the glue INTO the wound, but just to hold the top outer skin together).
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exactly...but in my experience, theres blood coming out of the cut, so its hard for the glue to even get in the cut at all...
 
I can't remember what the chemical is but a doctor told me using crazy glue is not a good idea because this chemical is released in the drying process.
 
crazy glue is cyanoacrylate or smply known as CA and cures by PH reaction not water.

reason it glues skin so good...it was developed by 3M in the 60's Vietnam era as a skin adhesive for field medics.
 
wally@ferguson said:
crazy glue is cyanoacrylate or smply known as CA and cures by PH reaction not water.

reason it glues skin so good...it was developed by 3M in the 60's Vietnam era as a skin adhesive for field medics.
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I heard it was developed for use in retina re-attachment surgery so there would be no need for micro stitches, thus faster re-growth of tissue. The AMA wouldn't approve its usage, but Canada's medical authority did so US eye surgeons had to get their pharmaceutical grade CA from Canada! (It was also approved in most European countries.

Regardless of which (if either?!?) origin is correct, the stuff sure does work well for minor skin re-attachments. We run into the problems of possible anaerobic bacterial infection, so it's not so good for deep cuts, but damn fine for long ones!

I use it most often on my finger tips of my left hand. I play guitar and if I ever get a cut or some blood drawn from my finger tip, I put a 'cap' of superglue on it. Two drops cover the entire tip perfectly and will last through about an hour's worth of play. Then I just put on another drop and keep playing. No pain from the strings on the cut or poked part!

Stitchawl
 
So I wonder what the difference is between medical grade super glue and over the counter super glue... price for sure.
 
MT Borg said:
So I wonder what the difference is between medical grade super glue and over the counter super glue... price for sure.
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Same as pharmaceutical grade saline solution and salt water! :)
I'd assume that the pharmaceutical grade stuff has been sterilized and made to more careful guidelines. At least... I'd LIKE to assume that! :eek:

"USP" (the sign for pharmaceuticals) is 'supposed to be' like a guarantee that the product conforms to certain standards, which is why USP generic drugs are 'usually' as good as brand named drugs but without paying the extra for the branding, only paying extra for the USPing. :D

Stitchawl
 
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