Super Glue for Cuts?

I used it recently on a stitch-worthy laceration.
It healed very fast--much faster than if I had it stitched.

Gotta keep an eye out for infection, though. You'll know pretty quick if it gets infected, then off the doc.
 
I use new skin liquid bandage, have some in my pocket right now. Super glue works but I like to stay away from non medical chemicals on cuts. Plus the liquid bandage is also an antiseptic.
 
JCaswell said:
I used it recently on a stitch-worthy laceration.
It healed very fast--much faster than if I had it stitched.

Gotta keep an eye out for infection, though. You'll know pretty quick if it gets infected, then off the doc.
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Keflex for all! :thumbup:
 
I've used vetbond and it works really well. It's a bit more flexible than superglue so it doesn't break as quickly. It's also dyed blue so you can tell where you've sealed. It's made for pets but was easier to get a hold of than the stuff made for people. I believe the medical and veterinary grade stuff is less exothermic and less toxic than the traditional superglue but don't quote me on that.
Amazon carries it.
 
Many years ago I got distracted by a ladyfriend while preparing dinner. I was using a brand new Spyderco Santoku and it was razor sharp. Ran that blade down through my index finger nail and downward.
It was at an angle and so there was only a small flap of skin holding the entire piece on.
Went to the urgent care clinic and they essentially put the chunk back in place, put a light layer of gauze over the nail area and saturated it with some sort of Krazy glue material (looked brown like betadine).
They then wrapped it up in gauze and I was good to go.
It eventually grew out and you'd never know that happened.

Fast forward a few years. Over at my sister's home and making her my special salmon cakes - chopping onions.
Sis said something, I looked up, the knife blade continued down...
Yup, same finger, same nail, same situation...

I asked my Sis for some Krazy glue, I used a small piece of paper towel instead of gauze, saturated that paper towel with the Krazy Glue and everything was good to go.

Even today, I keep a few tubes around the house. Get a cut, I clean it out thoroughly, put some of that 'Triple Action Antibiotic' ointment on it, then seal it up with Krazy Glue.
Works every time...

The only exception would be serious cuts (blood vessel lac or something worse) or a cut on my face...

Don't know about Gorilla glue. I've used that and it's too much like using super sticky Elmer's Glue.
I like the controllability of the Krazy Glue liquid or gel. Doesn't make as much of a mess and dries clear.

Regards,
Mike
 
j williams said:
Also if its a big lac, it might trap infection, so be sure the wound is REALLY clean first. Medically, I have to advise against it, but you know...;)

Just be sure to examine the wound well first, and clean it as good as possible, then clean it again, if you are gonna go this route.:thumbup:
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There is a reason the Nurse scrubs the wound out with a little nylon bristled piece of hell. This is the reason. You close something up in there that you might not even be able to see and you are basically creating an abscess.
 
Yeah, most people probably don't even realize that lancing used to be an every day occurence in Doctor's Offices, hospitals and whatnot. A tad bit more rare today but still happens sometimes. It's also a good reason to have a real and sterile scalpel in your kit and some broad spectrum antibiotics but I wouldn't want to have to lance something myself if I was really sick and wouldn't really want anyone else doing it either. 8-)

Best to do it right the first time and avoid all of that mess.
 
I use cheapo dollar store super glue on cuts all the time. I am a sheetmetal mechanic and unfortunately we get cut all the time. I agree that you have to clean the wound well, but after doing that I dab a couple drops on the wound and its good to go. Now, there is a limit to where you have to go get stitches. Normally if it requires five stitches or less, I'll just superglue it. If it requires more than five stitches, then it is off to the clinic to get stitched up. Getting stitches isnt too bad because we have to go to a certain clinic everytime and right down the street is a nice little diner that serves breakfast all day called Tommy's. If one of my workers needs stitches, I always volunteer to take him and then stop at Tommy's Restaurant on the way back to work.:)
 
i carry super glue in the field,use it mostly when my dogs get cut up by pigs when hunting i have used it on myself as well,great stuff,,,,a doctor showed me that trick he used it on his son when he was cut on his forehead by his football helmet,on a team i coached almost 20 yrs.ago..used ever since
 
Worse thing about sutures is the scrubbing and the shots of lidocaine which always seem to be administered by someone who went to the Vincent Price School of Medicine. :D
 
REKCUT said:
I am a sheetmetal mechanic and unfortunately we get cut all the time.
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My favorite guitarist lost two fingertips in a sheet metal press. He was a welder and the other fellow that did the bending was sick that day, so he did both jobs. Nasty!

PrimitiveMan said:
Yeah well, I don't have lidocaine. I just skip right to the sutures, which admittedly sucks, but..........
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You get cut bad enough and you might not be able to do that for yourself, you might also damage some rather intricate and important structures down in that cut. I have sutures and I would do it if I had to, but that's some hairy stuff to be doing...
 
TheFlash said:
Don't know about Gorilla glue. I've used that and it's too much like using super sticky Elmer's Glue.
I like the controllability of the Krazy Glue liquid or gel. Doesn't make as much of a mess and dries clear.
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The makers of Gorilla glue, also make a super glue that is impact resistant. See http://www.gorillaglue.com/glues/superglue/index.aspx

Anyone seen the new Hulk movie? Just watched it, and guess what he seals his cut finger up with? Yep. Super glue. :)
 
careful with the Krazy Glue kiddies! Ya dont want to be a Ralphie or pull a Jason Biggs.........

Mrs Hoover? i glued my head to my shoulder......
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Yeah, but he also is exposed to a bunch of chemicals that makes him turn green and tear shit up. :D

I have a hard time with the whole Crazy Glue angle, let alone other manufacturers.

There is a method to my madness. Due to this "globalism" B.S., i.e., promotion of profit via slave labor no matter what, I have a hard time accepting that you guys who have had good success with Crazy Glue should keep doing this.

This country has had over 75 (and I think over 80, I just cannot remember) people DIE from Heparin (Anticoagulants) from China because of impurities and/or toxins in the Heparin. About twice that many have been damaged by the Heparin to one degree or another.

Big Business doesn't give a damn about us and if you cannot trust Heparin in a U.S. Hospital, and you can't, I would not trust even a stateside glue manufacturer to make something in a sterile enough environment to be putting that stuff in a wound. At least with something like Dermabond, we can at least hope we don't get impurities entering into the manufacturing process.

If you look at current surgical gauze being sold by supersized medical distribution houses like McKesson, you will see on the packing that the product is Made in China but sterilized in The United States. I wish I could believe them, but I don't. If large pharmaceutical companies are not even concerned with how lifesaving drugs like Heparin are being produced, my bet is they give less than a shit about how gauze is being manufactured, etc.

With a commercial glue like brand name Gorilla or Krazy Glue, there are two basic problems:

1. If something potentially harmful does get introduced into a batch, it won't be considered potentially harmful because it is not being manufactured for medical reasons so there is no real expectation of the product being sterile to begin with.

2. They could change the formulation without any notice whatsoever and why should they notify the public of a change in formulation? See #1, it's not designed for use in human beings.

That introduction of some contaminant or change in formulation could kill you or make you wish you were dead when you have to live with the result.

If you want a liquid surgical adhesive, perhaps we could enter into a group buy, but I would stop using commercial adhesives for wound closure for the reasons cited above.

Even Dermabond could be contaminated if it is Made in China, but at least we can hope for some type of oversight in the matter, with commerical adhesives, there is ZERO expectation of being safe in humans because it is not made for that purpose to start with.
 
Don,

Yeah, if I hack through tendons and stuff, I am heading to the ER, but I have been there enough times to know what is, and isn't serious. Besides, while there are many fine physicians and nurses out there, I have seen my share of ER hacks. I am plenty comfortable putting them in and taking them out. In fact the sutures I most recently obtained were given to me by an ER doctor. I had already stiched myself previously and I asked his opinion on thread size and needle type if he were me and did some backcountry camping. He immediately went and fetched half a dozen sutures and gave them to me.

As far as the super glue not being sterile, your body is exposed to the unsterile environment every single day. Could you get some nasty bacteria from superglue? I guess it is possible, but my first instinct is that the chemical laden composition of cynoacrylate is probably not a bacterias best friend. I don't think krazy glue is going to introduce anything biologic. Chemical wise, I guess it is possible, but with the small amount and limited application, I'll take my chances.
 
PrimitiveMan said:
Don,

Yeah, if I hack through tendons and stuff, I am heading to the ER, but I have been there enough times to know what is, and isn't serious. Besides, while there are many fine physicians and nurses out there, I have seen my share of ER hacks.
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I was actually more concerned with what you cannot see, nerve bundles, etc.

I am not a fan of the Emergency Room, it is to be avoided at all costs. 8-)

I am plenty comfortable putting them in and taking them out. In fact the sutures I most recently obtained were given to me by an ER doctor. I had already stiched myself previously and I asked his opinion on thread size and needle type if he were me and did some backcountry camping. He immediately went and fetched half a dozen sutures and gave them to me.
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Score! Good Doc!

As far as the super glue not being sterile, your body is exposed to the unsterile environment every single day. Could you get some nasty bacteria from superglue? I guess it is possible, but my first instinct is that the chemical laden composition of cynoacrylate is probably not a bacterias best friend. I don't think krazy glue is going to introduce anything biologic. Chemical wise, I guess it is possible, but with the small amount and limited application, I'll take my chances.
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It is not so much the viral and bacterial world that I am concerned with, it's just the possibility of having lethal toxins and other substances in there.

For the record, I don't even prefer Dermabond. I would suture if I had to and I would use Dermabond if I had to. I would prefer not to. I would prefer not to have to use a hemostatic agent like Quick-Clot, but I will if I have to.

The Hierarchy of Wound Closure to me is, direct pressure and bandage it if it is not bad. Steri-Strips, Dermabond, Sutures.

We need to get Jake to sew up a lemon on here for a pictorial. 8-)
 
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