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Application of Combination Dressings

Background of the wound situation:
When I was happily playing the pulley with my child, I accidentally let the pulley hit my foot, which caused a skin and epidermis to be damaged and oozing blood.
After disinfection and cleaning with iodophor at the initial stage of the wound, hydrocolloid dressings, nonwoven wound dressing, and silicone scar sheet were used, which finally made the wound heal quickly without scabs or obvious scars.



After a simple disinfection of the wound, a hydrocolloid wound dressing was applied first. After the hydrocolloid dressing absorbs the trace exudate of the wound, it forms a white gel state, which keeps the wound in a closed and moist environment, which can speed up the healing speed of the wound. [see the wet healing theory for details]



About two days later, the dressing was opened, and it was observed that the wound was in a moist state, and the epidermal cells had obviously crawled toward the middle, showing a tendency to heal directly.



The wound is no longer oozing blood or liquid. Use a non-woven dressings to protect the delicate new skin, reduce the friction between the healed wound and the external environment such as pants, and block water when bathing to reduce the risk of secondary trauma. You can use waterproof non woven dressings or waterproof PU film dressing to apply when bathing.



After one day, the wound is completely healed, the color is still relatively obvious, and it can be naturally exposed to the air environment.



When the wound is completely free of exudate and completely healed, it is covered with a silicone gel scar dressing. The color of the dressing is skin color, which can effectively cover the ugly wound. At the same time, under the action of silicone gel, it can prevent the formation of scars. For scars, prevention is always better than cure.



After being covered with a silicone gel scar dressing for a while, the wound disappeared. Using advanced wound dressings, the whole process does not scab, and the healing time is short.