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fastest healing for grazes?

  • 31-03-2009 11:44pm
    #1
    copacetic
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    Hope this is ok as it's a minor thing. If not, mods please feel free to delete.

    Had an unexpected run in with some astroturf tonight and have a nastyish graze from centre of forehead right around to the side above my ear. The skin is only broken in the first contact point near the centre of forehead.

    So question is, how do I get it looking as good as possible by Sunday, when I have an event with loads of pictures etc?


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  • #2
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Vitamin C stimulates collagen production which can help advance wound healing. A good topical aloe vera, if possible with an L-arginine component, applied topically will reduce inflammation and advance repair.

    Try cleaning the graze with saline rather than harsher antiseptics to reduce redness.


  • #3
    Dr Galen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,373 ✭✭✭Dr Galen


    leave it well enough alone, don't go over board with the cleaning of it and it'll do it's thing. As a general thing GY is right, Vit C could help. add to that additional protein and it'll help out, but really a graze falls outside the normal rules of wound healing..........bit like quantum physics and normal physics


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