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**The Reaper** · 01-29-2007, 09:09

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Would you care to explain the procedure and cautions (especially for females or male models) of home repairs of lacerations, especially along the vermillion borders? The surface closure is also not the only concern, there may be damage to underlying tissue as well. This could cause significant post-op problems as the vessel or nerve is left disconnected.

The fact that I would use Superglue or 100mph tape to close my own wounds does not mean that I would do that on my spouse or my kids. Especially if they are girls and you expect them to marry well some day. I am given to understand that the Frankenstein scars do not help with that process, regardless of the great story that goes along with them.

I might also point out, as an uneducated layman that to minimize scarring, the sutures need to be put in as quickly as possible, after a period of time (six hours, I seem to recall) the wound edges have retracted and granulation is going to be the primary closure mechanism.

For the uninitiated and new people here, swatsurgeon (along with selected others, like Doc T and RockyFarr) is a real trauma doc, he does not play one on weekends, on TV, nor did he stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. I would take his advice and write it in my book when he gives it. (Eagle5US is a PA, and is in a similar category).

Thanks for the info.

TR

01-29-2007, 09:09	#17
The Reaper Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Free Pineland Posts: 24,827	ss: Would you care to explain the procedure and cautions (especially for females or male models) of home repairs of lacerations, especially along the vermillion borders? The surface closure is also not the only concern, there may be damage to underlying tissue as well. This could cause significant post-op problems as the vessel or nerve is left disconnected. The fact that I would use Superglue or 100mph tape to close my own wounds does not mean that I would do that on my spouse or my kids. Especially if they are girls and you expect them to marry well some day. I am given to understand that the Frankenstein scars do not help with that process, regardless of the great story that goes along with them. I might also point out, as an uneducated layman that to minimize scarring, the sutures need to be put in as quickly as possible, after a period of time (six hours, I seem to recall) the wound edges have retracted and granulation is going to be the primary closure mechanism. For the uninitiated and new people here, swatsurgeon (along with selected others, like Doc T and RockyFarr) is a real trauma doc, he does not play one on weekends, on TV, nor did he stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. I would take his advice and write it in my book when he gives it. (Eagle5US is a PA, and is in a similar category). Thanks for the info. TR __________________ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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