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April 05, Tyler Szelinski. In relation to wound healing and the scarring process, there are two ways alcohol can negatively impact the way your body heals after surgery or injury. The first is to use rubbing alcohol to clean wounds in an attempt to prevent them from becoming infected. However, this can damage tissue and do more harm than good. The best way to avoid scarring after a wound is to avoid alcohol altogether. Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center.
Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Minior says. The best practice: For fresh wounds, wash out your wound with a large quantity of warm, soapy water as soon as possible.
It is also OK to get in the shower and let copious warm, soapy water flow through the wound. The best practice: For minor wounds, cleanse the affected location with a copious quantity of warm, soapy water at least once a day. Instead, the best way to clean a cut is to apply a mild soap and hold it under a slow stream of cool or cold running water.
Leave it there for at least five minutes. This gently cleanses the wound, and the cool water temperature causes the capillaries to constrict, which helps to slow bleeding.
By doing this, you accomplish the first step of caring for a cut — or any type of wound — which is to stop the bleeding. A cut may continue to bleed after you have finished cleaning it.
If this happens, apply firm and steady pressure. Be sure that the cloth or gauze you use is completely clean, otherwise you risk reintroducing debris or potentially infectious materials into the wound. Not only does the cut hurt, but it now feels like its on fire as well. A Moment of Science is a daily audio podcast, public radio program and video series providing the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries.
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