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Dermabond vs super glue, is there really a toxicity issue with ethyl-2 cyanoacrylate?
I recently had a fairly good cut to my hand. After the stitches were removed, the doctor used Dermabond over the cut to keep it together for the last few weeks of healing.
Due to the location, the dermabond has started to peel off and the wound is still "open". Open meaning everything is healed, but there is still a 1/4 of an inch deep opening (originally it was a good inch deep) gash that is healing.
Anyhow, rather than have to go back for a re-application of dermabond, it was suggested by a friend of mine to use super glue to save myself some money.
After some research, I found that dermabond is essentially the same as super glue, with a lower toxicity level.
It also appears that superglue itself was used to close wounds , though it was never approved for that use by the government.
Anyhow, after all that, my question is: should I use super glue to close it back up?
5 Answers
- Registered NurseLv 51 decade ago
Hi there.....I wouldn't. Please.....That small opening in your wound is superficial. If left alone, it would mean you would have a wider scar.
I would "steri strip" it closed. However, if the skin on the inside is not "raw", it won't bond to the skin opposite it anyway, no matter what you do. You can make steri strips out of bandaids.
Take a bandaid and cut it lengthwise in tiny narrow (1/16" wide)strips. Peal off the paper. You may need help because someone has to pinch together the gap while the strips are stuck to the skin tightly keeping the wound closed. DO NOT GET THE AREA WET UNTIL IT IS HEALED. The bandaids may come off if wet and you'd have to reapply.
This will generally work with many cuts that would otherwise need stitches, and if the wound is kept tightly closed, you will have a much tinier (a thin line) scar. With stitches or staples you will always have the holes on either side where the needle or the staples pierced the skin.
Anyway, the doc really shouldn't have taken the stitches out until the wound was completely closed. I'm sorry he did that
Anyway, this nurse would rather you NOT use super glue. Good luck.
I am an RN
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Dermabond vs super glue, is there really a toxicity issue with ethyl-2 cyanoacrylate?
I recently had a fairly good cut to my hand. After the stitches were removed, the doctor used Dermabond over the cut to keep it together for the last few weeks of healing.
Due to the location, the dermabond has started to peel off and the wound is still "open". Open meaning everything...
Source(s): dermabond super glue toxicity issue ethyl 2 cyanoacrylate: https://tr.im/iNsLf - Anonymous1 decade ago
I don't know that much chemistry, but I've always worried about the "cyano-" thing. Be careful not to inhale the fumes!