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How To Clean A Wound After Removing Stiches?
I am going to remove the 3 remaing stitches of 5 from between my chin and lower lip, the other 2 fell out during cleaning, the wound looks great, no sign of infection, I feel good about doing it myself, but need to know the follow up for cleaning the wond once they are removed. Thank you, Tina
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You should be very careful ! This area is very sensitive and dangerous. There are some steps to follow... In my opinion this is not a procedure to be done at home... You should treat the wound from the inside out with 3 layers-first with Iodine-benzyne around the wound, second-ethyl alcohol and 3-Iodine tincture. I repeat again- this procedure should not be done at home...
You should be very careful ! This area is very sensitive and dangerous. There are some steps to follow... In my opinion this is not a procedure to be done at home... You should treat the wound from the inside out with 3 layers-first with Iodine-benzyne around the wound, second-ethyl alcohol and 3-Iodine tincture. I repeat again- this procedure should not be done at home...
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