Hi, four days ago I cut across the joint of my ring finger with a knife. The wound is deep (clean cut) and was almost cut down to the bone. After the incident happened, I rinsed my finger under some cold water to wash some of the blood away. (Never did I open the skin flap to clean the open wound as blood was gushing out) Afterwards, I was able to stop most of the bleeding and applied ointments to prevent infection. I then wrapped the skin flap with suture strips, bandages, and gauze. I did not go to the hospital to get stitches. Below are some images right after the injury occurred: Since then, my ring finger has been in a splint to prevent the skin flap from reopening. As of now, the skin flap is slowly but surely reattaching itself from the center outward. It s a bit swollen (my guess is because of internal bleeding) but it doesn t seem infected and there is hardly no pain at all. Here are some images as of yesterday .My questions: How long will the healing process take? I know a cut this deep is going to leave a mark, but is there anything I can apply to the wound that may reduce scarring? As of now, there is no sensation when touching the skin flap. As the wound heals, will I regain sensation? Thanks for your time!