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advice needed for dodgy wound

um, wel as u guys no i self harm every no wn then, but ive had this fuckin hole in my arm for over a week now and it wont heal and it all goin septic, green, and fucked up, and it startin 2 kinda scare me a bit. it about as big as a 5 p piece, bout 1 millimeter deep, but it not like a cut or gash, it more like ive taken out a chunk of flesh and just left a hole. it looks all fuckin weird and it freakin me out a bit as well. and it weird coz it dont bleed, it just kinda seeps out random gooey shit, but i can kinda see the holes where my pores would b if i stil had skin there. sorry if im grossin anyone out <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif">. i put tcp on it a bit after i did it, and left it open, and i bin pttin antiseptic gel on everyday, but it stil not helain up and wen i had a bath earlier the scab came off, but it not liek a scab it like a layer of shitty green skin, and then all thsi gooey stuff was seepin out. so i washed it with warm water, and put on this absorbant pad that ment to absorb all liqiudy stuff, and then put a bandage and micropore ove rit to hold it in place coz thats what teh pack said to do.
so if anyone has any help/tips/advice etc on that then id b well grareful, and hopefully less stupid as to do it again anytime soon <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt;
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    try putting dettol cream or savalon on it and then cover it with a plaster, this will help keep it clean and u'll notice that it'll bring all the puss out when u take ur plaster off. keep it covered up with a plaster until u reckon u dont need to anymore. hopefully this will do the trick
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeh that basically what i did already, only i used diff. creams. il try them ones tho <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    hmmmmm well that always works for me anyways, but i always prolong the healing process by picking the scabs off, lol!! hope it gets better soon <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeh i know, pickin scabs, thats well fuckin addictive aint it?? arrggghhhh goddamit , lol
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by shazza:
    try putting dettol cream

    Dettol is inactivated by blood.

    You need to visit your GP charley, you could heve an infection & may need antibiotics. In the mean time, get some teatree oil & dilute it 4 drops in a pint of cooled, boiled water. Use this to bath your arm but please please, get to your GP.

    j9



    A wise man is always happy to be corrected
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    like j9 said bet ur little botty down 2 ur gp, or even a&e, u need 2 get it sorted or u cud get urself in 2 serious bother, and also the longer it takes 2 heal the worse the scar will b.
    did u get it from ur dog or sumint?
    if so have u had a tetanus lately, preferably in the last 10yrs, cause thats also v.v.v.important.
    hope it heals asap.
    luv H.xxxxxx
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    so so so so so sorry, i thought it said doggy wound not dodgy and i skimmed read ur post. o my bloody god im sorry, wot a prick am i.
    sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I used to self harm and mine went all green & gungey. You best cover it up as I imagine (though I may not be right) that you scratched this hole?
    Well from personal experience, I found that scratches healed slower with cream, or plasters, and that putting some dressing on it works wonders cos it gives it a chance to dry...
    The goey stuff is puss, dead white blood cells, this could mean you have an infection so if it isn't better in a few days get it checked out.
    take care
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by ~*LIBERTY*~:
    I imagine (though I may not be right) that you scratched this hole?

    well um actually i half bit it and half burnt it in with a lighter.
    anyway cheers guys im off 2 the doc 2moro, dunno what im gonna say to her tho.
    ok here comes the dodgy bit (no helly, not doggy), right my mum and dad saw it and they asked me how i did it. so like a twat the first thing i said was that i burnt it at school on hot glue (!), and they were like "oh". only now its gettin all dodgy she keeps askin me to report it and askin me if any teachers knew, and she keeps on at me coz itll leave a scar. thing is i dont know whether to just admit it to her straight that its self inflicted, or do i keep lyin to her. some of u know that we havnt exactly bin on the best speaking terms for the past few months, so i dunno if that would make it better or worse. i ythink she might hav saw a few cuts in the half term holidays coz i was in bed and my arm was on top of the quilt, and she walked in to talk 2 me, but co zi was only half asleep i didnt think 2 cover up my arm, so she got a full view of an arm and she never said a word 2 me for bout 2 weeks. and she had a go at me coz (she thought) it had bled over my sheets, but if i admitted this 2 her then she'd know that it was blood from other stuff. oh shit ive got myself into such a fuckin mess


  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    try talking with your mum when she is in a good mood but if u feel that u cant do this then dont tell her, in the end she will probably forget about it. i gotta qst, when u go to the doctors are u gonna tell him/her that ur wound is self inflicted?? maybe he/she already knows, i dunno. anyways i hope ur cut gets better soon xxxxx
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the doc doesnt know, and i dunno if i will tell her coz if i do then liek she'd know, but if i dont then id be lyin to her as well and might not get the right treatment i need or whatever. i think i might tell her, i dont think itll b such a massive shock to her, and who knows it might make things easier.
    cheers <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ok sorry i didnt keep u guys posted earlier. anyway, i didnt go see a doc in the end, i went to this adolescent health adviser that our school has just got. and i ended up tellin her almost everythin and then she asked me if i ever self harmed, so i sed yeh. i told her a bit bout the home situation and the hole in my arm and she asked to see it. she said that if it doesnt get any better she will take me to my gp or write the prescription herself. she told me to take care of it til i go see her again on weds, and she said to dilute tcp according to the instructions, and wipe it round the edges twice and across the hole itself 4 times, so ive bin doin that for a few days now. it seems to be gettin smaller which i guess is good, and it doesnt hurt as much no more. i dont think ill need anti biotics but i wont speak 2 soon. thing that puzzlin me is, how come the scabs almost comes off whenever i hav a shower or wipe it with tcp?

    oh and yeh i had a tetanus last year so i shud stil b ok (i hope) <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
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