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I tried to cut my ankle off while shaving! How do I help this wound heal?
I was really angry when I was shaving and SHAVED off this huge chunk of skin near my ankle!
Down to buisness here, I had to wait a long time after putting on some pressure to stop the bleeding and then sprayed on some Poly on the Go. An hour later I stuck a bandage on.
Every day when i'm about to shower I take off the bandage, shower, dry it and place on a new bandage.
It's been a weke now and today really sucked because I was removing my bandage and the whole wound stuck on it so i had to peel the bandage off and of course it was bleeding again and looked the exact same as the first day!
This sound as if it's the first time I've goten hurt or something but honestly I haven't gotten hurt since I was like 10? And even though the diameter is about the size of my thumb it hurts so bad and I feel like i'm dying! I don't know what else to do!
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Go see a doctor to make sure you don't end up with a staph or other infection. If you are still a teenager, go to the school nurse.
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It is time to have your wound treated by a doctor or a nurse practitioner. Any injury that after a week it is not healing properly with home first aid treatment needs to be treated by physician or nurse before it becomes infected.
Check around the wound you want to look for any signs of infection or if the infection is spreading. Is there any puss or oozing from the wound. Is there any redness climbing up or away from the wound. If so you need to see a doctor immediately. Big Sunday the best place to go is either a hospital Emergency room or one of the after hours clinics in your neighborhood.
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I managed to do the same thing to my knee, and I know how bad it hurts.
If you keep cleaning it every day, but then if you're just sitting at home relaxing, try to keep the bandage off, when it isn't bleeding to give it some air. That helps with the healing.
It will take some time, and if in a couple of days it isn't getting better, then go see a doctor who can suggest something.
Otherwise from what you've told us now, it's just natural because it was a deep cut. I think my knee healed in about two or two and a half weeks, and the cut was pretty big too.
Just be careful so you don't hit the wound/scratch it against other things and don't forget to clean it :)
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If it hurts that bad, it's time to go to a professional. Wounds that don't show any signs of healing have a HUUUUGE chance of being infected, so just...do it! Go! RIGHT NOW!
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