How to Heal a Wound with Sugar

Sometimes, when wounds require immediate attention, standard antiseptics aren't available. The next time you find yourself hurt and in need of a quick healing fix, reach for some sugar. Sugar helps your skin recover and promotes healing by killing harmful bacteria.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Petroleum jelly
• Sugar
• Gauze
• Scissors
• Adhesive bandage

1. Examine the open wound, ulceration or sore on your skin. Small wounds, ulcerations and sores respond better to sugar treatments than large ones.

2. Get a jar of regular petroleum jelly.

3. Wash and pat dry the affected area. You want to treat a clean area.

4. Dip your fingertip into some petroleum jelly and circle it around your wound. Start at one point and end at the same one. Encase the wound with a line of petroleum jelly.

5. Sprinkle some sugar onto your wound. Cover as much of the wound as you can with a pinch at a time. Keep adding sugar until your wound is covered entirely with sugar.

6. Dress the wound with a small piece of gauze. Cut a small square or round section to custom-fit your wound. Add dabs of petroleum jelly to the gauze to help it stick to your skin.

7. Cover the dressed wound with an adhesive bandage.

8. Change the bandage at least once every 24 hours.

Tips & Warnings

• Heal a burned tongue by spooning some sugar onto the burn and letting it dissolve.
• Apply a little bit of honey along with the sugar to discourage bacteria growth even more.

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