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Step 1
The first thing you do to clean cuts and scrapes is wash the area with warm, soapy water. This will clean away and debris and germs.
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Step 2
Next, keep the cut moist. Keeping the area moist is vital to promoting rapid growth of new skin cells.
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Step 3
Apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment to the area. This will keep you from getting an infection. If the wound is in a bad spot, and the ointment will get rubbed off cover with a bandage.
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Step 4
Do NOT apply peroxide or alcohol. These will dry the wound and delay the healing process.
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Step 5
Do NOT pick at the scab. This increases irritation, which will delay the healing process, and it can also let bacteria into the wound.
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Step 6
Call your doctor if you see and discharge or redness at or around the wound. Also id the cut is deep or jagged, this could mean you need stiches.
