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Lacerations, Cuts, and getting better

I was getting some advice on dealing with avoiding infections when one has experienced lacerations or other reef injuries…

Here’s some shots of the wounds I’m healing, from my fins hitting both my face and hands. The hand one was quite deep.

Redness is a minor infection. Possibly I should have put triple antibiotic on the stitches? I never went back in the water, so that’s not what caused this. Hopefully antibiotics won’t take long to fix this.

Hey, thanks for posting those right before lunch. I don’t know what antibiotic you’re using, but I’ve found Mupirocin to be more effective than most OTC stuff.