Wounds and salty water

[abel]

When your'e lucky and ride almost every day on the sea, if you have a wound it might take weeks to heal because of the salty water.
I tried water resistant plasters, water resistant spray plaster, antibiotic creams and also no tratment at all.
The results are almost the same in all cases, takes for ever ot heal

Do you know about any treatment/recommendatios how to avoid the openning of a wound again and again during every session?
( "Don't ride for a week" answer not accepted )

[Cuball1]

try one of those "2nd" skin plaasters, they are water resistant and should heal the wound nicely

[Kiteboarddog]

Duct tape it

[MrBonk]

I cut my feet a lot when I was learning (lots of shite on the bottom where I kite) and got a few gashes on my legs and back from razor shells last season. I put hydrogen peroxide on the cuts a couple of times per day and they healed quickly. It foams up on contact with the wound and stings like a bastard, but works a treat

[dt]

It is my understanding docs dont use peroxide on wounds anymore because it damages open flesh and does more harm than good. For the last several years they recommended washing with soap and water and then applying neosporin or anything similar

But, now things have changed again. I cut my thumb more than a 1/4" deep and a doc recommended I wash and dry the wound and then put "Nu Skin" on it. It is like super glue and is reasonably waterproof and kills bacteria. I stayed off the water for two days, even though a doc said I didn't need to, and kited the next six days in a row and now it is almost totally healed. There are several types of Nu Skin and they can been found near the shelves where bandaids are sold.

dt

[MrBonk]

It is my understanding docs dont use peroxide on wounds anymore because it damages open flesh and does more harm than good.

dt

You know, it's funny you should mention that. My girlfriend (who's a nurse) was horrified when I whipped out the peroxide one day to apply to a cut on my leg. Strangely enough though, it was a nurse who originally suggested the peroxide to me!

[R1ck]

hydrogen peroxide kills everything....the good cells, the bad, and bacteria. avoid at all costs. duct tape works well and is waterproof...just hurts like crazy when u take it off. try newskin as mentioned above

[girl]

duct tape is brilliant stuff. It's not cosmetic surgery though, be prepared to look like the wrong side of the mia space station

[nir_]

i found out that salty water on open wounds
only make the wound heal faster!
one of my kiting spots is realy rocky - and i end up cutting my legs quite often
at night i put bandage after a good hot bath
and the next day - i take it off and kite again
2-3 days with this routine and the wound is healed...

[pndLA]

i used some gel-plasters that are supposd to increase the pocessof healing and the building of new cells...
its not 100% waterproof but if you put some duct tape over it a keep it on for 2-3 days the healing really goes faster!