Is wound care ointment good?

In fact, there is no absolute good or bad, it all depends on whether you use it correctly and whether it suits your wound condition.

Last week, I was on duty at a community health station. I met a mother coming in with her crying baby in her arms. She had a large scratch on her knee, and the ooze and dust were all over her legs. The mother said that she had already dealt with it at home, applying a thick layer of oil-based nursing ointment that was said to speed up healing, and also wrapped it with a tight band-aid. As a result, after covering the wound for a day, the baby screamed and the pain became even worse. When she opened it, she saw that the skin around the wound was white and wrinkled, and the excess exudate was trapped under the ointment and could not be drained out. The edges were already red and showed signs of inflammation. I first wiped off all the remaining ointment, rinsed away the impurities in the wound repeatedly with saline, applied a thin layer of hydrogel-type nursing ointment, let it dry for half an hour, and then applied a breathable foam dressing. The next day, the mother brought the baby to change the dressing. The wound was mostly dry and the redness had faded a lot. She even asked me specifically if the ointment was bad. In fact, she just used the wrong type.

People often tell me that this thing is pure IQ tax. For example, a college student a while ago had a small cut of less than one centimeter on his hand on an A4 paper. Not even a drop of blood oozed. He spent more than forty dollars to buy an imported ointment and applied it on it. As a result, it was sticky all over his notebook and pen holder, and no scabs formed for several days. It is useless to complain about it. This is really not to blame for the ointment. This kind of small wound is so shallow that it can be ignored. The environment itself is not exposed to dirt. The scab will heal itself after being disinfected with iodine for ten minutes. Applying ointment will destroy the dry environment for its own healing. Of course, it is unnecessary.

But if you have ever met an elderly person who has been bedridden for a long time and has dry and cracked skin, you will know how practical this thing is. Last month, a family member brought the old man to change his bedsore medicine. The shallow bedsores on the sacrococcygeal area were just growing new skin, and they were so dry that there were several small holes around them. Every time he turned over and rubbed himself, he was gasping for air. I applied a thin layer of oxygen-containing The zinc-based care ointment can not only isolate friction, but also lock in moisture to prevent the new skin from cracking. I checked again three days later and found that the entire length of the small crack was smoothed. The old man said that this product is much more comfortable than the iodophor I applied before.

As for the claims made by many businesses now that "it leaves no scars after application", I honestly don't believe it. If the wound is deep into the dermis, even if you apply the ointment as a mask every day, there will still be some traces left. A young man fell on his face while riding an electric bike and needed three stitches. After removing the stitches, he spent hundreds of dollars to buy an imported ointment from an internet celebrity and applied it on it. In the end, he still developed some light hyperplasia scars. He came to me to ask if he had bought a fake. I showed him a photo of his newly removed sutures. For such a deep wound, if ointment had not been applied, the scar would have been twice as thick and red as it is now. The ointment has helped suppress the inflammatory reaction and reduced the probability of hyperplasia, but it is just impossible to achieve the "completely traceless" claimed by the merchant.

To put it bluntly, this product is just like the cold medicine you have at home. Drinking ginger tea is helpful for colds and colds, but drinking it for hot colds will make you angry. If you choose the right one to suit your wound condition, it is a worry-free care product. If you choose the wrong one and apply it randomly, you will naturally feel that you have wasted your money. If you are really not sure what to use for your wounds, just ask a doctor in the community or clinic to take a look. Don’t follow the trend and buy expensive ones. The most suitable ones are the best.