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The medical grade differs from the otc that we buy because it doesn't contain a certain toxin.
It works for superficial cuts...sometimes.
I've used it with various degrees of success.
It's not as durable as sutures normally. Keep in mind,
I'm not a surgeon. I only play one on TV.

The wound that requires a tourniquet is comparing apples to oranges.

There's a variety of wounds, cuts , abrasions, bites, punctures, etc...
Different treatments for different boo-boos the emergency room doctors will explain.

The last few decades I've been fortunate to practice medicine without a license.....



.....on myself.
Oops I forgot. I had a deep laceration that I was concerned about scaring. The urgent Care doctor put a band aid on it. LOL!

Probably the CT surgeon who did his cabg and his resident/NP/PA/1st assist who did his vein harvest and closure.

The product most commonly used is dermabond (an ethicon/j&j product) but there are others. Dermabond has more elasticity and flexibility than standard superglue, but superglue will certainly work for minor lacerations - rock climbers have been using it for years.

Many years ago, my 2-1/2 year old daughter split her eyebrow, a vertical cut. At the ER, they decided to glue it. It didn't work, the only result being a mass of superglue, congealed blood, and eyebrow hair. And residents looking at each other like "WTF?!?." Six hours later we escaped the ER with a single stitch.

Afterward, our pediatrician friend said, "That was stupid, you never glue a vertical cut."

Was telling the story just last weekend to another friend, an ENT doc. He said, "That was stupid, you never use glue on the face."

Great product, been using Woundseal for years.
It has taken the place of a few stiches more than once.
It's not an antiseptic, gotta clean the cut first.

Super glue would by far be a last resort idea.

Had never heard of "woundseal", I am still at the "loose bit of shirt" stage.

Try it, you'll find it works rather well.

I shall give it a whirl.

Just get yourself a menstrual pad rather than gluing yer pussy shut.....

Ahh...the cop hater, out to make friends and influence people.

Do you moonlight for CNN...? Because you have a way of putting words in other peoples mouths, but then again, you are a reactive sort, much like a woman during THAT time of the month....

You cant accept another's opinion, so you make sh it up, thats the way it is for some..... I know you cant help it...

You win...you are definitely too stupid for me.

Bout time, i was getting tired of arguing with a pig.

Well, that was helpful.

They make liquid bandaid in a small bottle. I also use the butterfly bandages with the liquid bandage...........

JeffA, are you buying it online or somewhere here locally?

Yup...
The thorasic surgeon stepped out as soon as he finished his part, left the closing up to another surgeon. I'm not sure he even wired my sternum back together. The surgical team was kind of in a hurry so the leg cut was a single incision starting above the knee and ends at the ankle.

Jeff, thanks for the tip.

I got a couple packs like you pictured plus a larger bottle for the first aid kit in the truck off Amazon.

There's a product named Liquid Bandage that's a sterile super glue. It comes in small bottles and works great on tiny nicks and those little dry air cracks that you get in your fingers when spending a lot of time outdoors. It's readily available on the shelves at super market pharmacy dept., Walgreens, CVS, etc. I always keep some in my base camp first aid kit.

Liquid Bandage lasts about 30 minutes. Regular Krazy glue lasts a day or two.

We have a vending machine at work for the maintenance department. Bunch of consumables we use often are stocked in it. About 75% of the time krazy glue is taken from the machine is to close up a minor wound.

Work in food industry, bleeding is a no no. Not talking stitches type cuts, but anything that is bleeding that falls short of stitches gets krazy glue. Not company mandated, just what we all do.

None of us have ever had an infection or any negative effects....but we may all be poisoning ourselves slowly. Who knows.

I profoundly wish we could have a thread that didn't degenerate into diatribe and vilification. Grow up, little boys.

I had occasion a year ago to treat a deep finger cut while on a houseboat fishing trip, many miles and many hours away from any kind of medical help. The houseboat's "first aid kit" was a shambles, having been pilfered over the years until it was down to a few bandaids. Luckily, I also had my own little kit along, so I was able to first apply antibiotic. It was a cream, so I applied it, let it sit for a while under a bandaid, and then used super glue to close, with more bandaids.

I have since assembled a much better kit for the houseboat, in case I'm invited along again. I'm going to include some of that Wound Seal in it as well as some good bandages, tape, and medical glue.