Glue (Tissue Adhesive)
Cork Emergency Departments
Your wound has been closed using a special blue glue.
If your wound is on your scalp
- As soon as possible wash your hair with a mild shampoo and tepid water to remove any dried blood.
- Brush or comb your hair carefully - avoiding the cut.
- Then leave your hair for a week to enable you cut to heal.
- Do not pick
If your wound is somewhere else
- Keep it dry for 5 to 7 days.
- A scab will form which will gradually fall off once you start to wash the area again.
- The use of vaseline or a similar bland moisturiser will help to keep the area soft.
- The scar will take approximately 6 months to fade.
- During this time it is a good idea to cover the area with sun block if it is exposed to the sun.
- This will avoid burning the scar tissue.
If the wound re-opens you should return to the Emergency Department
so that the wound can be looked at again.
| If you are at all concerned, please contact the Emergency Department you first attended: | Mercy University
Hospital |
SIVH |
CUH |
Mallow General Hospital (022) 21251 |
Bantry General |
| Content by Dr ÍomharO' Sullivan 27/02/2006. Next review 27/02/2007. |
