Re: Using cyanoacrylate (super glue) to fix cuts in the workshop

In article <Xns97EE7A3CDA000someconundrum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Richard J Kinch <kinch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

TMN writes:

There are probably very good reasons why you should not do this.

Ordinary CA glue has a methyl portion that the medical type does not. So
the common stuff while curing is more toxic to live tissue. In small dabs
this doesn't seem to be a problem for most people.

For this particular "most people", that's definitely true. YMMV, I'm
quite sure. I've never tried it for a wound that required more than a
literal "single drop" application, so "high dose" issues have never come
up for me.

It works to cover and soothe open cuts with new "skin", but as a mechanical
closure it does not maintain a bond for long enough to replace suturing.

I'll dispute that based on empirical evidence, personally collected. See
my other post in this thread. The gauze wrap I mentioned in it came off
in the night, and was never replaced, since the oozing it was intended
to absorb had ceased by the time I woke up the next morning.

It typically sheds in a day or so, and you need at least 3 or 4 days for
wound closure.

I've had zero issues with wound re-opening.

Granted, this is only one case, however, I've used it several times for
similar wounds, all with equal success, even over joints. (the hardest
test of *ANY* wound-closure method, be it bandaging, suturing, or
whatever else)

The key is a *CLEAN* (no jagged/torn edges) slice-type wound such as a
sharp blade or broken plate glass would give you. Any sort of "rip" type
wound, on the other hand, is a bad candidate for such treatment, and
likely needs to see a doctor for at least suturing, if not debridement
THEN suturing.

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