@washingtonpost: What’s the best way to treat minor cuts and scrapes? It may not be the answer you think. Our Ask A Doctor columnist explains how clean wounds mostly just need moisture and bandage.
“In clean surgical wounds” is doing the heavy lifting here. How misleading
2026-09-21 02:32:27
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Conqueror :
I really hate when derms don't recommend something because x amount of people are allergic to it. They did this with Lanolin when my lips were bursting because of Accutane. They recommended petroleum jelly, but I was able to put two and two together, and Lanolin was the only thing that worked. Why did they not recommend it? because 2% of people are allergic to it 😏
2026-09-21 03:51:53
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feralgymgirlll :
Been using petroleum jelly since I had a dermal punch 👌
2026-09-21 01:26:54
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Yomama_67_nah_69 :
Isn’t the paper you’re citing from 1996????
2026-09-21 17:23:19
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superdude1010101 :
not for my folliculitis
2026-09-21 08:22:43
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knightnurse999 :
fact
2026-09-21 03:29:40
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2026-09-23 16:14:28
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Michael Galvez, MD :
Agree
2026-09-21 12:18:54
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2026-09-23 16:12:19
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DrLaura :
MOST WOUNDS JUST NEED MOISTURE AND A BANDAGE! SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!
2026-09-21 00:42:46
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2026-09-23 16:11:18
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Sexytrashgoblen :
My mother would pour peroxide straight on my cuts! THE BURN IS HOW YOU KNOW ITS WORKING!
2026-09-20 23:45:28
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novellastella :
“In the United States, skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are one of the top four primary sites of infection leading to sepsis, accounting for 11% of all documented sepsis cases”. Meanwhile in my European country where EVERYONE puts topical antibiotics on wounds and iodine this is in fact not the case. Good luck America 👍
2026-09-21 11:08:33
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