Matthew's Toe Continued
Its looking better. You can see the burn hole in the nail and the deflated blister. I wonder long it will take to heel.
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I think it might take around 6-7 weeks for the new toenail to grow back. Keep it absolutely dry and re-apply neosporin every 4-5 over the blister, over the hole and all over the nail and around it without fail. Its CRUCIAL to protect against wetness and any sort of infection if you want it to heal faster. Water should NOT get into that hole or into the blister at all.
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If you want to clean the toe, clean it with peroxide or alcohol. No water.
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I would suggest alcohol over peroxide. I had that scrape on my arm last year that I cleaned with peroxide all the time and it took forever to heal. After that someone told me to only use peroxide during the initial cleaning but not afterwards as it destroys the healing tissue along with the infection and lengthens healing time. Not sure if its legit or not but that scrape took months to heal. To be fair it also had little dirty chunks of main street embedded in it.
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That is actually true. Peroxide does interfere with healing. Too much alcohol interferes with healing too. You shouldn't be applying either directly to the wound. Clean the rest of the toe with alcohol.
If you keep the toe dry and clean and don't walk around barefoot or even outside without a bandage, you shouldn't need much cleaning anyway. For cleaning the wound, you could simply wipe away the old ointment gently with a gauze piece and reapply. Taking the old ointment away is a good cleaning technique by itself without the need for alcohol. -
What does it look like now?
