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Emergency Actions against Paper Cuts

Here you sit at your desk organizing a letter to go out to a friend in another state when you receive one of those nasty paper cuts. We are talking about the type that takes forever to heal. The ones where every time it gets likely to heal up you expose the cut again. We all know the ones which I am speaking of.

I have undoubtedly experienced my share of these types of cuts and would like to disclose some tips and pointers on how to speed the healing procedure of these small skin splits. It is without failure that these small cuts tend to occur in front of your finger nail just about on the tip of your thumb. As you may already know this is actually a very bad spot for getting one of these cuts as every time you bump it against something sharp your healing time starts all over again. These are the spots where the mere act of buttoning your shirt or other routine hand motion will result in another interference with the healing process.

Being a survivalist and into natural healing methods I have discovered many little hints that prove beneficial should you not be able to access a doctor or a pharmacy. The first thing that we must do is clean the cut real well. It is cuts such as these that start some really serious infections and cleaning them right away can prevent these infections from occurring.

Band Aides

We all know that the usual band aids tend to fall off the tip of the finger when using your hands for routine work. There exist a vast number and types of band aids in your local pharmacy. Some are better for this particular cut then are others. Take a walk through the pharmacy and you will readily see how many types of band aids there actually are.

You can also get what is called a "finger cot" or finger band aid. This band aid is like a finger that was cut from a plastic glove. It is small and flexible but fits tightly on your finger.

Antibiotic Creams

On occasion you can rub some antibiotic cream on the cut and cover it with a band aid while you sleep. Sometimes these minor cuts will heal overnight.

One time I had experienced a little skin split due to dry weather. I immediately put a dab of Lidocaine cream on it and used a good quality brand of adhesive bandage. When I removed the bandage the following day it was much better. You could also try Neosporin or some other antibiotic ointment to keep it moist.

Look at some of the other herbal creams also. There are a couple of really good ones. If this is happening to you on a regular

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