Stigmata Update
Oct. 11th, 2005 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterIn response to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
madondi's hand blister advice, here's informaton on my standard hand blister treatment process (which apparently works best for non-stigmata-type blisters):
1. Cover blister with neosporin and a band-aid for as many hours as available (which depends on the amount of time between rowing events)
2. Remove band-aid and allow blister to air-dry out for approximately 12 hours before the next rowing event
I've done a fair amount of research on different blister treatment techniques (ps--do ya'll remember my post on the rousing debate that I had with my Spokane relatives on the matter of blister treatments?), and there's a pretty substantial range, from hydrogen peroxide to tea bags to superglue or liquid skin. And I've come to the conclusion that each person must tailor his or her blister treatment to his or her individual skin type. The basic rule of "don't pop it if the skin isn't broken" should still generally hold, but if the skin is broken, some sort of measure should be taken. The above treatment has worked well for me over the years, but I don't think it's right for all skin types.
Anyway. Yesterday I managed to keep a band-aid "X" over the top of the stigmata for about half of the day by being paranoid about getting my left hand wet. The "X" eventually went the way of the other 1,965,847 band-aids, but enough time had elapsed that the stigmata was able to dry out a bit and start to close up. Whew. I really, really hope that it doesn't come back, because it SUCKED. Hopefully by this evening I'll be able to submerge it without dire consequences. This was one winner of a blister.
Okay, now I should stop procrastinating and get back to the Manuscript of Doom.
*sips latte*
madondi's hand blister advice, here's informaton on my standard hand blister treatment process (which apparently works best for non-stigmata-type blisters):1. Cover blister with neosporin and a band-aid for as many hours as available (which depends on the amount of time between rowing events)
2. Remove band-aid and allow blister to air-dry out for approximately 12 hours before the next rowing event
I've done a fair amount of research on different blister treatment techniques (ps--do ya'll remember my post on the rousing debate that I had with my Spokane relatives on the matter of blister treatments?), and there's a pretty substantial range, from hydrogen peroxide to tea bags to superglue or liquid skin. And I've come to the conclusion that each person must tailor his or her blister treatment to his or her individual skin type. The basic rule of "don't pop it if the skin isn't broken" should still generally hold, but if the skin is broken, some sort of measure should be taken. The above treatment has worked well for me over the years, but I don't think it's right for all skin types.
Anyway. Yesterday I managed to keep a band-aid "X" over the top of the stigmata for about half of the day by being paranoid about getting my left hand wet. The "X" eventually went the way of the other 1,965,847 band-aids, but enough time had elapsed that the stigmata was able to dry out a bit and start to close up. Whew. I really, really hope that it doesn't come back, because it SUCKED. Hopefully by this evening I'll be able to submerge it without dire consequences. This was one winner of a blister.
Okay, now I should stop procrastinating and get back to the Manuscript of Doom.
*sips latte*
