http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/gauze Questions tagged with 'gauze' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:49:36 -0800 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:49:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/32986/Treating%2Da%2Dfingertip%2Dwound Is it OK to leave some gauze stuck to a wound? My wife sliced the tip of her finger yesterday, nasty but not bad enough for an E.R. visit. Once we got the bleeding controlled, we wrapped her fingertip in a gauze bandage, with some polysporin, and taped it up. <br> <br> This afternoon she tried to change the bandage, but it's stuck to the wound pretty good. She's averse to pain, so giving it a good yank is out of the question. We've tried soaking it in warm salt water, but even after a few hours of that nothing's coming loose.<br> <br> Can we just trim off the excess and leave the gauze there? (The part that's stuck is probably a quarter inch, on the side of her fingertip.) Or is that going to mess up the healing? If it's better to remove it, is there anything beyond warm water that we can try? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.32986 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:49:36 -0800 cut fingertip gauze wound ParsonWreck