Attempt only if evacuation isn’t an option. If you screw up, you could cause permanent tissue damage and a nasty infection. Irrigate the wound with boiled water—you can use a plastic bag with a hole ...

In the future, your wounds might not be closed by stitches or staples. Instead, they will be fixed with lasers. Rose Bengal Dye, a common dye used by optometrists, can be used in tandem with a laser ...

When you’ve had a wound that required stitches, the recovery period can feel frustratingly slow. Whether from surgery, an accident, or another injury, properly cared for stitches not only heal faster ...

We know lasers cut things, but now they’re being used to stitch things up too? Doctors at Tel Aviv University have figured out a way to weld skin shut by meticulously control a laser’s heat. The ...

Whenever I got a wound while I was young, my mother would take me to the hospital to get stitches. I am now 94. I went to get a wound seen, and the nurse said that it needed to heal from the inside.

Scientists have made a skin-crawling breakthrough. French researchers say they’ve grown ‘yarn’ from human skin that could be used to stitch people back up after suffering major wounds, according to a ...

‌Butterfly stitches, also known as “Steri-Strips”, are adhesive bandages used to close small, shallow wounds. Butterfly stitches are an alternative to traditional needle and thread sutures, which are ...

Everyone gets scraped and cut at some point. Most of the time, these wounds are minor and heal without any treatment at all. However, some cuts and injuries require stitches to heal properly. Whether ...

Researchers at the University of Texas have been comparing stitching with conservative treatment (keeping the wound clean and covered) in a group of 91 patients attending the emergency room. Doing ...