Road Rash
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Road Rash
Postby whenin_rome » Mon May 06, 2013 9:58 pm
I came off the bike yesterday and lost some bark on my thigh and elbow
What is the best way to get these fricking unpleasant wounds to heal quickly/?
I want to ride right now but it hurts to sit down let alone straddle a saddle!!!
Cover with swabs, savlon and tape or best to just leave to dry out and scab up?
Hurts like fury when changing the bandages
Do people use non adhesive (moist) wound dressings ??
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Re: Road Rash
Postby matagi » Mon May 06, 2013 10:16 pm
For road rash my preferred treatment is antibiotic ointment (bought in the US, you can't buy it in Oz) applied to an adhesive dressing pad like OpSite Post Op then placed over the wound. Leave in place for a couple of days before changing (it gets pretty disgusting from the wound exudate, but it's supposed to). I guess you could use Savlon in place of the antibiotic ointment.
You can get OpSite in different sizes and there are equivalent versions of other brands available. If you have a long scrape, then overlap the dressings to make sufficient length - just make sure you cut the adhesive off the edge that will be in contact with the wound. You don't want adhesive over your wound coz you will disrupt the healing tissue every time you take it off to change the dressing.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby gabrielle260 » Mon May 06, 2013 10:29 pm
I found the best and lowest at a pharmacy at a hospital
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Re: Road Rash
Postby Mulger bill » Mon May 06, 2013 10:50 pm
Naaah, seriously. +Lots to OpSite and whatever goo the GLW used. My latest is almost invisible after 7months.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby Pravda » Tue May 07, 2013 1:36 pm
Dressing you put over the whole area, it covers the road rash but keeps it clean and lets it breath. i keep mine on for three or four days before removing. Hurts like the proverbial when you pull it off unshaved legs but it's good stuff.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby dalai47 » Tue May 07, 2013 2:04 pm
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Re: Road Rash
Postby toolonglegs » Tue May 07, 2013 3:38 pm
Although saying that roadrash scabs are really cool to peel off .
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Re: Road Rash
Postby A_P » Tue May 07, 2013 5:01 pm
+1 for the fixomull, aka hypafix.Pravda wrote:Fixumol is the showtime..
you can leave it on for up to a week in some cases. Don't need to cover for a shower, just pat dry afterwards.
soaking with vegetable or baby oil for a few hours will help get it off.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby FXST01 » Tue May 07, 2013 5:10 pm
You're making a boob of yourself.thecaptn wrote:I use an ointment made for cows udders, works a treat. or should I say teat.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby thecaptn » Tue May 07, 2013 5:38 pm
No I'm udderly serious it assists the healing process to mooove along much faster. I recently used it on my calf. No bull.FXST01 wrote:You're making a boob of yourself.thecaptn wrote:I use an ointment made for cows udders, works a treat. or should I say teat.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby gorilla monsoon » Tue May 07, 2013 6:00 pm
Do you need a longer than usual scab jar for that or do you break them up before putting them in?toolonglegs wrote:Scrub hard, cover in sterilized vaseline and stick proof dressing... keep moist till it fills back in, don't let it go into a big hard scab.
Although saying that roadrash scabs are really cool to peel off .
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Re: Road Rash
Postby thecaptn » Tue May 07, 2013 7:37 pm
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Re: Road Rash
Postby g-boaf » Wed May 08, 2013 11:21 pm
Oh, and some Betadine on it too at first. That hurt! It took a while for my last ones to mend, but they are okay now. A little bit of visible scaring left over, but not much.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby MDL » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:45 am
Fiximoll (or how every you spell it), buy it in a roll, make sure your shaven and apply. I was prescribed some silver cream from the doc's too. Applied cream and stuck on.
Didn't place a pad or anything over the RR, manily due to it staying mosist it doesn't stick to the scab.... big thing is DO NOT PULL IT OFF EARLY. I left mine for upto a week on there. There was a couple of times I was wondering due to it healing wet and infection but it was all good.
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Re: Road Rash
Postby Fletcher » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:59 am
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Re: Road Rash
Postby RideLikeTheWind » Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:13 pm
I nearly pissed myself laughing. Hahahahathecaptn wrote:No I'm udderly serious it assists the healing process to mooove along much faster. I recently used it on my calf. No bull.FXST01 wrote:You're making a boob of yourself.thecaptn wrote:I use an ointment made for cows udders, works a treat. or should I say teat.
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