Warning about medical CA glue for closure
Since it’s basically healed, I figured I’d do a quick write up.
About a month ago I implanted a Haworth sensing magnet in my right ring finger. Everything went well, except it took close to an hour to do, so by the time I was closing up the incision, I was starting to get impatient. I ended up getting glue in the cut without noticing.
About a week later, I peeled the glue up and the cut was almost completely open. I took my time and tried again with the glue. Again, a week passed, and it was still open.
It got to the point where every couple days I would check on it and it wasn’t closing. I ended up giving up on the glue, and after a few days of plain triple antibac and a bandaid, it started to close on its own.
After over a month, the skin is just about healed over, much longer than I was expecting.
To anyone considering using CA glue to close up a cut, make sure the magnet is far enough away that it doesn’t apply pressure on the wound from the inside, and be prepared to go through a long recovery time. I’m pretty lucky that I managed to avoid infection.
Imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/EPy5voS
About a month ago I implanted a Haworth sensing magnet in my right ring finger. Everything went well, except it took close to an hour to do, so by the time I was closing up the incision, I was starting to get impatient. I ended up getting glue in the cut without noticing.
About a week later, I peeled the glue up and the cut was almost completely open. I took my time and tried again with the glue. Again, a week passed, and it was still open.
It got to the point where every couple days I would check on it and it wasn’t closing. I ended up giving up on the glue, and after a few days of plain triple antibac and a bandaid, it started to close on its own.
After over a month, the skin is just about healed over, much longer than I was expecting.
To anyone considering using CA glue to close up a cut, make sure the magnet is far enough away that it doesn’t apply pressure on the wound from the inside, and be prepared to go through a long recovery time. I’m pretty lucky that I managed to avoid infection.
Imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/EPy5voS
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A single interrupted suture is so easy. I don't know why people are so driven to use other methods. Glue is about the equivalent strength as a size 6 suture. It's considered too weak for fingers and hands in medicine. People have success with it.. but it's less than optimal.