Superglue Stitches
5th October 2018
In 2000, the FDA approved a new version of tissue adhesive for human use, sold as Dermabond. This new composition, octyl-cyanoacrylate, is a longer chain, still more flexible, and possess the yet-unexplained ability to inhibit bacterial growth — a godsend in surgery. It’s strong enough that it will likely replace a lot of suturing altogether someday. Small quantities of octyl-cyanoacrylate are sold to non-medicals for “research purposes” — it’s the genuine stuff, only in dispensers that aren’t sterilized, and therefore not approved for human use (only animal use).
To use any cyanoacrylate on a wound, keep it on the surface layer of skin, not down in the well of the wound – imagine you are taping the top of the wound together. The glue sloughs off by itself in time.
October 5th, 2018 at 13:12
Regular crazy glue is perfect, doesn’t sting, stops bleeding, provides a tough pad over wound while it heals and dissolves later. Single use packs are easy to keep in first aid kits.and never had any infection problems on my self, family or pets.