Shin meets trailer (ugly pix)

[tor*p*do]

I was out on on a gravel ramp after dark.
Slid on the gravel and my shin hit the tongue on the ski trailer
Off to the ER for stiches!

 

[DAG]

looks like it tickled

 

[Tuttle]

Stitches? hose it off and lets see it. That looks like it needs a band-aid. I bet it hurt like a bietch though. :wink:

 

[Crab]

The close up shot was not needed...lol

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Dude thats awesome ! can you do it again?

 

[SXIPro]

Super glue and/or duct tape. Medical care is too expensive these days to blow $$ on a little scratch..

 

[Matt_E]

Awesome. I've meet the trailer tongue a few times, and nothing hurts quite like shin + trailer tongue.

 

[tor*p*do]

yeah, hurt like a mofo:scared:
would have just hit it with peroxide and a bandage
but rusty trailer + last tetnus shot over 10 years ago = ER trip
worst part is keeping it out of the lake for 2 weeks until the stitches come out
cling wrap anyone?

 

[DAG]

i'm sure you allready got it fixed up, but the liquid stitching for stuff similar to this would be perfect, && its waterproof

 

[Big Kahuna]

i'm sure you allready got it fixed up, but the liquid stitching for stuff similar to this would be perfect, && its waterproof

I cut my ankle at the Chickenbone ride, they used the liquid bandage (superglue), I wish they had stitched it now, it took forever to heal and close up, alot of fluid gets built up under the glue making it hard for the cut to close up.

 

[D Slicker]

OMG that looks like it made your weekend.

 

[MADMAT]

Dude that is nasty! I have permanent scar tissue in that spot.

 

[DAG]

I cut my ankle at the Chickenbone ride, they used the liquid bandage (superglue), I wish they had stitched it now, it took forever to heal and close up, alot of fluid gets built up under the glue making it hard for the cut to close up.

good to know, i have not personally had stitches or the glue.. call me lucky

/knocking on wood

 

[damnthathurt2]

Damn Dude that is a nice scratch.
hey you wouldnt mind doing an instant replay but on video would ya. that would be killer!!!! but make sure it happens in slo mo too!!

 

[Emm]

nice!!!!! :biggrin:

 

[Big Kahuna]

dooohhhhh,


That is gonna leave a mark.

 

[Odd Duck]

i'm sure you allready got it fixed up, but the liquid stitching for stuff similar to this would be perfect, && its waterproof

Surgical adhesive doesn't work well when the skin is under much tension at all and that area is always under tension. But, a combo of sutures with a little surgical adhesive over the top isn't a bad idea. The drawback of surgical adhesive is that it does tend to hold fluids in and sometimes (see below) that can limit healing. A little seepage isn't necessarily a bad thing, and I've been known to almost completely close a lac, just so the bottom end could drain a little. It will actually heal faster sometimes, if you leave a little bit of a drain hole.

I cut my ankle at the Chickenbone ride, they used the liquid bandage (superglue), I wish they had stitched it now, it took forever to heal and close up, alot of fluid gets built up under the glue making it hard for the cut to close up.

That's actually a pretty difficult area to get to heal no matter what.


I just happen to have a friend that had a similar lac (similar to the pics) and it got closed (with a little tiny gap at the bottom for drainage) with sutures only. He actually had wetsuit material stuck on the bone and it didn't even cut his wetsuit, just his shin (he slammed his shin into the back of the tray). It healed very well and pretty quickly. With, say, . . . a dog, . . that had a similar lac, I would make sure that "the dog" got started on an appropriate antibiotic for 5-7 days as a preventative. And, as pointed out above by Tor*p*do, that tetanus shot is important.

Oh, and the waterproof bandages by 3M are made with a clear, plastic material that is pretty waterproof as long as it's covered by your wetsuit or some other protection. If it's anywhere that the water can hit it, the water will peel it right off. I've used it under gloves and it stays on surprisingly well for the first hour or so. Longer than that and nothing's going to stay, not even surgical adhesive.

 

[skinnyman]

I cant imagine who that was :wavey:
It was the handle pole that created that mess

 

[Odd Duck]

I cant imagine who that was :wavey:
It was the handle pole that created that mess

Huh, I was thinking all this time it was a tray bash.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

dooohhhhh,


That is gonna leave a mark.

AND PROBABLY A STAIN IN THE DRIVEWAY AS WELL LOL:wavey: