Medical Conundrum

[StoneChucker]

Don't you just love how, with a large skin surface injury to joints, say your knee, forming and keeping a scar is near impossible

Sit down for a few hours with knee bent, scar forms. Stand up, scar compresses and cracks, back to square 1.
Stand / lie for a few hours, scar forms. Sit down/bend scar stretches, cracks and back to square 1

[dhunt]

Don't you just love how, with a large skin surface injury to joints, say your knee, forming and keeping a scar is near impossible

Sit down for a few hours with knee bent, scar forms. Stand up, scar compresses and cracks, back to square 1.
Stand / lie for a few hours, scar forms. Sit down/bend scar stretches, cracks and back to square 1

Fun Fun, I'm sure you will "enjoy" the next couple of weeks while it all heals up. You got any brusies or is it just the knee? I had a huge bruise all up the inside of my leg, which turned a interesting purple and the a ghastly yellow colour.

[k14]

Yip, I know exactly how you feel. I've done a pretty good job on both knees from my 2 crashes. The only way you can get it to heal properly is if you get it dressed for a few weeks and then make sure you don't get it wet in the shower. My knee is only just healed and I had my bin 6 weeks ago. When I did it last year I was slack and just thought it would heal by itself. That was a bad mistake, it got infected and took about 3 months to heal and the scar for that is pretty bad. I don't care about the scars, its the showering with a plastic bag etc that pisses me off.

Hope you recover quickly.

[Yamahamaman]

Don't you just love how, with a large skin surface injury to joints, say your knee, forming and keeping a scar is near impossible

Sit down for a few hours with knee bent, scar forms. Stand up, scar compresses and cracks, back to square 1.
Stand / lie for a few hours, scar forms. Sit down/bend scar stretches, cracks and back to square 1

Don't you mean 'scab'. After the healing, you will still be scarred for life.

[toads]

I really feel for you, it sounds most uncomfortable I hope it heals really soon

[speedpro]

I've found if you bin it on a knee that still has a scab on it from the last crash that it really hurts and looks like it has gladwrap on it when it finally heals.

[MrMelon]

Can you get one of those dressings that you just leave on so the skin can heal beneath it?

I had one of them for a couple of weeks when I had no skin down one of my legs, and it did a pretty awesome job of healing it up. I didn't have to worry about any joints though.

[StoneChucker]

Don't you mean 'scab'

Erm, yeah, scab thats it

Whatever is forming lol, its starting to burn like that time I put fire ants down my, nevermind...

[StoneChucker]

just j/k

[Ms Piggy]

Can you get one of those dressings that you just leave on so the skin can heal beneath it?

I had one of them for a couple of weeks when I had no skin down one of my legs, and it did a pretty awesome job of healing it up. I didn't have to worry about any joints though.

Yeah I think it keeps it moist, which helps it to heal better too. Sheesh Stoney your the one with the Mum who is a nurse. Ask her

Btw - hope you are feeling better.

[StoneChucker]

The very kind doctor told me to keep it dry, and in the open air. Now I hear moist (by the way, moist, dark and warm are the ideal conditions for the growth of bacteria).

I might go with a 50/50 thanks eddie

[2_SL0]

Keep it dry and in open air, watch for infection.

[StoneChucker]

Keep it dry and in open air, watch for infection

VERBATIM from the doctor

[StoneChucker]

I found the part thats burning, is between the two grazes on the knee. So, I gave it a push, and felt something moving, and "creaking". I think I might go back to the doc tomorrow.

[Artifice]

i remember when i did my knee. i used vasilene on it and put one of those sterile pads over the top. had to look after it daily though and it wasnt as deep as you rash. salt water is a good way to sterilise the wound. just stings aye. oh yeah did anybody mention your not supposed to use your knee as a slider? they sell the plastic thingoes...