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Got a small cut in my thumb with this bronze looking metal paper thing.for a project. not sure if it's real metal. should i be worried?
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No....: Wash the wound clean , use local antiinfective agent ....it will be ok.
Answered 2/8/2015
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Wash it: Avoid peroxide, alcohol, iodine. Avoid bacitracin, neosporin, triple antibiotic. After a wound occurs these are useless and harmful.
Answered 2/8/2015
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