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A 26-year-old female asked:

Why is hibiclens not ok to use to clean my wound from having my infected abcess lanced?

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Dr. Garry Shulman
Dr. Garry Shulmananswered
Anesthesiology 30 years experience
Abcess: Draining an Abcess is usually curative. Using hibicleans after lancing will possibly kill off your natural microbes which help prevent infection by bad microbes
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