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Why is hibiclens not ok to use to clean my wound from having my infected abcess lanced?
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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
Answered 5/7/2015
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