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I had a fall and cut myself below my knee . i've been cleaning it daily and changing the plaster but the wound is going yellow where the skin cut ?

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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered

HOW LONG???: The answer is impossible without the time-line. How long since the injury? A day? A week? A month? Sounds like you should leave it open, no bandage. Apply vaseline [Aquaphor] to keep it lubricated. Wash it daily. Avoid peroxide, iodine, alcohol, bacitracin, neosporin, etc.

Answered 1/15/2016

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A member asked:

I had a fall and cut myself below my knee . i've been cleaning it daily and changing the plaster but the wound is going yellow where the skin cut ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered

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