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I cut myself pretty bad on my finger doesn't look like it, but it feels like it. how do you think it will take to heal?

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Dr. Olakitan Akinjagunla answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

See a doctor: You may need stitches and tetanus injection. Keep it clean and dry. The sooner you get to the doctor after a cut determines whether stitches can still be used or not. Healing is different for each person but without complications such as infection,healing starts immediately and progresses to complete healing within a week

Answered 12/1/2017

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