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What might i do to heal a scrape on my face?
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Superfast healing: The real question is what not to do that slows down healing. Avoid using alcohol, peroxide, hibiclens, betadine, and bleach solutions. Inflammation ( red, hot, swollen, tender) is important to healing so anti-inflammatories (motrin, advil) are bad. Apply protective antibiotic ointment to the area every day. Oral antibiotics do not help healing unless it is truly infected.
Answered 8/3/2013
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