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Does putting neosporin on wounds help?
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Depends: If the wound is small, like a scratch, superficial and clean then neosporin is fine. If the wound is large, deep, associated with risk factors for non-healing like ischemia, malnutrition, infection, necrosis then avoid neosporin and go see your doc.
Answered 1/30/2014
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