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Epsom salts to soak a skin wound?

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Dont do it: It will harm the vital healing tissues.

Answered 9/10/2013

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Dr. Michael Miller answered

Specializes in Wound care

Rules for 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. Cover the area with a clean dressing changed every other day and protected from trauma. Antibiotics do not help healing unless it is truly infected.

Answered 1/5/2019

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