# Best way to care for cuts & scrapes?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 14, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-care-for-cuts-scrapes/415576 "2007-08-14T17:29:18Z")\
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[QUOTE=Maastricht]  
How about those new liquid band-aids? Many say those are a fancy way of putting superglue on a wound.

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I’ve not had very good luck with those. They work good to keep hangnails from snagging on stuff, (so does superglue ) and as **DrDeth** says, paper cuts. For any real cuts, it seems to get into the cut (ouch). I prefer a regular bandage intil the cuts seals itself closed, and then let it dry out in the air.

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