Isn't it about time for Trumps "wound" to contact the air?

[Model35mech]

I've always thought that getting freshair to a wound is part of healing.

I'm not suggesting he get his ear filthy or subject it to rough handling. I'm just saying it wasn't a huge wound, and keeping it dry and in fresh air isn't wrong.

[Lunabell]

1. Yes. I am a wound care trained nurse.

If he got stitches, as alleged, they should be open to air by now and if they are worried about infection, a little antibiotic ointment like mupirocin.

If it is an open wound, then yes, it should be covered.

[yagotme]

2. Believe an open wound should be covered until healing begins to occur.

Less chance of foreign matter entering wound.

[Model35mech]

8. Is dried scab considered beginning of healing or

is the growth of skin over the open lesion considered the beginning of healing?

Obviously I don't really understand what "until healing begins" means

Thanks.

[Emrys]

9. From what I've learned (chopped off the side of the tip of my middle finger with secateurs a few weeks ago),

scabbing actually delays healing.

Checking things out from reliable sources online and from what I already knew, I kept my wound clean and covered, first under melolin and tape (while it was still bleeding and oozing a whole bunch), then progressed to ordinary plasters. We happened to have some US OTC triple antibiotic ointment in the house, so I used that the first few times I changed the dressing. For dirty tasks while the wound was still open, I added a finger cut off a nitrile glove as an extra barrier.

Eventually, once it had stopped oozing and the skin had gotten well on the way to contracting to close the gap and I judged it was ready, I left it open to the air and a small scab formed. That sloughed off along with some dead, corny skin within a few days.

As of now, there's nothing to see of the injury, but it still feels a little odd and tender.

[homegirl]

3. When it is covered

no one knows if is really a wound or not.

[Model35mech]

5. And they can only guess at its size.

Of all the celebrities I've read about, I'd expect Trump to try to make hyperboly about the size of his knick.

[lefthandedskyhook]

4. Surely his ear is covered in maggots by now

Scratch that... real maggots would heal the ear. BRING ON THE INFECTION!

[Emrys]

6. Moist Wound Healing with Commonly Available Dressings

Significance: A moist wound environment has several benefits that result in faster and better quality of healing. It facilitates autolytic debridement, reduces pain, reduces scarring, activates collagen synthesis, facilitates and promotes keratinocyte migration over the wound surface, and supports the presence and function of nutrients, growth factors, and other soluble mediators in the wound microenvironment.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568799/

[Turbineguy]

7. I had Mohs surgery on my ear and it's hard to keep a dressing in the wound

also, I bled a lot more than he seems to have.