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

[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.