How should i go about closing this cut?

Question

it's about 3/4 inch long and not too terribly deep, but it is gaping.

stitches... are not an option. no doctors please. this isn't urgent. the bleeding has pretty much stopped. i have a ride to the store. should i get butterfly closures? or is there something else i could do?

thanks...

Answer 1

Apply the first aid knowledge that you know first to clean the wound. Then you bandaged it. When you have shower you may wash it. Clean it up and try it. Do not bandage it during the nights while you go to bed. Next morning, put some medicine that you know that helps closing the cut and bandage it again.

Do this several times, I think there will be no problems!

Answer 2

Clean it well and put a butter fly band-aid on it and leave it alone for at least a week. Don't keep looking at it, leave it alone.