HOW TO PREVENT SCARRING

When patients ask me how to care for cuts, scrapes, burns & stitches, I tell them to keep the wound MOIST & COVERED.

Watch for WHY I give this advice to my patients.

I’ve debated this with some surgeon friends who tell their patients to keep stitches dry & “let air get to it.”

But I base my advice on 25 years of experience caring for patients with wounds – and most importantly, on the SCIENCE: PMID 32870777