If you covered a cut with a bandaid.......?!


Question: If you covered a cut with a bandaid........?
and never took it off. lol hypothetically. i know this would ever happen, but say you covered a cut with something air tight like tape even, would it ever heal.? cause to make a wound heal its needs air, the bandaid is only to stop the blood flow... hmmm wondering .Health Question & Answer


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I had a deep cut on my chin when I was a child. The doctor sealed the bandage on my chin with something like Superglue! after almost a month I was able to peal the edges loose without removing skin! Almost no scar! If I would have been able to get things loose, the odds of infection and a scar were real high.
Since 2001 I have acquired about 24 more inches of scar sealed with Superglue and not stitches! There are pieces of rib that have grown back. Don't know what more to say! Health Question & Answer

"stop blood flow" - not really.... it will absorb any leaking blood, but basically protects the wound from external aggravation like rubbing. I expect the wound will heal (as that is an internal action) but the surface
..... hmmm... dead skin cells (which normally happens), are washed off or fall off. If a band aid prevented those dead cells from sloughing off, then you might be encouraging a new infection..... Health Question & Answer

I would think even if you did not let out side air reach the cut ( if there was a magical way to do that LOL) the cut would still heal from the inside out. The white cells and blood that get to the surface would have the oxygen needed to heal it Thats my guess. Health Question & Answer

u can cover the cut as long as its sterile and until it develops a cover. the purpose of a bandaid is to prevent an infection so u dont leave it on until its completly gone. Once there is little cover u can remove it.Health Question & Answer

Bandaids stop blood flowing out and protects the cut from the environment, but it will not cut off oxygen -- which is needed for healing.Health Question & Answer

It would never heal. Bandaids actually constrict oxygen from getting to your cut so you would have the cut forever.Health Question & Answer

whoaa thats a really weird question
i would say that it would heal because cuts are healed but blood becoming thicker at the open wound

cool thought thoHealth Question & Answer

it will take many months, the bandaid is meant to stop the bleeding faster, if the blood is dry then you dont need itHealth Question & Answer

No, it wouldn't heal, it would get waterlogged and rotten.Health Question & Answer

lol, next time i get a cut i'm gonna duct tape it so i can come back and answer you question

lol
j/k
good question tho
* for you!Health Question & Answer

You would probably get gangerene and die.
But really, it would just fall off so then the cut would be able to healHealth Question & Answer

No it would not heal, in fact it would set up an infection. Health Question & Answer

tape and band aids are not air tight. So yes the cut would heal. Health Question & Answer

it would probably grow bacteria and get infected...skin must breath !!Health Question & Answer

It does heal but it takes a lot longer in my experience. Health Question & Answer

Get something new to wonder.Health Question & Answer

It would get soggy and moldy because your skin wouldn't be exposed to any light or air...not a pretty sight! Health Question & Answer

not sure but i think that bandages don't work aha i don't know im weird.Health Question & Answer

Hmmm...Health Question & Answer

nah i think it would heal anywayHealth Question & Answer

your finger might fall off but yeaHealth Question & Answer



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