Tegaderm is made by 3M and marketed in pharmacies under 3M’s Nexcare brand. Tegaderm is by far my favorite way of covering up shallow abrasions or burn wounds, not that you’d get burn wounds on a bicycle, I’d hope. I kept it covered until I could get some 4″ Tegaderm. After about 15 minutes, the entire area was weeping.
ROAD RASH HEALING SKIN
A few scrapes surrounded by a 3″ x 3″ patch where the upper layer of skin had been worn away. I’ve had a few incidents of road rash over the past 15 years, and I’ve tried different methods. Mere blocks from work, I went down on a slick spot that I hadn’t seen and got a little bit of road rash.Īnyone who rides a lot of miles will eventually eat it and end up with a bear-claw chainring wound to the shin, road rash, or other cuts and scrapes. Particularly, metal surfaces (manhole covers, steel plates and railroad crossings) and painted road stripes are quite slick when it’s been raining. I’m usually careful of slick spots when it’s raining. Temperatures were pleasantly in the high 50’s. It was the light rain that’s heavier than mist but not quite a shower. This will keep the site moist as it heals.I had a rainy commute a few mornings ago.