Interesting Helen. But if you liked the strips for a forehead, then why on
earth not for a chin where the mechanics favour their use much more?
Anyway, you can't be that old if your little brother was only 9 in 1987. My
baby brother is now a consultant plastic surgeon so I really am getting
depressed by all this...
AF
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From: "Helen Deborah Vecht" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: LAT gel
> "McCormick Simon Dr, Consultant, A&E"
> <[log in to unmask]>typed
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>
>> Its great isn't it. Two of our most opinionated (and I mean that
>> nicely) contributors having completely opposing views on what seems such
>> a simple subject. That's what makes medicine so much fun.
>
> Well, I'm old (fashioned) enough to like medicine by anecdote
> occasionally.
>
> About 20 years ago (Spring 1987) my little brother, then 9 years old,
> sustained a deep L-shaped laceration measuring about 1.5cm, to the top
> of his left eyebrow. He was in POP from a recent forearm fracture, so
> had some recent personal experience of A&E.
>
> I told him it might well benefit from a few stitches, but otherwise I'd
> buy some Steri-Strips and tape it up for him. Our parents didn't seem to
> mind what we did.
>
> Sam said he couldn't be bothered to sit at the Royal Free (this was a
> while before AF was appointed consultant...) for 3 hours and accepted he
> might end up with a worse scar. I bought the strips and taped the wound.
>
> It healed without incident and the scar is pretty inconspicuous.
>
> I do think the strips helped keep the upper part of the wound well
> apposed.
>
> Personally, I would not tape a chin wound but would glue it. I don't
> think we had glue in 1987...
>
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> Helen D. Vecht: [log in to unmask]
> Edgware.
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