Comments on: glue

By: Belle

Belle — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:04:34 +0000

The way I wanted to see this post end:
“Stitches are better, because lips swell and the wounds can weep” croaked Poppa Frog to idiot medecin laying on floor apres flattening, as we exited the room…Hope your little princess is feeling better;
please keep us updated!

By: Nix

Nix — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:47:48 +0000

Hugh Laurie with a limp what? ;o)

By: JT

JT — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:08:49 +0000

Would prefer glue for my child. It’s frustrating to have to give a general anaesthetic to a child (many will not accept stitching under local anaesthetic) and all of the trauma that involves (starvation/potential overnight stay). Doctors generally have the St. Elsewhere attitude, even in their own country, just gets worse when you talk about care in a foreign hospital!!

By: Dr H

Dr H — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:19:52 +0000

well for what its worth this is my understanding on this glue question. I was taught that if the laceration crossed the “vermillion border” that is cut from normal skin through to the red part of the lip then sutures were mandatory as a perfect cosmetic result is required. I ,personally , have never seen it used on lip wounds. So i agree with your French doctors. Glue is great in most other cases but you do have to be very careful not to let it run out of control [vis the eye problem above]. Other doctors my disagree . I was trained in the UK and Australia.

By: amelie

amelie — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:52:50 +0000

sorry i’m not english i’m french désoler si tu ne comprend pas mé je ne connais pas bocou l’anglais ce qe je voulais te dire c’est que jadore ce qe tu écrie et bonne continuation!!

By: Carina

Carina — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:16:51 +0000

“The waiting rooms are freshly painted in turquoise, orange and butter yellow”

More colour may well be on the way……http://www.poppyjazz.com/

By: Sally Lomax

Sally Lomax — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:20:31 +0000

I think that to be honest the situation should be assessed at the time. And, although I am not a doctor, as a mother, if it were my three year old sitting there with a bleeding lip, having had a very traumatic half hour I think I would prefer the least invasive method available – which is probably going to be glue. Also, if the stitches that I had when I had my appendix op a few years ago are anything to go by, there are more marks just from the staples themselves. Now whilst they wouldn’t use staples on the lips, I can’t help thinking that a neat glue mend would be less likely to produce a scar. Aloe Vera comes with lots of recommendations too – but I do think that young bodies heal quickly really, on the whole.

By: Alethea

Alethea — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:52:43 +0000

Hi, Petite,

Sorry about the trauma to you and to Tadpole. But my two have had their shares of bumps, scrapes and major surgeries here in France, although only one ER trip to Necker and there were no stitches or glue involved in that one (x-rays, instead).

Lay off the oils. If you want to lubricate Tadpole’s lips in a couple of weeks, that blue Nivea lip balm is just fine. But for now, don’t put anything on the scab in particular. Also, it will heal very well and almost certainly have no scar – although a bump is theoretically possible, it depends how deep the cut was.

Take the opportunity to give her drinks with pretty colored straws and soft bread instead of baguette for a little while. You will be amazed at how quickly she heals up – every day, you’ll see progress. Weird colors is progress – those rogue red blood cells that seeped out into the tissues are being broken down. White pus is her body cleaning up all the dead debris in the edge of the cut – that one freaked me out big-time, but it’s quite normal and not a sign of infection. Sign of infection is that the area around grows progressively *more* taut and red, hot, and she may run a fever. But I know you’d go see your generaliste or pediatrician before that ;-)

Now that it’s past, no more worries. All part of being a mom. It’s much worse than when it happens to you.

And as for glue vs. stitches, I entirely agree with Anna’s analysis (comment 52)…

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:22:08 +0000

My son, aged 4, was stitched between the eyes in England, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and screamed the place down; I wish they had glued him. My daughter was stitched up in Ireland for a lip accident – sounded similar to Tadpole’s but a doctor had opted not to stitch or trim a dog-bite under her eye a year before. This was the only one of the 3 events that scarred.
Not as badly, however, as the result of an eyebrow piercing conducted without any kind of parental permission, at age 13.
After that, the earlier accidental scars seemed minor.

By: teeweewonders

teeweewonders — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:04:05 +0000

And how many STITCHES did the smug doctor need to HIS lip, after you swung him one? Good luck with Tadpole. I’m sure she’ll be just dandy!