Treatment for Gravel Rash?

GiantMike
GiantMike Posts: 3,139
edited February 2010 in The bottom bracket
Had a nasty low-side on black ice (with embedded gravel) yesterday and I now have gravel rash on my hip as a result. What's the best treatment for a speedy and infestion-free recovery? Letting air get to it? Sudacrem? Iodine?

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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Go to the hospital and get it scrubbed :shock:
    And, they aren't kidding when they say 'scrubbed', either...
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    hopper1 wrote:
    Go to the hospital and get it scrubbed :shock:
    And, they aren't kidding when they say 'scrubbed', either...

    +1

    I had horrendous gravel rash all up my right hand side, they scrubbed and dressed it and you can't see any remains...

    The only RR scarring was from where they had to operate on my lower leg so the dressing was not the same.

    My right thigh, ar5e cheek and flank were like raw meat.

    44mph will do that to you...
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    as above...then add a roast chicken dinner and a generous amount of real ale....

    ouch
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  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    My wife suggested stabilisers!

    I had a deep knee cut scrubbed once when I was a kid and I remember the blood and gravel flicking onto the wall. It was so mess they couldn't stitch it so I now have a manly scar.

    I'll pop along to the company medical centre and get them to have a look at it. I don't really want it getting infected while I'm training in Majorca next week.

    I said I don't really want it getting infected while I'm training in Majorca next week (can you tell I'm excited?).
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Sorry, GiantMike, my ears aren't what they used to be... What was that last thing you said?... :wink:


























    Jammy b*stard! :wink:
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  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    hopper1 wrote:
    Go to the hospital and get it scrubbed :shock:
    And, they aren't kidding when they say 'scrubbed', either...
    +1!

    The size of some of the bits that come out are just ... crazy. I'd say it was more stones than gravel.

    My hip's still scared after about 21 weeks. Although, it did go rather deep.

    Heal up well! You'll be back on the bike soon. :D
    Emiliana the CAAD9
  • markyboy2005
    markyboy2005 Posts: 465
    GiantMike wrote:
    My wife suggested stabilisers!

    I had a deep knee cut scrubbed once when I was a kid and I remember the blood and gravel flicking onto the wall. It was so mess they couldn't stitch it so I now have a manly scar.

    I'll pop along to the company medical centre and get them to have a look at it. I don't really want it getting infected while I'm training in Majorca next week.

    I said I don't really want it getting infected while I'm training in Majorca next week (can you tell I'm excited?).


    Sorry, can you repeat that?

    Enjoy.... 8)
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    You guys are probably right but unless it's REALLY bad I'm more of a hotbath with dettol man but then I have a serious aversion to hospitals & doctors. I'd rather have scars than visit a hospital; I realise that this isn't helpful advice.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • maxlite
    maxlite Posts: 293
    I did the hotbath and dettol route first, then went to the hospital to get it scrubbed.

    I had manuka honey wound dressings for weeks, lovely on toast.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Majorca airport iss closing next week to put up some new wallpaper. All flights are being diverted to Norwich instead. :)
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    I went to see the Doc and he said I needed to man-up and get a backbone. Then the nurse had a look, and said make sure I don't pick the scabs off!

    So it's TCP rather than TLC. Typical.

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