Klarinet Archive - Posting 000127.txt from 2011/02

From: hns692@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Help!
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:24:55 -0500


The New Skin bottle says to clean the area first . . . it also contains
under 10% alcohol, which would eliminate bacteria in the wound and surrounding
area and not require use of any petroleum-based product for hygiene.
Finger cots aren't all that good for the situation -- I've tried them with
little success. A pair of surgical grade gloves works pretty well. Just cut
off one of the fingertips to the right length -- you've got 9 more to use,
too.

New Skin helps eliminate any swelling (however minimal) which is why the
cut interferes with fingering in the first place. It an be removed with
fingernail polish remover (on label notes), too, which probably puts it in the
Super Glue family. I don't see Duco, tho.

Lee Ann

In a message dated 2/15/2011 11:55:20 A.M. Central Standard Time,
ohsuzan@-----.com writes:

Re: your plan to ameliorate the sore thumb -- it would be my
experience that the New Skin (or similar products) will not adhere to
the skin when you have recently applied the cortizone cream or
ointment. Another reason to love the finger cots!

Susan

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.net>
wrote:
> I have in the past used a product called New-Skin, probably the same as
> Liquid Bandage, which lists an antiseptic (hydroxyquinoline) as its
(only)
> active ingredient and pyroxylin (probably the same as Duco cement) as an
> inactive one. So I guess they've made an attempt to provide the stuff
with
> an antibacterial property. I had the feeling when I used it that healing
was
> actually slowed by inaccessibility to air, but that might have been a
> misimpression. I'm going to try applying some cortisone cream and then
> covering the crack with New-Skin and see what happens. At the least, I
need
> the New-Skin to fill in the opening, not just cover the surfaces, so I
> imagine that, like any varnish or lacquer finish, I'll need to build it a
> layer at a time. If that doesn't solve the immediate problem of the air
> leak, I'll look for Susan's finger cots. Wrapping my thumb with plastic
wrap
> solves the problem (it's how I confirmed that the cracked thumb surface
> *was* the problem), but keeping the plastic in place is a nuisance. The
> finger cots should stay in place more easily.
>
> Thanks, everyone, for your ideas. The slight irony is that I had an
almost
> identical cut on my right thumb about three weeks ago, but it had no real
> effect on my clarinet playing, since that thumb only sits under the thumb
> rest and doesn't have to close anything. So I figured when my other thumb
> opened (I think it actually started with a paper cut) that "this, too,
shall
> pass" - until I couldn't get anything below chalumeau C to respond. Live
and
> learn!
>
> Karl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K S [mailto:krsmav@-----.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:54 AM
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: [kl] Liquid Bandage
>
> Liquid Bandage is simply Duco Cement, repackaged in a medical-looking
> container with the price multiplied by 10.
>
> Keep it out of your eyes and don't suck your thumb ;-)
>
> Ken Shaw
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