Dermabond is it really just colored Super Glue?

[DanB]

I tend to think so. Have had to get cuts on my fingers glued before and the stuff acts just like Super Glue.

Had my right index finger split open this morning due to being dry and cold. I fight the skin spllitting right at the corners of my finger nails(right by the end of the nail not the cuticle. Its painful and not easy to heal up. No matter how much lotion or neosporen you put on your fingers. I keep bumping them doing every day tasks.

Hitting the spots with super glue seals it up and lasts long enough to help the area heal up.

Anyone else agree?

 

[Navydoc]

I've used super glue on lots of cuts that should have been stitched, stuff is superb! And a hell of a lot cheaper than an er visit

 

[VitruvianDoc]

Dermabond is very similar to superglue but has added antimicrobial agents. Use superglue and neosporin to be safe.

 

[TheSanDiegoKid]

I installed carpet for years, the carpet blades are ridiculously sharp, I always carried a tube. Even in really deep cuts I've used it. Heals great.

My fingers spilt just like yours, sometimes I cut the splits with fingernail clippers on purpose and take the hard, dry edges off and it actually is less painful (minus the initial cutting) and it heals so much faster.

 

[OKCShooter]

Dermabond is basically medical grade Superglue.

 

[crimeftr]

My fingers do the same thing in the same places..Hurts like son of a gun.. Might just try the superglue thing...Does it sting?

 

[SwampPapa]

Since its heralded beginning, the powerful adhesive known as Super Glue has enjoyed a rich history - including an imaginative element of mythology! Though urban legend describes the glue as an accidental solution to battle wounds during World War II, its actual evolution is a little different.

The original cyanoacrylates (the chemical name for the glue) were discovered in 1942 in a search for materials to make clear plastic gun sights for the war, and scientists stumbled upon a formulation that stuck to everything that it came in contact with. However, cyanoacrylates were quickly rejected by American researchers precisely because they stuck to everything! In 1951, cyanoacrylates were rediscovered by Eastman Kodak researchers Harry Coover and Fred Joyner, who recognized its true commercial potential, and it was first sold as a commercial product in 1958.
http//www.supergluecorp.com/history.html

I had been taught in school that it had been developed for the military as a field wound closure go figure

 

[doctorjj]

Dermabond is very similar to superglue but has added antimicrobial agents. Use superglue and neosporin to be safe.

There are no antimicrobials added to dermabond. It is 94% 2-OCTYL CYANOACRYLATE and 6% plasticizers. Don't use any antimicrobials on a wound with dermabond. Dermabond should be used to close wounds that are clean. You don't want to have any ointment inside the wound when you try to close it and once you close it with dermabond, it is completely sealed and watertight so any ointment over the top will do absolutely nothing.

 

[BrandonM]

I have used a heavy dose of neosporin on my hands wrapped up in socks and then sleep with it that way so the neosporin just soaks up all night. I have found it to be very effective for about 4 days then you have to repeat.

 

[BadgeBunny]

I tend to think so. Have had to get cuts on my fingers glued before and the stuff acts just like Super Glue.

Had my right index finger split open this morning due to being dry and cold. I fight the skin spllitting right at the corners of my finger nails(right by the end of the nail not the cuticle. Its painful and not easy to heal up. No matter how much lotion or neosporen you put on your fingers. I keep bumping them doing every day tasks.

Hitting the spots with super glue seals it up and lasts long enough to help the area heal up.

Anyone else agree?

OK Dan ... this is gonna sound girly but get some Cornhusker's Lotion and put it on at night before you go to bed. Find an Avon rep and get some SkinSoSoft lotion and use it during the day.

My dad used to have the same problem you have. His hands would bleed uncontrollably from cracking, esp. in the winter. (Working outside with your hands in water and antiseptics and blood will do that to you.) After he started using CornHuskers and SSS (my granddad the dairy farmer turned him onto this) he didn't have any more problems.