Patient's question:
Just now I was riding my motorcycle to take my child to school. At the intersection, I fell off my motorcycle, scraping my face, and it's swollen with a broken skin. How should I treat it? Will my face leave a scar?Doctor's answer:
According to your description, you scraped your face when you fell off your motorcycle. It's swollen and has scrapes. I recommend you go to the hospital. Rinse your face with saline, clean the wound thoroughly with hydrogen peroxide to sterilize it. Then use saline cotton balls to sterilize it again. Finally, sterilize the wound with povidone-iodine twice. If it's a superficial scrape, you may not need stitches. After the wound dries, you can apply mercurochrome to the wound. In winter, take precautions to prevent frostbite on wounds. For safety, it's best to get a tetanus antitoxin within 24 hours.