To ask for advice re keeping hand dry

[TeamSpike]

Posting for traffic. So yesterday I managed to cut my hand rather deeply and needed 3 stitches 🤦‍♀️ I'm not allowed to get the bandage wet for 7 days. I don't have a shower so will be bathing. Will a rubber glove with an elastic band around the wrist be enough to keep it dry? I haven't got any latex gloves but I do have some plastic ones from hair dye but don't think they will be strong enough. Never had to do this before! Advice appreciated

I suggest using cling first then the rubber glove using a very, very tight rubber band. Then very quick one handed bath!

Use a washing up glove because they come further up the arm, and obviously don't put that hand in the bath. This is what I have been doing with a broken thumb!

Yy to clingfilm first. I sustained a significant burn on my hand so for showers and baths I'd cling film over the dressing, rubber glove, elastic band round the top.

Ah yes didn't think of cling film. Good tip. Washing hair left handed should be interesting

I bought my son a Limbo (on Amazon) when he broke his wrist. Have to say it was very good on the waterproof front.

I 2nd the limbo. I have used them lots of times and they are brilliant. Well worth the £20 approx

If it were me I’d run a shallow Bath easier all round to keep one hand out and manage to wash hair etc. If you have a Bath ! Otherwise above plan sounds good - hope it heals well.

I've used a limbo for a broken leg, it was great. Generally I just hold my arm in the air. I've also had waterproof dressing following back surgery, probably wouldn't work well on something like a hand though.

@Queenie8

I 2nd the limbo. I have used them lots of times and they are brilliant. Well worth the £20 approx

Agree and there's a good second hand market for them on eBay etc

Wash hair, one handed, in sink with a jug or shower attachment.

Shallow bath for the rest of you and keep that hand out of the bath.

I used waterproof wound dressing recently ‘tegoderm’ for awful deep scrape. Kept it wet underneath which is newish advice re wound healing. Has healed with far less scarring than I was expecting. Good luck op.

Should add that tegoderm I used would not keep stiched scar waterproof in shower ! It’s more for when things are healing /scrapes etc.

I had a limbo when I broke my wrist, I have very long thick curly hair that needs washing frequently or I end up looking like a ginger Russell brand in a bad day, it was amazing and kept my cast completely dry, I then gave it to a friend who broke her wrist about a year later and she loved it too

Thanks all. Definitely need a bath tonight and a hair wash. Will look at the limbo on amazon too. Its not too painful. Only if I move in the wrong way. Pretty sure there'll be a nasty scar though. That'll teach me to wash a glass unsupervised 😂

Limbo definitely. Tried all the other methods before when I cut my finger but bought a limbo before hand surgery. Was so so much easier and better results.

My mum tried to stop me buying her a leg limbo when she cut her leg but I wasn’t having any of it! Also she’s done the same thing on the other leg recently so had quite a lot of use!

Tegaderm dressings are great but on the hand they don’t stay on that well because of all the movement. That was with a limbo too. For other areas they seem to work better waterproof wise.