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Dd 17 mo split lip at nursery yesterday we had our first trip to a and e ever no treatment advised but today the inside is a little scummy should we clean it or just leave it to heal wise ones?

it is in a good place really, with the saliva cleaning it, i should thing if they didnt suggest anything as well, best to leave to heal itself.

Thank you sbf

just another quickie on this one as the edges are not meeting on this wound is she going to have a big scar on her lip?

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I split my lip a few years back, so not really at toddler age and it had to be sown up. 2 stitches, very clean, healed quickly and I think nowadays they can actually stitch with material that doesn't need pulling after a few days. It just falls out.

I had the option of not stitching it and I would have deffo had a gash in my lip, right in the middle.

I would advise you to see a different doc and get a 2nd opinion.

now am scared we have not done right by her and will have caused scar

will examine it this evening and decide

Relax, as I said, I was not a toddler. Kids' healing abilities are a lot, lot better than adults as their cells divide quicker and their skin still grows and forms.

Go back to another GP or call NHS direct and re-inform yourself.

I've got so many scars and my Dh has never complained, I've never been bullied or teased for it, it's part of who I am and I've always been rather proud of my tom-boy credentials.

well it looks a lot better this evening will try and be calm!! thanks for replying