Injured thumb, is it healing okay? (With pictures)

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Sorry about that! I will ask mumsnet to delete the false start...

I accidentally pushed a scalpel and some of the its handle through my thumb about month ago. I had stitches in one side of the wound which have now been taken out, and the other side was held closed with Steri-Strips because it was a very oblique cut.

I changed the dressing tonight and took the Steri-Strips off. The thumb seems quite swollen, and it's numb too. Does it look okay? It was infected at one point and I took antibiotics for it but that was in the first week. I wonder if maybe I'm dressing it too tightly and that's making it swollen. Does anyone have any advice?

It does look a bit swollen but it's clean and dry which is a good start. Is it hot or anything? Maybe leave the dressing off and keep an eye on it

It's warm swollen and numb... I'm worried about catching it on things so I've covered it up but done the dressing a bit looser this time. Thank you for your thoughts!

Ah yeah that's probably a good idea, I always find it a pain when washing your hands though. How did you hurt it?

I was trimming the sprue from a D&D miniature and wasn't paying attention. I was trying to force through a tough bit and the scalpel and part of its handle went through my thumb and out the other side. My own fault completely!

Ouch!