Hi all,
I had a silly fall this time last week, tripped over a cable and pulled an appliance over. It landed on my ankle and took a good layer of skin away with it, about an inch or so long.
I dressed it myself but it kept weeping, so I had the nurse check it mid week last week and she changed it again on Friday.
It seems to be healing very slowly, and is still extremely painful - as in I can feel it all the time, like my skin is crawling. It's tender all around and just generally sensitive/painful around the whole area.
Does anyone know how long a skin injury like that can take to heal? The nurse said a week or so but the pain is as bad as it was when I did it.
I know I could go back but she technically told me I could care for it myself now - I redressed it today after a shower and it's still red raw but doesn't look infected.
Any ideas for helping the healing process much appreciated!