Should I do anything about Skin Condition after contact with Posted: 03-06-06 10:09am
Recently i've came into contact with
silver nitrate, a small amount, I read up
about it, and so far all the symptoms
check out, irritation, redness, black
scaring or some thing, burning sensation,
and its eating away at my skin. Its on my
left hand a bit, end of my index finger
and the rest spread over my palm, and some
up the bottom side of my arm, thats where
its eating away at the skin, and most
irrative, about 4-5 black dots. Should I
do any thing about this? Or will it
correct it self over time?. Its been about
40 hours now, so all the solutions i've
found on the net were immedient solutions,
any way, thanks for any help you can give
me.
Aiden
You are right; too long a time has passed
since the accident with the silver
nitrate... there is nothing to do but to
wait for skin to be heal by itself. You
can apply antibiotic balsam to prevent
bacterial infection of the wound. Also,
you can ask for help from a dermatologist!
If there are big scars after recovery,
plastic surgery may be required.
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