1. When traveling, stock your first aid kit with a small bottle of fresh clean water.
2. Clean the area with cool water immediately.
3. Apply antibiotic and a Band-Aid. You only need the antibiotic for the first 24 hours.
4. Keep it moist. Some advice tells you to let the cut "breathe", but a dried up wound won't heal as fast. New cell growth will be delayed and you have increased chances of having a scar.
5. Keep the wound moisturized until the skin heals.
6. According to the latest edition of Ladies' Home Journal,p. 154, to avoid getting a scar, you do not need special scar salve or cream. "Just apply petrolem jelly daily under a fresh band-aid for at least a week until the skin is completely healed. Vitamin E or aloe also provide moisture, but the active ingredients do nothing to improve healing and can even cause an allergic skin reaction."
7. "Massage after it heals. Use a firm circular motion to massage the area several times a day. This helps break down the dense scar tissue left by the healing process and encourages your skin's softer upper layers to regenerate."
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