Spray on plasters

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Devonian
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Re: Spray on plasters

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Various spray plasters/second skin products available on amazon a more affordable cost:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ ... Caps%2C155
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Re: Spray on plasters

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Devonian wrote:Various spray plasters/second skin products available on amazon a more affordable cost:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ ... Caps%2C155
Yep I was referring to something else entirely, it's important to know the difference between spray on plasters and surgical cyanoacrylate.
Spray on plasters use chemicals that are for external use only, so can't be used on anything more than scrapes or small cuts. You'll also see a disclaimer somewhere that says you shouldn't use them for more than a week or a few days. The same goes for the spray on antiseptic that uses iodine (comes out yellow/orange) because you can't expose your internal bits and pieces to things like iodine and benzalkonium chloride.

The expensive stuff I linked is a surgical grade cyanoacrylate, which is used inside your body quite safely. It's regularly used in surgery where staples or sutures are a bad idea or difficult to apply. It's also very handy for large cuts, slices, gashes and slightly more serious injuries. So it's a good thing to have if you're not going to be getting medical attention anytime soon and need to plug a hole you've managed to make in yourself.
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