>>591222>iodine for wound irrigation (first with cleanish water, then iodine diluted - never alcohol or hydrogen peroxide).Use Povidone-iodine. It's the reddish liquid they use in surgery. It's less toxic than pure iodine solution and it doesn't hurt in open wounds. You can use it to irrigate and disinfect, then put the bandage right on it.
I use it exclusively and i never get swollen cuts. It looks gruesome because it's red. But it feels much less aggressive in a wound than even water.
Of course if you planted your palm into fine gravel or sand I'd still flush with water first, just so that I wouldn't use up my whole squeeze bottle of Povidone-iodine in one go. It isn't expensive, but it keeps forever.
There's solution for open wounds and also gel for bandaging.
