Open Wound Not Healing

Hi Doctor,
        
    I have a small, not very deep cut on my face where the skin has not grown back. This happened at the end of March. I have been applying neospora every day at night, but the cut still remains open. I also feel heat being given off from this area. Is there anything that can be done to help the skin grown back?

Thanks,
Adit

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

It's hard to picture that your skin has actually not grown bak.  Perhaps you mean it's still red, which is to be expected, since redness from a cut can last for several months.  Neosporin may help, as would Vitamin E cream (any brand.)  If you have doubts, please see a skin doctor.  But I am confident you'll find the skin is healing better than you imagine.

Take care.

Dr. Rockoff

[djnel]

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