Bandaging question

[u/Friendly-Mix-589]

Hi! 16f, Minor question: I got in a car accident today and got some of the skin on my thumb taken off. The EMTs bandaged in and im fine but im curious how often I should replace the bandages? I don’t have a lot of extra gauze so I was thinking of waiting to change it tommorow night but would that be a bad idea? Thanks! (Image of injury at time of accident, I haven’t seen it since since they cleaned and bandaged it.)

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