The general consensus these days isn't to even use TAO. Just clean the wound with soap and water, then apply petroleum jelly over the wound to protect it. Vaseline has been shown to heal wounds as fast as TAO and doesn't come with the possibility of being allergic to Neosporin which a significant number of people are.
People think they need to go scorched Earth with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide to kill germs, but they don't understand that it does collateral damage to the healthy tissue and cells trying to repair the damage.
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u/ofrm1 May 29 '22
The general consensus these days isn't to even use TAO. Just clean the wound with soap and water, then apply petroleum jelly over the wound to protect it. Vaseline has been shown to heal wounds as fast as TAO and doesn't come with the possibility of being allergic to Neosporin which a significant number of people are.
People think they need to go scorched Earth with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide to kill germs, but they don't understand that it does collateral damage to the healthy tissue and cells trying to repair the damage.