What are the Limitation and Advantage of the Dry Healing Theory？

Dry Healing Theory

In people's daily lives, it is inevitable that they will have some bumps and bruises, which will damage the skin and cause some small wounds. A common practice is to simply disinfect with iodophor and let it heal on its own. In clinical practice, wound healing can actually be divided into dry healing and wet healing. So which of the dry healing methods? Here is a brief introduction to everyone.

Dry healing

What is "dry healing"? In the 19th century, French microbiologist Pasteur used dry dressings to cover wounds to keep them dry and avoid bacterial infection, pioneering "dry healing". Maybe everyone is unfamiliar with the concept of "dry healing", but it is often used in daily life. For example, if a small wound is accidentally scratched by a knife, we may perform simple disinfection, then put a band-aid on it, and also If the skin is broken due to wrestling, we may disinfect it and then wrap it with gauze. These methods are called dry healing.

The advantage of dry healing is that it is very convenient to use, requires simple materials and is low-cost. It is currently the most commonly used method for treating small wounds in daily life. 

However, this method also has many disadvantages: