Comments on: Road Rash Update: Road Rash Repair Kit First Impressions

By: Kredit

Kredit — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:40:28 +0000

Excelent posts and comments. I wish good luck from Kredit

By: Joe S.

Joe S. — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:17:32 +0000

Just to clarify, the previous comment was from another Joe. NOT the staff member.

Although I had a motorcycle and have pushed it to that speed, I’ve been fortunate to not have any mishaps. Glad I sold everything.

Always wear protective gear!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:08:42 +0000

That last comment was a lie. You cant wreck a bike at 120mph without gear and only suffer minor roadrash on your forearms. You were either going much slower, or wearing alot of gear.

I slid out at 20 mph and got road rash on my leg, both arms, and both hands. I truly was wearing no gear. I will never ride without gear again.

By: chase robert herrmann

chase robert herrmann — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:39:16 +0000

i wreaked a motorcycle going 120mp with no gear on…. only got road rash on both forarms and it looks like its going to scar but if so what will happen if i tann with it???

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By: joel

joel — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:43:20 +0000

Yup, keeping the wound moist is one of the best ways to encourage healing. That’s about the only reason I keep antibiotic ointments in my backpacking and biking med kits. Well, that, and it hurts a lot less to remove the bandage if you slathered ointment over it first so you don’t have to pull a scab stuck to the bandage. I tend to go low-tech though, some 4x4s (gauze pads) and duct tape, good for just about anything AND waterproof.

By: RL

RL — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:32:20 +0000

Yow-zah! Man I wish I had that when I fell that one time…the way my skin scars…sheez. Now I have darker skin where my skin was sanded off by the trail…

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:12:26 +0000

I wish I would have had some hydro-dressings that size when i boogered my calf up a few months ago. The only good ones I could find were 2×3″ from Johnson & Johnson. They worked really well and look almost identical to the Reliamed ones in the review except for the size. I had the same oozing thing going on. That’s actually blood plasma.

The Hydrocolloid dressings work by absorbing water from the blood that comes from the wound. The gel that forms provides padding to protect the wound from further damage and serves little other purpose. Anything that keeps the wound moist will provide similar results. For example, the non-padded Tegaderm film and various second-skin coverage sprays will have a similar effect of reducing the scabbing and painful cracking phases of an abrasion. The blood plasma itself is what provides most of the healing. Keeping the wound moist provides the wound with a fresh supply of plasma and all the proteins and nutrients within.

As these wound coverings do tend to leak around the edges, I recommend wearing one of the tubular bandages over it, or using a large gauze pad taped over the hydrocolloid or second-skin dressings. Change that out twice a day or more often if it gets loaded with plasma.

Great write-up!

By: Road Rash Repair Kit: First Impressions | Bike Commuters

Road Rash Repair Kit: First Impressions | Bike Commuters — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:32:41 +0000

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By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:58:25 +0000

Never heard of this stuff, pretty cool. That moist bandage is pretty nasty lookin’ though. Hope yor feling back to your old self soon (not that you old, but, well. uuhhh.., you know) lol