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Well definitely a lump of pork

Healing well

Definitely nibble worthy.

Thats good to surf on this weekend Iggs- don't waste this swell.

Fucking scratch, 4 stitches - fuck all

Yeah, no need to stay out of the water once it's stitched.

Run some superglue over it if youre worried, other then that, crack on.

Drailed wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:14 pm

then

You’re a little scamp, loof

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:09 pm

Yeah, no need to stay out of the water once it's stitched.

I had a stitched wound get infected when I surfed on it. It wasn’t a massive issue - just had to squeeze the pus out - but yeah, infected

Water at Malabar today was a bit iffy.

Biggest problem I encountered with a stitched fin cut was going in the water the day after the stitches came out.
It just opened up again.
But it was a high flex point on my instep.

godsavetheking wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:38 pm

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:09 pm

Yeah, no need to stay out of the water once it's stitched.

I had a stitched wound get infected when I surfed on it. It wasn’t a massive issue - just had to squeeze the pus out - but yeah, infected

Yeah fuck that. I’m not surfing with it like this. I’ll wait it out until next weekend . Hospital said it’d be ok after a few days for light water contact to clean it of whatever, but not prolonged soaking in water and definitely no surfing yet.

Iggys scratch.

As they say about sports injuries, no one came back too late.

Wild huh the people telling me to get the wound cleaned out and stitched are the same people now urging me to surf on it immediately after getting it stitched because who cares the surfs pumping dude !

I don’t think I’ve ever surfed with stitches still in.
I heard a bloke with a cut got sepsis surfing in Lennox recently.

I've surfed with stitches in plenty of times.

Wrap it up.

When you come in, give it a nice clean with dilute tea-tree and cover with Manuka honey.

Depends how good the surf is.

Couldn't do it with my MTB injury because it was just a big, open chunk out. (I still did it a bit).

I really hate missing out on good waves though.

Barron Mamiya surfing with 6 stitches in his hand, right now.