How to treat a horizontal cut on eyebrow of an infant?
Patient: Hi, my 15 month old son fell and cut horizontally through his eyebrow 2 days ago, it was glued back together and 2 steristrips were placed over the wound. They are understandably beginning to peel off as they're stuck to his eyebrow and he rubs his face when he's tired. If they fall off should i be concerned/take him back or do nothing? Doctor: The doctor had done the right thing in fixing it that way. Generally steristrips, dermafix strips or dermabond glue is used to appose the skin properly. The healing occurs spontanously without leaving much scar if the apposition is proper. If the steristrips get peeled off, you would have to assess, how much healing has already occurred. If the wound has already closed reasonably and there seems less chances of gaping, you need not worry and can leave it like that. But if you feel that there are chances of separation, you can take the child back to the doctor who can put steristrips back again. The maximum difference that can be there is in the amount of scarring and nothing else.