Originally Posted by Notgrownup

Moist wound healing is best....Old techniques include "Wet to dry" ... with all the new dressings out like alginate, collagen, silvers, hydrocolliods etc.... there is no need to have a nasty scab...

Originally Posted by fietsbob

Got packets of sterile petroleum jelly to apply to my skin when I got a Melanoma cut out, it reduced scarring.

keeping the wound covered with similar, under the bandaging should also keep scab, from forming over the abrasion .

and stiffening the flexible skin, for a while..

Originally Posted by jppe

My road rash seems to be healing very nicely. Some spots are itching pretty badly so using some cream on those.