If the laceration is deep but doesn’t seem to require stitches ... You can either tape the gauze in place or wrap it with an elastic bandage. As the cut is healing, look for signs of infection.

Are you stuck on a bandage that sticks on you but lets your wound get wet? Water and other liquids can carry germs to cuts and scrapes, which can lead to infection. A waterproof bandage could ...

Medically reviewed by Brian T. Luong, DMD You may need to treat a cut in your mouth after playing sports, biting your cheek while eating, or due to another common injury encountered in day-to-day life ...

Advertisement Accidents happen. You might feel confident that you know when to slap a small adhesive bandage on a paper cut and when you need to call an ambulance, but in between there is a gray ...