This is Health Matters, with a report on current medical thinking regarding home care for wounds and burns. “…cleaning scrapes and cuts with peroxide or alcohol and letting them dry and scab over is not recommended. Peroxide may help dislodge debris from a wound and dissolve some dried blood, but it is very irritating to the open flesh.”
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Sources and Links
https://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-wound-care-20160725-snap-story.html