Dermatology Appointment Yesterday

[Caroline]

Thank you, everyone.  If they worsen today or are not better by tomorrow, I'll ask the doc's nurse to check them.  Well, maybe sometime today.  I went without covering them last night and slept better.  

Certainly, the skin where the adhesive was is angry red, but I feel that will calm quickly (and I could use ointments to help that part).  The bandages have been big enough that the adhesive irritation is not near the wound.

My brother had an elbow infection that was sometimes treated with a special honey.  I had forgotten that.  The Vaseline is certainly not antiseptic, and I have never understood why this dermatologist (and others in the past who took skin biopsies) say to use it.  Maybe it's so the bandage won't stick, as Kat guesses.  

I appreciate the support and insight in your comments.  Thank you.

I think they use Vaseline to minimise scarring..

I think the same, but than you can also use anti-septic fatty bandages, instead of vaseline, that should have an equal effect without the risk of infection.