Can you take a shower with an open wound?

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asked Nov 23, 2018 in Body/Skin by Lustbloodme (420 points)
Can you take a shower with an open wound?

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answered Nov 23, 2018 by Avarado (27,930 points)
Taking a shower while having an opened wound is usually okay as long as you don't have any exposed bones, stitches,staples or sutures.

If the wound is not that bad you can cover the wound with a plastic bag or something else to keep the water out of the open wound.

Personally I would wait at least a couple days to allow the open wound to start healing before I took a shower just to avoid any further complications with the open wound.

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