Hi, my 15 month old son fell and cut horizontally through his eyebrow 2 days ago, it was glued back together and 2 steristrips were placed over the wound. They are understandably beginning to peel off as theyre stuck to his eyebrow and he rubs his face when hes tired. If they fall off should i be concerned/take him back or do nothing?
The doctor had done the right thing in fixing it that way. Generally steristrips, Germanic strips or demand glue is used to appose the skin properly. The healing occurs spontaneously without leaving much scar if the apposition is proper. If the steristrips get peeled off, you would have to assess, how much healing has already occurred. If the wound has already closed reasonably and there seems fewer chances of gaping, you need not worry and can leave it like that. But if you feel that there are chances of separation, you can take the child back to the doctor who can put steristrips back again. The maximum difference that can be there is in the amount of scarring and nothing else.