>>About a half hour ago I caught my ring finger (no ring) on a piece of >>ground off wire and ripped that puppy open. I soaked a paper towel >>with blood while I hunted down one of the Dollar Store 5 for $1 tubes >>of superglue. Another paper towel and I dried off the blood as best I >>could and squirted on the superglue. In a few seconds it had quit >>bleeding. Its been about 20 minutes since I treated it and it doesn't >>hurt at all - I'm typing with it. The superglue and blood reacted to >>make a strange plastic looking clump, but it seems to be working fine. >>Now, if the finger doesn't fall off...
> It won't but the superglue you bought likely has methyl alcohol in it > that can cause necrosis. The medical grade stuff doesn't use methyl > but the price is a real nose bleed. ;)
What leads you to believe that it has methyl alcohol in it?
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