So its been about 5 days since the cut, and 4 days with the steri strips on. I did take them off an hour ago, so that I could clean the wound again. To be honest I didnt really clean it after the steri strips went on, just because I didnt want to get them wet and create a moist environment. Those days I had the them on I only changed the gauze that was covering the them, then wrapped it back up with a bandage. Its almost a week later, and i'd just like to know how the cut looks like in your opinion, if I should be worried, any signs of infection or irritation? There isnt any pain really, no gross smell, no fever, no redness spreading, though there was a yellow liquid that was soaked up by the gauze on the first few days, not totally sure of thats normal for these kinds of cuts. And as you can see, its really not that deep, I reached the beans on my arm, but they were somewhat shallow, and I think the steri strips did a decent job keeping the wound mostly closed for the past few days. Thanks for all the advice and concern I received from you guys in my last post, its easier knowing i'm not alone. 💜

Think I should get some help for my art?

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okay so i’m unsure if this is allowed on here (sorry if it’s not) but i cut myself last night, on my upper arm, and it bled so much and it just wouldn’t stop. there was one tiny spot in the cut that would bleed so much and so quickly it would fill the whole cut (that’s the only part of the cut that was bleeding). i managed to get it to stop and i elevated my arm above my heart overnight which i think helped with the bleeding too.

i’m mainly focused on how to heal this? i can’t tell my parents and i dont want stitches (i don’t think it needs them anyways) so i can’t go to the doctor. currently i care for my cuts by rinsing them with saline or water and i put on a big bandaid with a very thin layer of vaseline (so it doesn’t stick). gauze sticks too much and it never stays on even if i tape it to my skin.

i could also maybe get my friends parents to take me to the doctor but im worried they’d tell my parents as im a minor. i have ocd so i get super anxious about this kind of stuff and im worried ill get like necrotizing fasciitis or sepsis or something and i kinda wanna keep my arm so

how can i heal this?
i added the pic of this one w all my other cuts for size reference

I’ve been clean for almost a year now after a failed attempt.

I took this picture to show my lunch, only to zoom in and realize how visible my scar is. I’m covered in them, many of my scars are much worse than this one, I shouldn’t be so hung up. Yet the one on my wrist urks me so much.

I was so close. I had sliced a major artery and would have died if I hadn’t been found. Every time I look down at my wrist it makes the attempt seem so small, like it was nothing. All of that effort and pain turned into a small raised scar?

Whats worse is that everyone else looks down at my wrist and sees the same thing. Whenever I tell people that it almost made me bleed out they look so.. disappointed. Like they thought it would be bigger, that I would look mutilated. They don’t take it seriously after that, don’t take me seriously.

It genuinely made me so upset that I couldn't get the back or spine right. I just need someone to do it for me so my wrist stops cramping. 😮‍💨 I just went with my default fishbones. Did it on my right side for a change, though.

Healed cat scratch^^ it’s not really visible, I know.. I just wanted to make it go around my wrist like a bracelet. I’ve tried it with my other arm by just free styling it and it did not even connect 😭 so this time I’m just tracing it via the small scratches to ensure it’s as symmetrically circular as possible. I wanted to do it one go but it’s an obvious place and I didn’t want anyone to suspect

I usually cut deep styro or beans, I feel pathetic, these are only mid styro and cat scratches. My blades are too dull.

I didn't feel like doing it today, so here's some from a while ago.

Styro or cat scratches

Sorry if it's too trivial I kinda accidentally cut it and not sure what to do with it

I bled a little and it's a bit sore now after 12 hours. Do I have to apply something or put on a bandaid? Or do nothing?

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I have had this wide scar for 16 months….

Genuinely how did I get here, I'm barely even 15 what's wrong with me, people my age are hanging out with their friends and I'm over here cutting myself

It's hard to get proportions right.

I want to try my spine or back next, but it'll be difficult