Dr Wishnew is back.

Healing starts the moment you return home. This guide provides simple, essential tips to care for your surgical wound, prevent infection, and support faster recovery. With the right care, you play a vital role in your healing journey.

This 4th of July, as both a wound care specialist and a fellow American, I want to wish you and your family a safe and meaningful holiday. While it’s a time for food, fireworks, and fun, it also brings health risks, I see all too often in the clinic.

On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to fallen heroes and look at visible and invisible wounds. As I treat wounds, I am reminded that healing goes beyond skin deep, including the physical and emotional scars left behind by sacrifice and service.

Debridement is a significant part of wound care involving removal of dead or infected tissue from wounds. It plays an important role in wound management for a number of reasons and we’ll discuss what it is, why it is performed and its benefits for healing.

Hydrogen peroxide and alcohol are common antiseptics or germ killers on the local pharmacy and supermarket shelves. They are simple and easy to use but which one should you use for wound care?

Surely you’ve heard it before, “a body in motion stays in motion.” This principle is also applicable to wound healing. Research shows that physical activity helps with healing.