Reddit reviews 1806 Sponge Curity 2's Gauze Sterile Cotton 2x2" 8ply 100 Per Pack Part No. 1806 by- Kendall Company

Please note that I am not a medical professional of any kind, and I genuinely believe that any serious cut should be checked out by a doctor. However, you don't seem too fussed on going to the ER...in the name of harm minimisation, this is my advice:

Please don't use commercial superglue to close your wounds - while it may have been used in WWII, today's superglues are not intended for medical use, and contain all kinds of chemicals and impurities that could cause infection or worse.

If you have a wound that needs to be stitched or closed, please go to the ER. However, if you are extremely adverse to going to the ER for personal or financial reasons (I can understand this), consider buying some good quality first aid supplies. For wound closure, I would recommend a Dermabond Pen - this is the medical-grade wound adhesive that ER docs use to close wounds. It is designed to be applied to broken skin and is much safer than superglue. I would also buy some Butterfly Strips, Saline Eyewash Pods, and Sterile Gauze.

As for how to use these things...this is a technique that was taught to me by a nurse, and I have used it on my own wounds many times:

1. Take a piece of sterile gauze, and press it over your wound - apply pressure until the wound has stopped bleeding, or the bleeding is as stopped as it's going to get. Take another piece of sterile gauze, and use it in a dabbing or patting action on the wound, to soak up as much blood as you can. Be gentle.
   
   
2. When you have soaked up the majority of the blood, go to a sink or hold your wound over a clean towel. Take one of the sterile saline eyewash pods, break it open, and use the saline to rinse out the wound.
   
   
3. Examine the wound, once it is clean. Are the sides of the wound touching? If they are not touching, try using some butterfly strips to pull the sides of the wound together. If the butterfly strips won't hold the wound together, examine the wound further. Is it just flat red inside, or can you see lumpy yellow fat? If you can see fat, dress the wound with a piece of sterile gauze and some first aid tape, and go to the ER - that wound should be treated by a doctor and probably sutured. If it is flat red inside, you can use the Dermabond.
   
   
4. Follow the instructions on the packaging of the Dermabond pen. I usually wear disposable rubber gloves when I am closing a wound with Dermabond, just in case I accidentally get some of the glue on my hands - I don't want to glue my fingers together.
   
   
5. When the wound has been closed with the Dermabond, I usually put a couple of butterfly sutures on the wound anyway - just in case the glue fails and the wound opens again.
   
   
6. Dress the wound. I usually put a non-stick dressing over the wound, and secure it with some first aid tape.
   
   
7. Check the wound regularly to make sure that it's doing okay. If it starts to hurt, if the skin around it gets red and hot, or if it starts secreting any pus or other fluid - please, please, please go to a doctor.
   
   As a side note - if you're buying first aid supplies, I would also recommend getting some alcohol wipes. I usually wipe down my blade, and the area I am going to cut, before I start. This may be a little bit paranoid, but I have had some nasty infected wounds in the past, and being more careful with things like alcohol wipes really helped stop infections.
   
   Good luck, and please be careful/safe.