Hydrogen Peroxide

So, the New York Times says:

Does hydrogen peroxide really make a difference?  According to most studies of its effectiveness, not really. Parents and school nurses might insist otherwise, but researchers have found that hydrogen peroxide has little ability to reduce bacteria in wounds and can actually inflame healthy skin cells that surround a cut or a scrape, increasing the amount of time wounds take to heal.

I was raised using this stuff for all my scraps and cuts, and now I find out that all that agonizing stinging sensation, which I believed was a worthwhile sacrifice for a better good, was actually bunch of junk!  I’ve been liberated from hydrogen peroxide, and now you are too!

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