Sugar as a Natural Wound Healing Remedy: Benefits & Instructions

Sometimes, when wounds require immediate attention, standard antiseptics aren't available. The next time you find yourself hurt and in need of a quick healing fix, reach for some sugar. Sugar helps your skin recover and promotes healing by killing harmful bacteria.

Things You'll Need

• Petroleum jelly
• Sugar
• Gauze
• Scissors
• Adhesive bandage

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Instructions

• 1

  Examine the open wound, ulceration or sore on your skin. Small wounds, ulcerations and sores respond better to sugar treatments than large ones.

• 2

  Get a jar of regular petroleum jelly.

• 3

  Wash and pat dry the affected area. You want to treat a clean area.

• 4

  Dip your fingertip into some petroleum jelly and circle it around your wound. Start at one point and end at the same one. Encase the wound with a line of petroleum jelly.

• 5

  Sprinkle some sugar onto your wound. Cover as much of the wound as you can with a pinch at a time. Keep adding sugar until your wound is covered entirely with sugar.

• 6

  Dress the wound with a small piece of gauze. Cut a small square or round section to custom-fit your wound. Add dabs of petroleum jelly to the gauze to help it stick to your skin.

• 7

  Cover the dressed wound with an adhesive bandage.

• 8

  Change the bandage at least once every 24 hours.