Emergency!!!

[MDT]

Not speculation. Povidone Iodine has been shown to harm fibroblasts in healing skin. The Emergency Medicine literature is replete with recommendation to not use Betadine in wound care. The saying "don't use anything on a wound you wouldn't use in your own eye" is one we follow. Use Betadine if you want. The realistic answer is that it probably won't jack up the healing process. However, the current reccomendations are such, it is not recommended.