What s Better for Wounds: Scabs or Bandages?

When someone gets a little scrape, it's pretty common for them to cover it with a bandage while it heals. There are some people, though, who think it's best to leave the wound uncovered and let your body do its healing thing. Who's right? Science holds the answer! SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman. Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1524-4725.1995.tb00511.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1524-4725.2001.00299.x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1674265 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14961190 https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=134&ContentID=143 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470443 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/wound.2012.0412