Treat a Graze

Have you ever fallen over and grazed your knee? Everyone has been in this situation but not really paid any attention to it. If you want to find out how to treat a graze you're in the right place!

Steps

 * 1) Find a sink and run ice cold water over the graze. It might sting but hold it over the running water for 2-5 minutes. If the graze is on your knee get some tissues and wet them. Hold on the graze for 2-5 minutes.
 * 2) If the graze is bleeding dry the graze quickly and hold a cloth on the graze which is producing blood. The blood should soon stop coming out.
 * 3) Wrap some ice in a cloth and hold on graze for a few minutes.
 * 4) Put on a clean plaster, preferably waterproof.
 * 5) Leave it alone to get better.

Tips

 * Grazes aren't major things, but if it hurts it's best to do the above.

Warnings

 * Make sure the graze has no stones in it (large or small). If it does have stones in it get some tweezers and pick them out.

Things You'll Need

 * A fresh graze (do not attempt to do anything to get a graze!)
 * Sink
 * Cloth (optional)
 * Plaster
 * Ice
 * Time

Related Tips and Steps

 * How to Stop Bleeding
 * How to Quickly Treat a Cut or Bleeding Scrape
 * How to Clean Up a Cut, Scratch, or Scrape
 * How to Use a Band Aid
 * How to Remove a Band Aid