When Dermabond Falls off?

The Dermabond will hold your child's incision together at skin level. It will loosen from the skin and fall off in 5 to 10 days. Exposure to water may make it fall off sooner. Call your child's doctor if the edges of the incision open or pull apart.

What do you do when surgical glue comes off?

Leave the skin adhesive on your skin until it falls off on its own. This may take 5 to 10 days. Do not scratch, rub, or pick at the adhesive. Do not put the sticky part of a bandage directly on the adhesive.

What if Dermabond comes off?

After the Dermabond has fallen off, you may apply lotions to the healed skin. You may use lotions such as aloe vera, shea butter, cocoa butter, vitamin E oil or over-the-counter scar-reducing creams.