I am currently in china and recently sustained an injury to my face. I am an otherwise healthy 24 year old male. Although I speak Chinese fairly well, it is not well enough to talk about concerns of my injury (largely stitch removal, wound care, and scar minimization). The cut is just above my eyebrow and is approximately 4-5 cm long. The doctor put three stiches in.I was not given much information on how to care for the wound, only to come back to the hospital 10 days later for stitch removal. I was curious how long i should leave the bandage on, whether i should be applying any ointments or creams, abd when i should have the stiches removed. I was under the impression that facial stiches were typically removed about 5 days after placement, not ten. I was given two medicines both oral- cefixime tablets 0.1g, taken twice daily and some sort of chinese medicine (translated roughly as "Dragon's blood pills with enteric coating" 龙血竭肠溶衣- im not expecting any advice here about that).

Do you have any advice for me regarding wound treatment and when to have the cut looked at again or to have the stiches removed. I am obviously concerned about the wound healing but also doing everything I can to prevent an unsightly scar from forming since it is in such a noticeable location on my face.



Thank you for any advice.