However, for the majority of road rash victims, scarring is inevitable. Minor cuts and lacerations may heal without causing long-term effects. The severity of the road rash and the biker’s healing ability will determine the likelihood of permanent scarring. Otherwise, the motorcycle accident victim could be exposed to the following complications: Scarring It’s urgent that someone with an abrasion injury be evaluated and treated by a medical professional, even if he doesn’t think he’s been badly hurt. Road rash can directly injure multiple layers of skin, muscle, tissue, and even bone. Depending on the type of road rash, failure to seek professional treatment or relying on home first aid can have dire effects. It turns out that ignoring abrasion injuries is a very bad idea.
We’ve all met some obstinately macho bikers who refuse to seek medical care for road rash. As such, you need to remember your parents’ words of wisdom when it came to taking care of your injuries, because road rash is no skinned knee. However, just as the younger you suffered injuries on his bike, the older you has the same potential to suffer when riding your adult bike-even more so if your “adult bike” is a motorcycle. Now that you’re older and wiser, the occasional scrape and bruise doesn’t mean that much. If you’re anything like kids today, the answer is a lot.
When you learned how to ride a bike, how often did you go home with a scraped knee or bloody elbow? How many Band-Aids and motherly kisses did your cuts and bruises require before they healed? And, how many times did your dad tell you to put antibacterial cream on them to avoid infection?