If you dont get to the doc with a fresh cut it often starts to close up - and unless your concern is a scar - usually ok.... Steri-strips are a good thing to have on hand for us PN'ers - a cut that in the past you might need stiches as long as you can clean up wound and nothing needs picking out etc.... they work great - "plastic stiches" help the wound close quickly, and saves a trip to the doc.... (if you're cut with somehthing that has potential to infect however like animal scratch etc, important to go to doc)