Yeah, I'm not sure about swimming in a public pool with open wounds. I'd take enough time off to at least let it scab up. I know there is chlorine in the pool and all, but open wounds are no match for even a chemically-weakend Staph infection. Get one of those and you would be out-of-commish for awhile. That's why I don't do crits.

bummer. yeah, i had that problem last year except it wasn't from a crit it was from a dumb ___ women who cut me off on the road and turned right, right in from on me and i t-boned her car, flew over the back and got road rash on several limbs. the ER doc recommend i stay out of the pool for at least a week if not more so they wouldn't get infected.

if they are small enough, you could try waterproof bandaids to help protect them from the harsh conditions.

[quote=triNick]a dumb ___ women who cut me off on the road and turned right, right in from on me and i t-boned her car, flew over the back and got road rash on several limbs. [/quote] I have seen my own death and it looks much like this. You are lucky.

If it is pool swimming, I'd wait a while. Not only because most public pools don't want any cuts or scrapes in them, but also because the chemicals in pools are very tough on new skin -- they keep killing it of, and make healing take even longer. Once it is fairly covered over, I might consider one of those big bandages that seal out all water.