How do you take care of a small cut on a eyelid?

Answer 1

Eyelids are tricky; you can't really bandage them, and even applying an antiseptic would be difficult since you don't want it to get into the eye. Ideally, if there was any bleeding when the cut happened you could form a scab, which is nature's bandage, and then all you have to do it be careful to leave the scab undisturbed, so that healing can take place underneath it, and only remove the scab when it becomes loose. However, if the cut has become infected, then you will have to very carefully apply an antiseptic such as tincture of iodine (which is what I recommend) trying not to get any in the eye.