jemian, when repacking, do you have to rinse out the wound with anything or just open old bandage, throw in more sugar and apply fresh bandages?
I usually just repack as most, if not all, of the sugar is absorbed. Of course, if there is debrie that should be removed, that ought to be cleaned out. For that I use ivory soap, which I bring with me from the states, or hydrogen peroxide.
I first started using sugar years ago for an ant bite here, that had ulcerated. After a week the wound was as large as a dime and not healing. Sugar as a treatment was suggested and so I put about a fourth of a teaspoon on the wound. That night when I changed the bandage, the would was less red and a bit smaller. It took a few days but where there was no healing, it was now closed.
I do have a bit of a scar, though.