After the first 2 days, or in some cases after a week after metatarsalgia surgery, patients are recommended to start washing the wound. Performing foot baths with saline solutions in warm water every day will be very useful.
To prepare this solution, water must be boiled and allowed to cool in the container where the foot will be placed. You have to wait for the water to reach a temperature that allows you to insert your hand without hurting yourself. That’s the time to add a tablespoon or two of common salt. The foot should not be soaked for more than 5 minutes in this saline solution. If there are pieces of bandage stuck to the wound, they should be allowed to get wet and fall off on their own. When finished, the foot can be bandaged with thin gauze or left in the open air.