Sealing up a wound?!

Sealing up a wound?

So, I'm the person who posted this morning, asking rather desperately if garlic would stem the infection in my toe.

I have since then used a crushed clove of garlic applied directly to the wound and wrapped in gauze every few hours. The redness and swelling (so bad I could barely move my foot) are gone. The heat creeping slowly up my leg has all but disappeared. My boyfriend is very impressed (though, not so much with the smell I'm trailing around the apartment!) Garlic has done in a few hours what Neosporin failed at for over a week.

So, these are my questions: is there a point where, when the infection has entirely gone, and the cut is just a cut, that I should switch to some other healing agent? Something that will just mend it, a cream? I'm afraid that the garlic itself, if used too long, will inflame my skin. Also, I didn't use any olive oil before applying the garlic - mainly cause it was awfully expensive. Will this do me damage in the future?

wow how cool that the garlic helped..i knew it was great stuff but didnt know it could be applied to a wound. I think the best thing now is to let your body do the work now..either with or without bandage/band aid...preferably leaving the wound open to the air..but if there will be risk of infection or it's in an annoying place then with band aid. ..Vitamin E cream is very good at healing and repairing skin as is aloe vera.