Q&A for How to Make a Fake Wound

Look at a Halloween store for special effects makeup. Pick up some yellowish, purplish colors, and maybe some green. Prime the area with liquid foundation and set it with powder to give it some grip. Then apply the color! I like to search for a photo of a black eye and copy it to get a realistic look.

Yes. Many first aid instructors like to use fake wounds to make the learning experience more realistic. Students will have an easier time recognizing real injuries and treating them appropriately if they’ve worked with realistic fake wounds. It can also help reduce their discomfort with treating real injuries.

Yes, you can use flour and water to make a simple dough that mimics the texture of skin or scar tissue. Mix 1 cup (130 g) of flour with 1 cup (237 mL) of water with a pinch of salt and a tablespoon (15 ml) of oil. Stir these ingredients over heat until you achieve a doughy consistency. You can put this “skin” wherever you like on your body, and wet it slightly to make it smooth. Add makeup to create a realistic skintone. If you want to make a cut, carefully make a slit in the dough and pour on a little fake blood!

You could use your mom's makeup or use Halloween face paint. Face paint won't give the full effect, but it will still work.

Yes, anything with a gel-like consistency will work, lip balms, lip glosses, Chapstick, etc., provided it's clear. You may have to apply a thicker coat.

You can use a non toxic liquid glue such as Elmer's glue. Don't use something like super glue because that would not come off and could irritate the skin.

Just follow these steps and apply the "wound" while looking in the mirror, or ask a friend to help you.

Yes, and if you are using liquid latex or glue, you can peel it off instead.

Not sure about the dollar store but there's a good chance you can. A lot of stores would carry it around Halloween.

Tylose powder is a hardening agent which, when added to fondant, creates a quick and simple version of gum-paste or modelling paste.

You can use a dark red, a normal red and a brownish red poster paint. Use the brownish red to deepen the scar and make it look like the blood is already starting to clot but you must taper it out. Take a bit of a darker brown in the centre of your starting off wound, the use the dark red and normal red to add a bloody effect, use your imagination and Google Images here until you are happy with the result. Then use a bit of water with a lightish blue and put it in between the red to make it look like the wound is already starting to slightly bruise but use it lightly and blend it into your skin. If the paint is a struggle to blend just use some water.

The skin on the wound should match your skin tone, and should not be darker or lighter than your natural skin tone.

You should use the Vaseline method, but make it more of an uneven surface with two distinctive marks on your neck, or wherever you are placing the wound. It may also help to add a bit of eyeliner to give it more depth.

The latex is used as a glue. In this example, it is used to glue the tissue paper down to the skin so you can create a wound. You can use makeup to give the wound more depth and detail, though!

You can buy it at Halloween/costume stores, some craft stores, or online from Amazon.

No. It would melt or crystalize, and it would also smell pretty strongly. Jam also doesn't look very much like blood.

No, but it helps to make it look more realistic, as if it's bruised.

Try the methods in Make Fake Blood . .

Yes you can. As long as the glue is washable and skin friendly, like Elmer's glue.

Do this on your neck looking in a mirror and make it more red or more swollen. If this does not work, wash it off and try again byt not as much fake blood but still more.

It depends how realistic you want it to be. Face paint would probably not look as realistic as makeup.

Use brighter red blood so that it doesn't look like it has started healing and is fresh.