In movies taking a bullet out of a wound and then putting a bandage on the wound seems to magically cure the wound. Is that all you really need to do?

Question

In movies, after someone is shot they are in great pain or even crippled until someone pulls the bullet out. Once the bullet is plucked out and dramatically dropped into a bowl, the victim seems to be completely fine. Is the bullet being in the wound really the biggest problem? Is it preventing the wound from closing somehow?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Typically you only remove the bullet if it’s shallow/easy to get. But it does help speed up the healing process since there will be less inflammation from a foreign object being in a wound.

However it wouldn’t help with pain or making the injury immediately better.