Thanks for those replies thus far.

Oh, I wish they would have irrigated it the ER. I can remember the RN using the tweezers to pick out the jersey threads from my back. But, she just wiped my face over once with a piece of gauze and a cleanser.

When I was home, I could see the grit in the wounds. But, I wasn't sure how much was flesh, and how much was grit. Thus, I just left it alone. I think the surface skin just closed over those nasty bits. Now, they want out.

At the advice of the ER doc, I have kept the wounds covered in an antibiotic ointment. That's interesting about the allergic stuff. I am very fair and sensitive skinned. It takes nothing for me to break out.

And, I can certainly believe those bits taking a long time to get out. The sand is just so gritty and hurts like road rash injury all over again.