You know it's funny this post came up because I cut myself quite badly 15 times on my left arm (always the left) I fell asleep for a while after (that's what cutting does to me, calms me and makes me very tired). Anyway when I woke it hurt very bad an that night I struggled to sleep. I created a load of pressure on my arm over night by a tight bandage that helped the pain.

I remember asking if it usually hurt this bad but didn't get any answers. Once the pain went the itching started and man I'm not sure what was worse! I would scratch which would create pain... So a no win situation! I had to use home stitches on them too.