1) Clean your abrasion. 2) Apply an antibiotic ointment or petroleum jelly on the area where the skin splits. 3) Dry the area around the splitting skin. 4) Put on a band-aid of an appropriate size to cover the area of the splitting skin. 5) Wrap your hand with a soft, light-weight, stretchable bandage to reinforce the band-aid and to help keep it in place. 6) Change band-aid once a day.