Pulled my staples out!

[Dan]

So I read online today that you aren't supposed to have surgical staples in for more than 14 days because they start getting embedded pretty deep in your skin. Well my doctor never got back to me after I asked for an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon, and the staples have been in for 14 days, so I grabbed some pliers and wire cutters and took them out myself. It was surprisingly easy except for a few that were sucked down into the skin.

If you live in the States and don't have health care, I would recommend pulling out your own staples versus paying a doctor. Doctors have a special tool that bends them in the middle. You probably don't have one. If you just grab with pliers and yank you will open up a lot of skin. The trick is to take a pair of wire cutters and go down cutting the middles out. Then you just have to pull a little C shaped hook out of each side. Oh and make sure to wash your hands, sterilize the area with iodine or something and sterilize your pliers with alcohol or boiling water.

 

[Wizard]

I admire your bravery. A lot of people would have left them in there for years if no one ever told them anything different.

 

[Krynn72]

Your leg is going to fall apart now.

Also, its pretty cool that your doctor never called you back.

 

[Dog--]

Yea in Canada we don't pay for that shit it's covered, so I'd rather just go to the hospital vs risking infection.

Also put the staples back in so you can see you pulling them out, I don't wanna see a bunch of holes.

 

[Rico]

I hear you can also amputate your own leg, all you need is a hacksaw.

Seriously, *not* a good idea.

 

[Raziaar]

You are badass Dan.

 

[MJ12]

Aw, I thought he was going to pull his staples out while biking down the side of a cliff.

 

[Dekstar]

next on helplife2.net: Dan performs a full-body skin-graft using pineapple chunks and edible paper!

 

[Maestro]

Dude, Dan, you're crazy.

 

[Raziaar]

Man that pic is craazy.

 

[YROC]

This is something my father would do. You guys might be related.

 

[Krynn72]

Seeing that pic makes me want to have a doctor do it.

 

[Danimal]

You should call the doctor and tell him that you'll promptly be taking his job, pay cheque, and wife.

 

[Shyam]

I would have been too much of a sissy to do it myself.

 

[Solaris]

Self surgery is fun. I once had a large spot on my toe, maybe it was a wart but it kept growing back after I picked it off. So I put some paper towels on the floor, drank a fair amount of whiskey, and dug it out with a kitchen knife roots and all. It wouldn't stop bleeding as I had stabbed quite far down with the knife so I burnt it with a lighter and it stopped bleeding.

Was awesome, I felt like jack bauer.

 

[Wanted Bob]

To be honest I wouldnt trust myself enough to do the procedure properly. I'd get a doctor to do it.

 

[McGooTheWise]

dug it out with a kitchen knife roots and all.

I barfd.

 

[Ennui]

When I gashed the shit out of my leg last year I cut out my stitches myself. Beats going to urgent care, waiting three hours and paying a doctor a few hundred bucks to do what I can do safely myself in about 3 minutes. Staples are a different matter though, that might freak me out a little

 

[Wanted Bob]

Stitches I can see doing yourself, and the bits that stay in the skin I believe are broken down anyways. Staples seems a bit much...

 

[Danimal]

Defs. wouldn't try this sober, either way.

 

[Ennui]

Stitches I can see doing yourself, and the bits that stay in the skin I believe are broken down anyways. Staples seems a bit much...

afaik there are some stitches like this, but for mine I just cut them and pulled the loop out, so I got the whole stitch.

 

[ríomhaire]

I have no idea why but I always find digging a thorn/sting/splinter out with a needle very satisfying. Good job on not giving yourself an infection!

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Digging things out of your body is intensely satisfying, but I'm personally very disturbed by holes and...craters that shouldn't be there.

 

[Dan]

Self surgery is fun. I once had a large spot on my toe, maybe it was a wart but it kept growing back after I picked it off. So I put some paper towels on the floor, drank a fair amount of whiskey, and dug it out with a kitchen knife roots and all. It wouldn't stop bleeding as I had stabbed quite far down with the knife so I burnt it with a lighter and it stopped bleeding.

Was awesome, I felt like jack bauer.

I did this with my warts too. Usually I had to do it at least twice for them to go away forever. Favourite method was to stick my foot or hand over the toilet, and then chop around the edge with nail clippers. Once I separated the skin from the wart part. I grab it with my teeth and pull really hard. Very satisfying to dig that ****er out. It leaves a big hole and bleeds a lot. The wart itself usually looks kind of like a tiny onion.

 

[kupocake]

So I read online today

So are we past the point where stating this is no longer a downhill slope? That possibly, the internet gives good advice? About time I suppose.