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Fickle ([personal profile] fickle) wrote2007-03-09 06:48 pm

Important Life Lesson!

Do not clean pierced ears with mint dental floss.

I realize that might sound obvious to some of you, but if you're a college student who recently got her ears pierced, thinks one of them is too swollen to use cotton swabs on and really wants to make sure it's clean, you might have the brainwave of using dental floss to try to clean behind the earring.

Take it from me, it's a bad idea. Your ear won't drop off, but it will sting like crazy. Though maybe cotton thread would work if you soak it in disinfectant first.

Aren't you glad I'm here to find out stuff the hard way so that you won't have to?

[identity profile] daemonsadvocate.livejournal.com 2007-03-10 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* I feel bad for you :), but yeah, I'll note it for if I ever get my ears re-pierced. Not sure what to do when it swells up, might be worth getting that checked out.

[identity profile] fickle-goddess.livejournal.com 2007-03-10 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
*hugs back* I'm sure you'd be smarter than to try it. And it's not bad swelling, just a little swollen like when you hit yourself on something and it's in the pre-bruising stage.

[identity profile] daemonsadvocate.livejournal.com 2007-03-11 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Awwwwww *pets*. Just look after yourself okay? *offers extra chocolate-y milk*

You'd be surprised... I might have tried it myself *hugs tightly*. Hope you're sleeping better, did you get 5 hours? I won't be about tonight because of UWH. Please don't stay up too late *huggles*, sweet dreams!