Does Eulixo Blog? » Health & Home http://www.doeseulixo.org Does Eulixo Blog? Well, find out here... Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Floss a Stuck Ring Off your Finger http://www.doeseulixo.org/floss-a-stuck-ring-off-your-finger/ http://www.doeseulixo.org/floss-a-stuck-ring-off-your-finger/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:38:03 +0000 admin http://www.doeseulixo.org/?p=8 Your finger is swelling from when you jammed it in the door. Or perhaps those pregnancy pounds have plumped up the size of your hands. Whatever the cause, even soapy water won’t get that band of gold to budge, and you’re beginning to panic. Before you race to the emergency room to have your ring cut off, try this:

Starting at your fingertip, snugly spiral a long piece of dental floss (flat and waxed is best) down your finger until you reach the base. When you get to the ring, thread the end of the floss under it. Coat your entire wrapped finger with petroleum jelly, then grasp the end of floss that you have slipped under your ring and pull upward. The floss will begin to unwind – and your ring should slide up and off.

One Caveat: “The floss works by compressing your finger, so you must complete the ‘operation’ in under twenty minutes or you could compromise blood flow,” says Lloyd Van Winkle, M.D., a family physician in Castroville, Texas.

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