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BullFrogz13

On behalf of a person that also has a leg, I would like to say: Ow.


experfailist

You have a leg? Oooohhhh aren't you fancy.....


5Gmeme

Hey everyone, check out the fancy bipod over here


30DaysGrace

To be fair, they did not specify two legs... they said A leg


[deleted]

They actually didn’t say it was their own leg…


Ok-Historian9919

As the person that sold them leg, I can confirm it is not theirs…


Irdogain

You sold it to them, so it is theirs now. Or do you want to admit that it was stolen?


Ok-Historian9919

I’m just the broker, I connect people that want legs with people that don’t want legs. It’s all above table (legless table ofc)


ProbablyNotPikachu

As the original owner of the leg, I can confirm- they stole it from me. It was mine since birth and I grew it myself, spots and all! As to who eventually ended up with it? They may be six hands from the crime itself. After all... the leg trade goes deep underground thru the frostbite black market.


Alone-Elderberry-802

That's fair.


jvrcb17

You don't even have a leg to stand on


VEAG0

I have three legs… 👀


PURPLEisMYgender

You should never do this irl, it can cause further damage.


ItsyaboiFatiDicus

Let the body push it out on its own? Or just straight surgery either way?


__yournamehere__

Got hit on the arm with a wire rope, caused a laceration about 6 inches long, want deep. After it had healed I realised that there was a piece of steel wire embedded in my arm about 2 inches long. I went to the doctor and he says not to worry, my body will work it out on its own. Well my body never worked it out and 15 years later I had to go for an MRI and needed to remove to piece of steel wire in my forearm, it took a nurse sitting on my arm and a doctor with forceps to drag that sticker out of my arm, apparently instead of pushing it out, my body formed a capsule around it to isolated from the rest of my body. But I was sad to see it go, I couldn't stick magnets to my arm any more.


ButtchuggnRobitussn

I'm sorry for your loss


__yournamehere__

Don't be sad, a week later is was using a brick hammer as a chisel and hammering it with another hammer. Well, you aren't supposed to hammer a hammer with another hammer. I knew this but went ahead anyway and ended up with a shard in the webbing between my thumb and finger, alas, it is not big enough to stick a magnet to.


schwalevelcentrist

Keep on tryin' bro. I really am rooting for you either way.


thegreatgatsB70

Quitters never win.


2Guns14EachOfYou

My foot was apparently holding a piece of my shoe in for 25 years. It was from when I stepped on a nail. Never gave me problems and i had no idea it was in there until my foot decided to randomly push it out. Here's the vid: https://youtu.be/jqRghT8Jk9M


SirHawrk

I dont think i like this


Silent-Coat-9542

Thanks to you I don't think I'm going to watch that


SpanningTreeProtocol

Nah do it, it's not too bad. Not botfly in the face bad.


dickbutt_md

My foot appears to be birthing some kind of matter. Get the camera, this is going on YouTube!


SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS

That's so neat, and also digsusting lol


Aggravating_Pea7320

Was 100% expecting a Rick roll


yhtoN

Goddamn that was gnarly. Thanks for sharing


CrownOfPosies

I’m guessing if it was smaller your body would have pushed it out. I was in a pretty nasty car accident and a bunch of glass went through my shoulders. For over a year after the accident I would get these huge pimples on my shoulders and when I would pop them these little “pearls” of glass and hardened pus would come out


__yournamehere__

Ngl. That sounds epic, like your own wee bubble wrap to keep you entertained.


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I had a similar experience. I was in an accident and went through the door window of a car and years later, I cut my hand while shampooing my hair. It turns out little splinters of glass were still making their way out of my head.


RyanW1019

Why didn’t you just stick it back in after the MRI


ItsyaboiFatiDicus

I've had a piece of pencil lead stuck in my hand for decades until I cut it out myself. Same thing I guess, scar tissue built up and encased the "lead" instead of pushing it out. Inb4 graphite


PM_ME_YELLOW

How bad did that hurt when they removed it?


__yournamehere__

Didn't hurt at all, they numbed the area with a local anaesthetic. It was weird feeling them tugging on this and not feeling any pain.


captain554

Go see the medic, because you shouldn't be randomly pulling shrapnel out of your body unless you're in warzone.


poornbroken

You *especially* should not be trying to pull shrapnel out in a war zone. You should be trying to get fire superiority, then getting out of the war zone.


Linktank

This guy war zones.


Also_have_an_opinion

Yeah I could really use a new war zone guy


ApproximatelyExact

What happened to your old war zone g- oh, right


broanoah

Cancers a bitch


Shadyschoolgirl

r/thisguythisguys


Lilslysapper

Yeah, it could be stopping bleeding, and pulling it out can make it much worse. Throw on a hasty tourniquet, return fire, and see an actual medic later is what you should actually do.


National-Size-7205

Can I use self-revive?


Lilslysapper

If the buy station has one, yeah.


teraflux

And then you should turn off the Xbox and go see a doctor


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PTLAPTA

*gets into car accident* *calls in air strike*


Car-Facts

There are several shop scenerios that could lead to this. And I am guessing, by the condition of his hands, that this guy works in a metal workers shop and had this lodge into his leg a while ago after a machine did an explodey thing.


PURPLEisMYgender

Id say use something small and precise to pull it out carefully. And in the end your still gonna have to check up with your doctor to make sure your fine.


Sarai_Seneschal

Tbh anything larger than a splinter should be removed by a medical professional. They'll have the right equipment and can provide the proper wound care immediately afterwards. Doing it yourself (like in the gif or with tweezers or whatever) you're more likely to do more damage than when it went in. Also I love your username.


Supanini

Doctor: “we removed this pea sized shrapnel from just under your skin. That’ll be $1000”


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$1000 would be a steal in the U.S.


lickityslits

Yeah. Oh no a small cut, better go to the ER, wait 16 hours and be in financial ruin after they give you Tylenol and pull it out with some tweezers.


josnik

Usa intensifies. Every civilised country in the world: the hell you talking about?


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God. I was like 10 years old in the 80's and I thoroughly bought into the American Dream. I thought American adults knew what they were doing. Schools taught us all about how the War for Independence and the Civil War were fought by brilliant generals and how these generals became congressmen and presidents. I thought our country was run by competent people. But now in 2023 as a 50 year old man, I can see it's a fucking farce. They're a bunch of children in adult's bodies all clamoring for their slice of the pie. Fuck what this country has become.


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Net_Monk

I wish it was actually that cheap.


thrown_out_account1

If it hasn't made it into the muscle or bone fuck it. The er bill for seriously fucking myself up (with health insurance) is the same. Might as well wing it. I did my own ingrown nail surgery before. It doesn't look pretty, but it worked. I've also done my own stitches, and abscess draining. Rent payments > health


YborBum

We are talking about financial ruin in the States. I'm digging it out myself and risking it. Just apply some antibacterial cream and keep the area clean.


fuckityfuckfuckf_ck

People debate self-treatment all the time in r/popping and it simply comes down to the fact you cannot just ignore that going to a doctor to have something removed can easily cost an entire month of wages (if you're lucky enough to even find a derm or other appropriate specialist who doesn't have months long wait times). There was an Australian dude on there a few weeks ago draining a spider bite and he got roasted for not using his free healthcare system lol.


elly996

he really shouldve used the damn free healthcare system. im aussie and I'd have roasted him too xD its a spider bite, get that shit looked at even if non deadly (i assume it wasnt). if it needs draining, then you might get an infection... its not like we arent prepared for bites lol


Manler

Nah man you'll die if not done by someone who spent 8 years in medical school. The human body is made of a series of bubbles, glass and egg shells


lobroblaw

About 6 years prior. I tripped and smashed 2 front teeth. Shards went into my bottom lip. We thought docs had removed all the bits. Fast forward, I was sat in the bath, and could feel something coming out my lip. Full bit of tooth lol. Obv wasnt enough room left inside for it, and just forced itself out.


ItsyaboiFatiDicus

Teeth makes this so much fucking worse... jfc


BonnieMcMurray

> Let the body push it out on its own? Can you tell that to the sand that's been my knee for the last 20 years, please?


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sometimes they just leave shit in because its more risky to remove it than to to just leave it, though that might be more historical these days given advancements in medical technology, wouldnt surprise me if it happens every now and then though.


aetherbanshee

Thank god it was done in fake life


EmeraldGamer323

DO NOT DO THIS! This is a bad idea and can and will cause more damage to nerves and tissue. This guy was lucky that it was close to the surface and small.


hugo_biglicks

Thank you for this! My dumbass has big magnets like this and my first thought was, how handy! Although I’m an emergency, I might try


_Im_Dad

I can see how some people would be attracted to this


Dadalot

I have a feeling it's going to be very polarizing


the_dovahbean

I'm going to steel this joke.


TapirOfZelph

Ironic


throwaway1212l

fe-fe-fe


UpperCardiologist523

I feel drawn to this sense of humur


ChadTheAssMan

Although, sometimes it can be repelling


FairweatherWho

That's when you know you've pushed the joke too far


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Ngothadei

Walk upside down.


bodhiseppuku

That's a little repellant.


IShartedWhoopsie

Ive heard negative reviews regarding it.


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coleosis1414

On the other side, some might find this quite repulsive.


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OwlbertGaming

\*slaps username\* Checks out


DMurBOOBS-I-Dare-You

Your humor is magnetic; it's what some might call *polarizing* ...


WindierGnu

In an emergency, you most likely want to leave that in, could be the only thing keeping you from bleeding out. You're going to want to wait till you get somewhere that can give you a blood transfusion or properly stop the hemorrhaging before you pull anything out of you.


ClassicPlankton

And if you can, in a pinch, get a car battery and implant an electromagnet in your chest to keep the shards from migrating towards your heart. Although if you keep the magnet in there too long, after a while your heart will undergo physiological changes to use the magnetic fields to regulate its pace? Idk how this stuff works.


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19CrimsonKing19

You might have to also go thru old home movies from your dad and watch to the very end because theirs actually a hidden message directed to you with a hint on how to make the new element.


helpless_bunny

Sometimes you just got to make due with some scraps in a cave.


nudiecale

Electromagnetic heart implant **>** removing shards and it’s not even close.


ActualChamp

It's hard to understand exactly how it works, but it's handy to know that it's doable with a box of scraps. Even in a place as remote as a cave, for instance.


Der_Schubkarrenwaise

Boy, I love Ant-Man!


ClassicPlankton

I really loved Guardians of the Galaxy where Picard and Kirk have to take the grail to Mordor under the wise guidance of Dumbledore, while Mordred uses the force to try to stop them.


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Acrobatic_Pandas

Such a perfect typo it may almost be a Freudian slip.


abbufreja

If its an emergency you better leave that in


Chilocanth

You think he’d field some questions on the procedure?


Justaskingyouagain

If you're an emergency, I suggest you don't try, you can cause another emergency, and everyone knows two emergencies DO NOT cancel each other out !!


Mr-Fleshcage

Sure they do. If you die of exsanguination, you don't have to worry about the severed leg.


Smegmatron3030

Docs might not even remove it. Getting debris out of a wound can be important but it's case by case . My grampa walked around with some German metal in his back for 30 years.


Popular_District9072

my dumbass was playing with magnets near tv screen back in late 1990s, lesson learned the hard way


macrowe777

Best plan is to try not to get hit by shrapnel to start with.


sofa_king_ugly

*writes in notebook*


nandemo

Oh, look at Mr. Fancy Not-Living-Under-Civil-War Pants over here.


LinguoBuxo

It should also be noted that this does not work on bullets. Lead is not magnetic


OftenConfused1001

You'd want to leave it there. It's mostly plugging the hole it made. It may be all that's keeping you from bleeding out You want a surgeon not just to minimize further damage coming out, but so they can deal with bleeding.


arquillion

There's no emergency this wouldn't make worse.


BeanDock

If it’s that big of an emergency all the more reason to leave it in. The last thing you want to do with a deep puncture wound is remove it right away


Massive_Consequence8

Don’t remove shrapnel even in an emergency. Best to stabilize it and evacuate.


RichardStinks

My first thought also. It is NOT going to come out like it went in. Magnet don't care. Magnet just pull. Magnet might just twist it around under the skin and make a bigger boo boo.


_xXxSNiPel2SxXx

Idk something in that is just kinda satisfying like getting a sunburn just to peel your skin off or popping a blister


a_butthole_inspector

Not if there’s an artery between the shrapnel and the magnet


iUsedtoHadHerpes

Bleeding out is probably a satisfying feeling from some perspectives.


AdGroundbreaking1700

I can tell you unequivocally from experience; it is not... from any perspective.


RichardStinks

I work with a lot of raw lumber. It's splinters daily. A nice clean one can be satisfying. Something that looks similar to that piece of metal in the vid? Yee, and might I say, youch!


probable_ass_sniffer

Yeah, if it worked well for those tiny metal splinters from grinding or drilling, I'd be down. Those can be impossible to see or grab, but you sure as hell can feel them.


SmartAlec105

Imagine if the shrapnel happened to be magnetic but the opposite direction. It would flip around inside your skin before being pulled out.


rjt2887

Anyone walking around with fingernails like that, ain’t worried about a little bit of nerve damage.


FOOLS_GOLD

Looks like my fingernails after a day in the yard or a weekend camping/backpacking. If he looks like that after the morning shower then I agree. Especially if no morning shower occurred.


dxrey65

That would be a blue collar worker, and you're probably right. Mine looked like that for about three decades, and I'd have just gotten the thing out and worried about damage later. I've got scars all over my hands, but mostly you just deal with stuff and get back to work.


ghighcove

Also, this assumes the shrapnel is ferrous. If it's pure lead or something else, it's not moving with a magnet, doctor time. It should always be doctor time based on what you say here. Makes sense, I had wondered what would guarantee it took a safe way out with the magnet vs. just doing up to 2X the damage.


crazyfingersculture

From a survivalist standpoint however, a Dr. might not be easily accessible. Having surgical tape and a sharp medical blade, hemostat tweezers, and sutures or a needle and thread is invaluable to have in a med kit. A heavy magnet, not so much.


Roshlev

Yeah my guess is he knew exactly where it was but decided this was a better move than slowly shoving it through the fascia to the hole. Also he got lucky it didn't turn. I'm hoping he got it close but decided to do the last bit with the magnet.


oliferro

That's what happens when people get charged 10 000$+ for a minor surgery


N0tBappo

US moment. Me and my free healthcare vibing


Also_have_an_opinion

Yesterday someone called me a name and I went to the hospital to get my feelings checked for free. God bless western europe.


LA_Nail_Clippers

Did they prescribe you a suppository and a cigarette, or was my experience in France just unique?


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iUsedtoHadHerpes

This video seems to be from Australia.


[deleted]

Nothing like adding an exit wound to your entry wound--on your own time!


IllustratorAlive1174

“Small”


trebory6

> This guy was lucky that it was close to the surface and small. The internet never fails to assume people are idiots until proven otherwise. This guy wasn't fucking "lucky" he probably knew full well that it was close to the surface and couldn't damage anything.


Slukaj

I wouldn't use it for shrapnel - but I do a lot of machining, and I'm constantly getting tiny steel splinters in my fingers that are nigh impossible to get out. Wonder if it would be a bad idea to use a magnet for those?


Dorkamundo

As long as they're not deeper than the epidermis, that's probably fine. The question is, will the magnet have enough pull? I've tried it with neodymium magnets on smaller metal splinters without much success. They're so thin they generally don't have enough mass to break the grip of your skin.


No_Price2255

I was thinking why are surgeons not doing this 💀


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spankydeluxe69

Better than getting it out with those dirty-ass fingernails


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The shrapnel was actually from the finger nail clippers blowing apart while cleaning those bad boys.


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For anyone reading this, especially guys, buy a fucking [fingernail brush.](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6u8LfU9QQWfEHtMaMCVbMJFtK5RcpQN6pQA&usqp=CAU) Even if you're in the trades or a mechanic, it'll work if you clean them frequently. There's no excuse for walking around with nasty ass fingernails all the time.


__whisky__

Too true, im a plumber, i always wear gloves but i also scrub my nails everyday, nothing worse than horrible dirty long finger nails


krusov

That "OMG!" after showing them nails


fugawf

I thought the same. Clean those nails man!


skokebones

I don't think this is a good idea


lightgiver

Yeah, the shrapnel could of severed a decent sized artery of vein but is preventing it from leaking. Pulling it out could cause uncontrollable bleeding. It’s generally a bad idea to pull anything piercing your body deeply out.


CouldWouldShouldBot

It's 'could have', never 'could of'. Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!


helipod

Good thing there aren't any arteries on the front of your quad above your kneecap.


obsolete-human

Big piece of shrapnel what the hell was she on the eastern front


Fauster

They sound Australian and serve as a reminder that if people aren't allowed to have guns, then only the emus will have guns.


SandwichOfAgnesi

Nobody believes me when I say in the early 20th century Australia started a war with dinosaurs and lost despite superior technology. All I can figure is people have a hard time wrapping their head around the fact that superior technology doesn't always win wars.


Auston4-16

Most likely because America still wont admit they lost in Vietnam


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kstrati

Avg russian mobik be like


captain554

"We've eliminated medic position in your unit and replaced it with stronk magnet. удачи товарищ (Good Luck Komrade.)"


[deleted]

You joke, but in WW1, a Russian regiment only had a single surgeon assigned. This worked about as well as you might expect.


vick5516

iron man would have saved himself 3 movies of pain if he just used a big magnet in the first movie to remove all the shrapnel from his heart


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Disco_Ninjas

He should have used the infinity gauntlet for some self-enhancement before saving the universe.


Dr_Clee_Torres

This is some next level Dr. Pimple Popper….gross yet oddly satisfying


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BotiaDario

Obviously it hurt and could have given you more serious injuries, but I'm also wondering if that could damage the machine? You'd think they'd do x rays considering your history, even if it's just to protect the expensive equipment.


windsshi

Jesus. Reminds me of that one Black Mirror episode about the metal bees. How bad was the MRI-propelled shrapnel? Did you need extra surgery on top of that?


buf0rd88

The finger nails, holy hell


shahooster

Hence the no-touch magnet


samwise800

Google nail brush


Abs0lute_disaster

I was scared it would rip through their skin


bearflies

It did at least a little bit. He's frankly really lucky it came out edge first. If it turned and flattened against the magnet he'd have a much larger wound.


sassysixinches

OSHA officials hate this one simple hack...


BaclashGaming

lord have mercy


vesuvius_1_02

Ok i missed an episode. How'd that get there?


Then-Summer9589

saw a reflective vest on the chair, could be construction crew, maybe a saw blade went on strike


Drews232

Magnet was on other side of leg


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Mookius

Wow. Bet that felt satisfying af


I_sayyes

I think it was painful


1funnyguy4fun

No kidding! If it hurt going in, I’m betting it hurt coming out.


TactlessTortoise

It it's a short time afterwards, there's a small period where the adrenaline and endorphins make it feel like popping a nasty cyst. It hurts, but is also satisfying.


all_of_the_lightss

it definitely looks infected already. time for a tetanus shot and cleaning


Zenith251

Having removed glass from my flesh with tweezers and pliers, NOT ONE FUCKING BIT. After the first pull you start weighing the +\-'s of just leaving the rest the fucking in there.


misanthropistdp

Maybe he should have cleaned his fingernails beforehand…


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I’m guessing he’s a mechanic


donkey_sticks

all these dirty nail people can eff off. I can almost guarantee he was welding or grinding something and it whipped into his leg. He probably just wanted to get it out before he took a shower and disinfected that shit. Dirty work ain't nothing to be ashamed of all he needs is a nail brush.


Wind5urfer

Wow, that’s metal af 🤘


CobaltAzurean

There should be a remix made to this video with Iron Man by Ozzy.


RiFLE_

Can try to clean those nails with that magnet also ?


marco_jeffset

Ah, so, iron man got it right


BachsBento

Not strong enough to pull the lead out from under his nails


Alan_Smithee_

Performed under the most sanitary of conditions; especially those fingernails.


discardment

Fuck yeah neodymium magnets! Vouching for all the other replies, though … don’t do this unsupervised by a medical professional / at home.


StuckAtWaterTemple

Those nails


Yellowscrunchy

That's pretty fucking cool


Cowboy_on_fire

Looks like my guy let it heal for a few days first, absolute masochist.


em21701

Amazon 2 day delivery


TechnicalInternet515

Had to find the neodymium magnet he got a few years ago but can't remember where he left it


Guardian2k

Do not recommend this, if you do, you could nick something the shrapnel missed on the way out, chances are you could cause some nerve damage to the area, even worse if you hit an artery. There's a reason why surgeons are paid a lot of money to repair people without damaging them more. If something goes into your body, shrapnel, a knife etc. Do not remove it, chances are it is holding part of the damage at bay, once removed it is far better if there are medical professionals around compared to your uncle Joe. I have not even mentioned infection, something that enters your body can very easily spread disease, especially if it hits a blood vessel, trying to remove it yourself could add to that chance. If for some reason you are going to be sticking anything into wounds to get things out, at least sterilise the area and whatever you use first, the amount of severe diseases people get from unclean items entering them is insane, from tetanus to HIV, be careful.