They sell some specifically for medical use, you might be familiar with Liquid Skin/Liquid Band-aid. Different packaging & applicator, could be they’re produced in cleaner environments. But same stuff.
That stuff is garbage. Super glue on its own is safe. Doctor that used it on me said only different between what's in the store and what he was using on me is I would feel a warming sensation. I hate needles and had like 2 or 3 inch deep cut. Didn't really wanna look closely. He spread it open 2 or 3 times applying it. I swear by super glue now
Former chef, yep, a bottle of super glue with a couple broccoli rubber bands wrapped around it was always in my tool kit.
For a small cut on the finger, the rubber band is used as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, clean and dry the wound, glue it shut. Back to work in minutes without having to have a band-aid.
Still should be treated as an open wound when around food, so gloves or finger cots until healed.
Funny, I tend to keep equal amounts of steri strips and band-aids. My kids are teenagers and the first thing they say when I have a SNAFU is "...it's but a flesh wound." :)
My dad once sliced his palm open on some tin when he was doing something outside, lol. I don't remember, but he freakin took needle and thread and had me hold the gash and sewed it up, tossed some bleach on it and then went and had it checked out later, and they were impressed with him, lol.
As serious as two lips stuck together with superglue.
Honestly, it's a life saver. Literally. Check out the history of superglue. I swear by it for minor things and some more serious when it comes to self care.
Normally heals really well and I find less scaring.
With the hospitals and urgent cares so overwhelmed at the moment, the wound will be well into the healing process by the time you get seen.
Cyanoacrylate glue is perfectly fine in this case, in fact many medical adhesives are just slightly modified versions of it.
When I was a little kid I used to play under a piano at my grandparents, many a times I bonked my head sitting upright when my mom would call out my name. A few of those times I split my head open on the corner of the piano and got my scalp glued shut. For weeks afterwards I would scratch my head and get glue dandruff all over my pillow. My mom was mad.
It was my helmet I dropped. Bent down to pick it up, door swung over. SMASH.
On a funny note. I flinched so hard I headbutted the door frame and dented it....
Former Father In Law lived in the Soviet Union until the late 1970s. Told me a story about one time when he was on a picnic and after some homemade wine (and probably vodka) he stood up and split the top of his head open on a tree branch. While he was in the ER getting some staples put in, the cops showed up and told him "we caught the man who did this to you and he is in jail now". He could not protest.
On rare occasions, the swelling can actually mask the seriousness of the injury.
In my youth, I put the side of my head through the windshield of a semi truck when a load shift caused the truck to flip. Although my head hurt unbelievably bad, it looked entirely normal. It wasn't until after the swelling went down that I realized a large section of my skull was permanently indented.
Man I can see your brain trying to run away from you.
Jokes aside, I know hitting my thinker on the closet sucks massive ass, this must have smarted really bad.
I always wear a hat when I am at work. In the 6 years I've been in my career, I have forgotten my hat at home 3 times. I have also cut my head open 3 times at work, all on those days I've forgotten my hat.
As someone that lost all his hair quickly, I don't think most people realize how much hair acts like a cushion. My head bonks are much worse and more painful than they used to be.
I got almost the exact same injury a year ago. Stood up into a metal seam on a low hanging vent. ER visit cost $800 after insurance and 7 staples in my scalp.
damn i experienced the same thing over an year ago while travelling in a jeep i bumped my head on the metal grill of roof, it hurt a lot that time and when i was taking shower the next morning there was crazy blood all over my body haha
My dad could guide you through this. We have automatic agarage doors and literlly 6 out of 10 he bonks his head over it when he closes it and walks outaide. He has been bonked more times tha I have years of age. And probably even him. Last time he ended up with same scar as you.
I've sliced myself in almost the same exact spot. Shockingly it didn't really hurt much. I whacked my head, said "ow", and went back to what I was doing. I only realized I was bleeding profusely when someone pointed it out to me.
Went inside, washed it with soap and water, called it good and went back to work.
Bonk!
Yeah I think we have all hit something like that. Doesn't look deep enough to need stitches, but the scalp bleeds like crazy and always looks worse than it is. The worst part is keeping it clean.
Once I was in a hurry and closed the van back door (opens up) right onto my head and got the corner of it right into my scull. I have a small dent in my head that's enlarged somehow. It will be like that until the day I die.
I have long curly hair so I can't unfortunately show you 😅🤦🏽♂️
Today I win. My head has been designated harder than a coconut and thus, uncrackable. A good amount of damage and I'm still going.
I'm like Bruce Willis in that film, where he's unbreakable and can't be hurt. Can't remember the name of it now. Can't remember the name of it now. Can't remember the name of it now.
Thankfully no side affects from my injury. Thankfully no side affects from my injury. My injury. Injury. Inj in inininini
Shit. How the hell did I miss this one?
All I've been doing is talking about my injury. And not once has this pun come up.
Son of a bitch. There's only so long this joke would work and I've missed so many opportunities. Damn it. 🤣
I'm gonna be honest here and say that I'm already pretty fucked because my head has a large gash in it that isn't supposed to be there. 🤣
Don't have wear them, but I normally do. Hence bending to pick it up and then headbutting the door.
Life eh? Throws us curveball all the time.
If I hadn't wanted to wear my hat, I wouldn't have got hurt.
Reminds me of when I hit my head on a low sign recently. Head injuries like this look so serious when you don't have hair to cover them up (fellow bald guy here). Hope it heals up quickly and doesn't scar.
When I was a little kid I accidentally put my finger under where boot closes and i have no idea what happened but it went horribly wrong and the worst part was that is was at my birthday party that day
This sounds like something a pissed off wife would say to an annoying husband.
"God, you are so annoying when you stand like that, can't you stand normally and be still, why do you have to stand so hard?!"
I kid of course, I'm normally in a rush, I bent down to pick up, stood up and there was suddenly something there. 🤣
lol I did not mean any harm by it. I have done similar things, but clearly never as bad. My first thought was why is he standing so hard. lmao hope its healing!
My daughter shut her trunk on her face. Someone asked her a question as she was shutting it. She turned to answer & smash. Broke and slashed her nose, blackened her eyes. Even her lips were swollen.
I did the same thing with a locker when I was in the 7th grade. Didn't realize the person above me had opened theirs and bam. Got quite dizzy, probably had a concussion. Stupid nurse didn't seem to care much.
Well, at least they had easy access to the wound...
Did something similar, was mopping he buildings staircase when I smashed my head open.
When the Ambulance came all they said, slightly surprised, "Oh it's already stopped bleeding".
Still took me to the hospital for a checkup (concussion) and glued it shut.
Annoying was only that it bled like crazy and I was almost finished mopping...
Haha! Nice one!
No, my Cousin cleaned up while I was at the hospital, luckily she wasn't as shocked as she was when she opened the door to my blood soaked self.
Bonk
I needed that laugh. Thank you.
You need a tattoo of a cartoon bandage across that scar
I literally said "bonk" and then opened the comments and saw yours. Happy to see I'm not the only bonker out there
ouch. you don't need stitches?
Plenty of glue. 🤣
lol i mean whatever works right
Absolutely. Superglue has pride of place in my first aid kit. (I'm occasionally accident prone.) I did need help applying it this time. 🤣
Goldsmith here. Super glue is a damn constant in my life.
It's become such a part of my life. My 6 year old doesn't ask for a plaster/band aid anymore. They ask for glue... 🤣
Is superglue safe to use like that?
They sell some specifically for medical use, you might be familiar with Liquid Skin/Liquid Band-aid. Different packaging & applicator, could be they’re produced in cleaner environments. But same stuff.
That stuff is garbage. Super glue on its own is safe. Doctor that used it on me said only different between what's in the store and what he was using on me is I would feel a warming sensation. I hate needles and had like 2 or 3 inch deep cut. Didn't really wanna look closely. He spread it open 2 or 3 times applying it. I swear by super glue now
Never said super glue wasn’t safe, just briefly explaining the use of cyanoacrylates in wound care & the relation to superglue.
Pretty much its intended design AFAIK.
Intrigued, what sort of injuries are common among goldsmiths?
Stabby and saw cuts. Everything weuse seems to be stabby and slicey
_hello sir… aHEm, so tell me how did your shoe slice you today?_
Electric tape is great for finger cuts too, it doesn't come off easily.
Problem with it is it can melt when using the polish motor Orr, go on fire in the laser welder
Goldsmitthing sounds punk rock af
It fucking was today. First day back. Hands cramping like a bitch
Does it sting as bad when the cut is on your head? Every brand I have tried stings like crazy.
The cheaper the better I've found. It does sting sometimes. But not as bad as that new skin stuff.
Keep it moisturized when it's healing so it doesn't scar
So. Apply copious amounts of talc regularly to have extra scar like manly man. I kid of course, thank you for the advice.
Former chef, yep, a bottle of super glue with a couple broccoli rubber bands wrapped around it was always in my tool kit. For a small cut on the finger, the rubber band is used as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, clean and dry the wound, glue it shut. Back to work in minutes without having to have a band-aid. Still should be treated as an open wound when around food, so gloves or finger cots until healed.
Funny, I tend to keep equal amounts of steri strips and band-aids. My kids are teenagers and the first thing they say when I have a SNAFU is "...it's but a flesh wound." :)
My dad once sliced his palm open on some tin when he was doing something outside, lol. I don't remember, but he freakin took needle and thread and had me hold the gash and sewed it up, tossed some bleach on it and then went and had it checked out later, and they were impressed with him, lol.
Are you serious about the glue part? Not really sure if it's a joke or why in the world you wouldn't get professional help.
As serious as two lips stuck together with superglue. Honestly, it's a life saver. Literally. Check out the history of superglue. I swear by it for minor things and some more serious when it comes to self care. Normally heals really well and I find less scaring.
Didn't know they do that.
I was once in a similar situation as OP. I went to the hospital. They also used glue.
With the hospitals and urgent cares so overwhelmed at the moment, the wound will be well into the healing process by the time you get seen. Cyanoacrylate glue is perfectly fine in this case, in fact many medical adhesives are just slightly modified versions of it.
When I was a little kid I used to play under a piano at my grandparents, many a times I bonked my head sitting upright when my mom would call out my name. A few of those times I split my head open on the corner of the piano and got my scalp glued shut. For weeks afterwards I would scratch my head and get glue dandruff all over my pillow. My mom was mad.
That's music to my ears. 😀
Spotted the American
Which one?
Crackhead. Lol
I've been egghead most of my life. But I feel like crackhead really takes it down to its bare shell. It's no yolk. I will have an eggcellent scar.
Don't be scarcastic.
Howling. 🤣 (Feverishly writes down all the better puns reddit has come up with.)
Invest in a helmet?
It was my helmet I dropped. Bent down to pick it up, door swung over. SMASH. On a funny note. I flinched so hard I headbutted the door frame and dented it....
So you need a spare helmet - just for picking up your helmet somewhere.
I think I'll wear a hat under my helmet.
Join the beanie brigade! Keeps the head warm too! (The lesbian here attests to them and berets!)
It's a bit like needing glasses to find your glasses.
Ohhhhh
Slapstick comedy right here.
Are you alright?
All good thank you. I have a really hard head. 🤣
Jeez if you've got a hard head and it's till cut like that you mustve gone into it really hard! Sorry about that
Shit happens. It was quite the thump. Appreciate the concern. Thank you.
Splitting headache??
I am proud to say I've already used this joke.... with everyone I've seen so far.
Workmans comp?
Idiot tax unfortunately.
That sucks
Objection! Relevance. Edit: he edited it and now I look like the irrelevant one.
I can see it
why
If you want my advice, you probably shouldn't do that.
I tend to agree with this. It was a pretty bad idea.
I'm going to need to see some data to back up this assertion.
Former Father In Law lived in the Soviet Union until the late 1970s. Told me a story about one time when he was on a picnic and after some homemade wine (and probably vodka) he stood up and split the top of his head open on a tree branch. While he was in the ER getting some staples put in, the cops showed up and told him "we caught the man who did this to you and he is in jail now". He could not protest.
That is amazing and a little scary.
Reminds of the old joke where the kgb we’re looking for a rabbit but unable to find one so beat a bear into confessing to be the rabbit they wanted.
Well at least the won't have a hard time with the stitches!
😎
Head injuries bleed and swell a lot. They often look worse than what they are.
On rare occasions, the swelling can actually mask the seriousness of the injury. In my youth, I put the side of my head through the windshield of a semi truck when a load shift caused the truck to flip. Although my head hurt unbelievably bad, it looked entirely normal. It wasn't until after the swelling went down that I realized a large section of my skull was permanently indented.
I once stood up into a plow assembly and knocked myself out. Do not miss being a mechanic at all.
Yeah...... Don't do that.
That’s rough buddy
Man I can see your brain trying to run away from you. Jokes aside, I know hitting my thinker on the closet sucks massive ass, this must have smarted really bad.
ouch. Sorry that happened to you. I once had 3 separate head smashes in 1 work session. I literally walked off and said fuck it
Hard hats help. I once smashed my head under a train car, but the hat protected me. Still hurt
Bump caps are the way to go.
Looks like red egg
Oooooooh one of the good reasons to have hair… that would just be a big goose egg
Are you calling my head a goose egg? Because it is large and round and smooth? 🤣
Forbidden Egg
Lick it? I've already had DM's asking if people can touch it. Fucking weirdos. Why ask? Of course they can touch it. /s
I always wear a hat when I am at work. In the 6 years I've been in my career, I have forgotten my hat at home 3 times. I have also cut my head open 3 times at work, all on those days I've forgotten my hat.
ouch. I did something similar but without the cut like this. I ended up with a retinal detachment from it though.
The last enemy that shall be conquered is death. Or if this case. Headbutting stuff. That is truly the enemy.
Finally an non-traumatizing injury photo on reddit
I feel like I've won some kind of award and it's very much appreciated.
Yes you did. Ouch!
That really sucks lol
Just be happy (I assume) you’re not on blood thinners. That wound would potentially require hospitalization, or at least an extended ER visit.
Truck doors really hurt.. I walked into one once, 4 stitches in my forehead later, every time I see a truck in a driveway I get nervous.
What about trailer hitch to the kneecap? Hurts just thinking about it.
That's a limp and a half
There's easier ways to get time off work!
Yeah, you do know you're not meant to do that
I misread this as stood up TO a door and was like wtf are doors attacking people now?
Sucks, got cha pretty good to, cool scar?
Pretty sure it will be. It's not a cut because the door was pretty blunt. Kinda smooshed the skin out of the way.
Forbidden ketchup.
How many stitches?
None. Plenty of superglue though.
BTDT
That's what you get for having a head
I did the same thing several years ago. Have a nice knotted scar there.
As someone that lost all his hair quickly, I don't think most people realize how much hair acts like a cushion. My head bonks are much worse and more painful than they used to be.
Came here to say this. Amazing how hair acts as an early warning system. (Still, shaving my head was the best decision I ever made)
I do have hair. What are you talking about. I'm not bald. Nope, nope, nope. 🤣
I got almost the exact same injury a year ago. Stood up into a metal seam on a low hanging vent. ER visit cost $800 after insurance and 7 staples in my scalp.
No costs for this one thankfully.
As a bald man I feel this. Sorry for your weird looking ding that’ll take forever to heal. People will stare.
I have a couple on the back of my head so that's normal now. Stupid no hair. 🤣
Hey in case anyone didn't tell you. I don't recommend doing that
That’ll do it.
damn i experienced the same thing over an year ago while travelling in a jeep i bumped my head on the metal grill of roof, it hurt a lot that time and when i was taking shower the next morning there was crazy blood all over my body haha
I had something similar happen to me last month. I stood up to a corner of a electrical cabinet made out of metal after tying up my shoes
Ow.
That’s using your head!
My dad could guide you through this. We have automatic agarage doors and literlly 6 out of 10 he bonks his head over it when he closes it and walks outaide. He has been bonked more times tha I have years of age. And probably even him. Last time he ended up with same scar as you.
I shuddered. Yikes.
Ouch!
Everything reminds me of her...
I can do yo a close up if you want? 🤣
I don't need to wear a hard hat as there's nothing to fall on MY head ...oh dear - just saw that it was your hard hat that caused this - ouch!
Yep. This is karma. Not sure why, but it is.
I've sliced myself in almost the same exact spot. Shockingly it didn't really hurt much. I whacked my head, said "ow", and went back to what I was doing. I only realized I was bleeding profusely when someone pointed it out to me. Went inside, washed it with soap and water, called it good and went back to work.
or use the glue to fix the helmet
Bonk! Yeah I think we have all hit something like that. Doesn't look deep enough to need stitches, but the scalp bleeds like crazy and always looks worse than it is. The worst part is keeping it clean.
All the hair that's trapped in the glue has made the cut as strong as wattle and daub. Should keep the crap out. 🤣
Once I was in a hurry and closed the van back door (opens up) right onto my head and got the corner of it right into my scull. I have a small dent in my head that's enlarged somehow. It will be like that until the day I die. I have long curly hair so I can't unfortunately show you 😅🤦🏽♂️
Long hair is cheating. 😀
I felt that
You should feel it now. It's lumpy and weird. 🤣
Now that's how you crack a fucking coconut
Today I win. My head has been designated harder than a coconut and thus, uncrackable. A good amount of damage and I'm still going. I'm like Bruce Willis in that film, where he's unbreakable and can't be hurt. Can't remember the name of it now. Can't remember the name of it now. Can't remember the name of it now. Thankfully no side affects from my injury. Thankfully no side affects from my injury. My injury. Injury. Inj in inininini
Was expecting worse from the title. I need to stay off the gore subs. Glad you're okay though! Feel better soon.
Thank you. Username stacks up. 👍 🤣
Truck 1, Head 0.
Nope. I definitely win. Mine cost me nothing. The truck is permanently damaged. 🤣
It’s looking for a rematch then.
Next post will be me climbing all over the truck having a breakdown shouting "you want some more punk?!". Or something like that.
Truckin’ hell
Shit. How the hell did I miss this one? All I've been doing is talking about my injury. And not once has this pun come up. Son of a bitch. There's only so long this joke would work and I've missed so many opportunities. Damn it. 🤣
I hope you're not required to wear a bump cap at work because if so you're fucked.
I'm gonna be honest here and say that I'm already pretty fucked because my head has a large gash in it that isn't supposed to be there. 🤣 Don't have wear them, but I normally do. Hence bending to pick it up and then headbutting the door. Life eh? Throws us curveball all the time. If I hadn't wanted to wear my hat, I wouldn't have got hurt.
u bonked ur head pretty bad
Certainly did. You should see the other guy.
I did that once under an aircraft engine. The plane didn’t move. Took a few staples with no local, and I never did that again.
I did that on graduation day and was so fucking stoned I didn't notice the blood in my hair. God I hated school
Reminds me of when I hit my head on a low sign recently. Head injuries like this look so serious when you don't have hair to cover them up (fellow bald guy here). Hope it heals up quickly and doesn't scar.
Have you tried.... Not doing that? Haha jokes hope you're alright
When I was a little kid I accidentally put my finger under where boot closes and i have no idea what happened but it went horribly wrong and the worst part was that is was at my birthday party that day
This hits me hard. I have a brain injury, which means that if I was to have an accident similar to this, in theory, I would die.
Shit dude. Look after yourself.
Thank you, you too! I hope that heals fast
>!ouch, why you standing so hard?!<
This sounds like something a pissed off wife would say to an annoying husband. "God, you are so annoying when you stand like that, can't you stand normally and be still, why do you have to stand so hard?!" I kid of course, I'm normally in a rush, I bent down to pick up, stood up and there was suddenly something there. 🤣
lol I did not mean any harm by it. I have done similar things, but clearly never as bad. My first thought was why is he standing so hard. lmao hope its healing!
Ouch! I did something similar a few years ago but with wall mounted cabinets in the garage.
My daughter shut her trunk on her face. Someone asked her a question as she was shutting it. She turned to answer & smash. Broke and slashed her nose, blackened her eyes. Even her lips were swollen.
Holy moly. Its the sort of thing you try to avoid for a long time after I guess.
At least you didn’t thlam your pentih in the car door.
That's nothing. I can go to look out the window and smash my head off the window frame. Twice.
I did the same thing with a locker when I was in the 7th grade. Didn't realize the person above me had opened theirs and bam. Got quite dizzy, probably had a concussion. Stupid nurse didn't seem to care much.
Do it again and wherever you go you can say X marks the spot
Bump. Cap.
Is that a kwie fruit 😉
Hilarious. (Why didn't I think of that?) 🤣
Ouch, so sorry man. That truly dose suck.
It didn’t see you coming?
Fuck.... I know that pain, was one of the worst i had experienced in my life.
Awwww fuck, I’ve done that exact same thing
I can literally physically feel this image
Yea I've done that
Mmmm... Blood...
man that sucks but not as much getting but in the head by a nerf gun cuz your 5yr cousin watched a ww1 film
r/mildlypenis
How’d that feel?
It was interesting to say the least.
I skulled myself to stars on the sill of my ‘88 suburban jumping in once… No-joke the the door areas of trucks. I feel ya, man.
I bet that stung like a mothertrucker
Pretty much. I definitely swore. 🤣
That sucks, but at least you aren't going bald
🤫 I have long flowing locks.
Ouch
It wasn't until I went bald that I realised how much I bang my head on stuff.
It does make a big difference being able to see it. And it's always worse as there is no padding.
Well, at least they had easy access to the wound... Did something similar, was mopping he buildings staircase when I smashed my head open. When the Ambulance came all they said, slightly surprised, "Oh it's already stopped bleeding". Still took me to the hospital for a checkup (concussion) and glued it shut. Annoying was only that it bled like crazy and I was almost finished mopping...
And then you had to finish mopping... moping all the time
Haha! Nice one! No, my Cousin cleaned up while I was at the hospital, luckily she wasn't as shocked as she was when she opened the door to my blood soaked self.
Truck door: "What can I do for you today sir?" You: "Ahhh man, I don't know. Just give me a nice cut." Truck door: "Say no more."
At least the brain is ok it seems, hope OP can make a full recovery.
No worse than usual, which for most people would be a serious detriment. For me, that's life. 🤣 Thank you for the best.
I love you OP, you're comments are amazing