DIY surgery

BloodyL · 11 Jan 2009 at 08:21

The amount of self harming in this thread disturbs me.

Doran · 11 Jan 2009 at 08:29

I cut verucas out of my skin if I get one.

starfighter · 11 Jan 2009 at 08:49

I had a mole or something on the back of my neck. It somehow fell off in PE and there was so much blood it was insane. It didn't stop for hours.

footman · 11 Jan 2009 at 09:57

Oh, when I think of the many happy hours I spent in my clinic repairing the results of "bathroom" self-surgery.

knip · 11 Jan 2009 at 10:27

Sliced the top off a mole once because I kept catching my sleeve on it.
Its gone now, and I just have a red mark where it once was.

gareth.e · 11 Jan 2009 at 10:34

To get rid of a wart on my thumb I ended up using wartner to freeze it to the base and then pick out the centre of it and cut a section around it out else it would just stay under the skin and grow back... lol It worked

knip said:
Sliced the top off a mole once because I kept catching my sleeve on it.
Its gone now, and I just have a red mark where it once was.

You realise thats a baaad idea?

knip · 11 Jan 2009 at 10:41

gareth.e said:
You realise thats a baaad idea?

Yes but as I have hundreds all over me (bloody genetics) its happened accidently more than once as well and im still here. I had one removed via surgery this week, and thats going to leave a much bigger scar (when the stitches come out) than my diy job.

iraiguana · 11 Jan 2009 at 10:54

If you had gone to your doctor you could simply have had it frozen off with liquid nitrogen, all fairly silly for tearing at your body with a razor blade.

R.O.S.S.I · 11 Jan 2009 at 10:54

i've got some little moley nubbiny thing under my arms, isn't it preferable to get them removed by a doc as they can become cancerous?

knip · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:02

CDj-Rossi said:
i've got some little moley nubbiny thing under my arms, isn't it preferable to get them removed by a doc as they can become cancerous?

Is it a skin tag or a mole?
If its a skin tag you can remove it yourself (bit of cotton tied tightly round it til it drops off) if its a mole, as long as they dont suddenly grow, or change shape or colour or are bleeding then they are harmless most of the time. If your concerned you could ask your GP to take a look at it. Mine was removed this week because it had changed colour/shape and they were concerned it was going down the cancerous route. Waiting for the biopsy now.

Vegetarian · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:04

I had mine frozen off using liquid Nitrigen. Had 5 warts in total on my hand, only 2 were frozen... they rest dissapeired in a month.

Pred · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:10

Why not just buy the wart remover from the chemist.
One i used freezed it and it disappeared after that.

R.O.S.S.I · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:40

knip said:
Is it a skin tag or a mole?
If its a skin tag you can remove it yourself (bit of cotton tied tightly round it til it drops off) if its a mole, as long as they dont suddenly grow, or change shape or colour or are bleeding then they are harmless most of the time. If your concerned you could ask your GP to take a look at it. Mine was removed this week because it had changed colour/shape and they were concerned it was going down the cancerous route. Waiting for the biopsy now.

Ahh from what you describe its a skin tag, my mum said they can be removed by wrapping string around them and tightening it. I'll go the docs sometimes when i'm free as it isn't painful or anything.

Repta · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:45

Sliced open my elbow and stitched it back together with a needle and fishing line. Actually done quite a few homemade stitches, doesnt really look any different from scars that have been left by proper stitches.

LordSplodge · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:49

Solari said:
Dabbed all over with TCP!

You used Transmission Control Protocol?

I find that not to have as good ant-bacterial properties as UDP.

/geek

Dr.EM · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:54

Sometimes lance a spot if it feels like it will be big. Very effective usually.

Solari · 11 Jan 2009 at 12:03

Repta said:
Sliced open my elbow and stitched it back together with a needle and fishing line. Actually done quite a few homemade stitches, doesnt really look any different from scars that have been left by proper stitches.

Is that you, Rambo?

penski · 11 Jan 2009 at 12:13

At xmas, I managed to bend one of my nails back halfway down it's length. Within a couple of days it had become infected...So I prepped a sterile area and used hypodermics to drain it and a scalpel to cut out the bad parts.

Now the nail bed has receded about 8mm on one side of the nail. Delicious.

*n

J1234 · 11 Jan 2009 at 12:15

My girlfriend 'fixed' both of my ingrown big toe nails. Saved me going to the doctors and getting it cut out.

Repta · 11 Jan 2009 at 12:16

Solari said:
Is that you, Rambo?

I just dont like hospitals :/