[OT] Helping stupid people

[seasong]

Er, does lotion with aloe in it work?

Depends on how much aloe is in the lotion. A lot of lotions include just enough aloe so that they can claim they have aloe. The aloe plant has "enough" and you don't have to ask a corporation for an ingredients breakdown to be certain of that.

Heck, my shampoo "has aloe"...

Also, a lot of companies that "have aloe" don't bother to stabilize it once they've ripped it out of its natural gel, which means most of the good enzymes and nutrients in it are damaged or lost. It's really better to just get the real stuff, or go with a product that doesn't need shoddy marketing to sell itself.

With that said, aloe soothes burns better than vaseline-based creams, helps them heal in about 2 weeks instead of 3, and isn't toxic if you accidentally swallow it (although products made with "whole leaf" aloe, which you shouldn't buy, include the yellow part of the rind which may cause some otherwise unnecessary trips to the bathroom). If you can get it, it's good.

You can also look for an International Aloe Science Council "seal of approval". They mainly check aloe drinks, though.

 

[Chauzu]

Well yeah, but how often do athletes get burned?

One horrible word: terf

During the football season, the first half I had to worry about sunburn, the second half I had to worry about terf. Then there's that time I slid 5 yards on wet terf and got the worst rug burn I ever had.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

One horrible word: terf

Oi! Don't get me started on artificial turf. It is an invention of the devil, of Orcus himself! It's worse than sandpaper when skidded on and hotter than heck, not only to touch, but just generally increasing the temperature of the field on an already hot day. It's evil, evil I say!

 

[buzzard]

Oi! Don't get me started on artificial turf. It is an invention of the devil, of Orcus himself! It's worse than sandpaper when skidded on and hotter than heck, not only to touch, but just generally increasing the temperature of the field on an already hot day. It's evil, evil I say!

Yep, I remember playing softball back in college and one of the guys on my team slid onto base -On turf. Looked like someone had applied a belt sander to his leg.

buzzard

 

[Uzumaki]

So now there's a blister. I should leave it alone, right? It doesn't hurt anymore, just feels sorta numb, but it does if it gets touched. I've kept it moist with a band-aid on it for two days. Is there anything else I can do at this point?

Edit: My 100th post wasted on my own idiocy.

 

[Malin Genie]

From a doctor working in the emergency department - protect the blister. Do not pierce the blister, or allow the blister to be pierced. Doing so is a recipe for infection. Infection is a recipe for prolonged wound healing. If not systemic seeding, sepsis and death. (OK, the latter sequence is unlikely unless you're immunocompromised or immunosupressed. But still possible.)

Covering the blister is not mandatory (the blister itself covers the incomplete dermal layer beneath) but may help protect it from accidental damage.

 

[Uzumaki]

The blister is getting bigger. Will it eventually go away or will it explode?

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

I don't know, but if you want to start a web cam detailing it, I'd happily subscribe.

Hmm...that something*positive comic is getting to me...

 

[shouit]

Dont try this at home, for I did..

You know those long neck lighters used for lighting fires or grills. Well one day, back in high school, I was trying to light my Father's gas fireplace for a date. Well, the lighter wouldn't light, so I tested to see if there was gas coming out of it. I tried to smell the butane when the thing finally lit. Burnt the crap out of the inside of my nose. Good news is that nostril no longer bleeds.

 

[Wolf72]

sigh,

another case of Intelligence higher than wisdom

*wolf's gf has way to many stories on that one!* ...

*wolf hopes she has something better to do than read this*