Oh dear God help a brutha out DU

[bloodyjack]

Are you supposed to drain a blister or leave it be

For your trouble here is a picture of Robert Deniro playing a cat lady

[redqueen]

1. I have no idea

but thanks for that pic. :D

[Ravenseye]

2. I was always told

to not drain it. That they pussed up to help them heal.

Then one of my coaches told me to get a needle and thread, sterlize the needle with a lighter, and puncture the blister, pulling the thread through to help get the pus out. That way it'd turn into a callous faster.

An aunt of mine would put salt on burns and blisters.

So who knows.

[smbolisnch]

5. Mustard also works.

I have no idea why, but just plain mustard takes the sting out of a burn. :shrug:

[smbolisnch]

3. Leave it go Jack!

It will heal on it's own!

[alittlelark]

4. Leave it be, especially if it's deep.

[Done]

6. Was that for a role, or is this just something he likes to do?

[bloodyjack]

10. It was from an SNL skit

[franksumatra]

7. great pic

sterilize a sewing needle or safety pin with alcohol or hot water.
pierce the blister from the side, not center. drain by applying tissue and squeezing. cover wound with antiseptic or salve and bandaid. if you don't, it'll eventually burst on it's own.

p.s. i'm not a doctor but play one around the house

[ET Awful]

8. Well, from my days in the military . . . .

Sterilize needle with alcohol or flame, lance blister, apply bandage.

If you leave the blister alone, the liquid inside can force the blister to enlarge by separating more skin (for lack of a better term, I'm not a doctor).

This has always worked for me.

[cags]

9. Drain it. Don't take the skin off though. Poke a little hole in the

corner and squeeze the puss out. It heals faster and doesn't hurt so much

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. OMG there's a CAT inside his blister? EWWWWW!

Is this a Texas thing or something?

[BiggJawn]

11. Get some of those new-fangled "Blister Band-Aids"

And put it over the blister and LEAVE it for 5 days (or until it comnes off in the shower)


You'll find that it's pretty much healed up.

I go to a convention every year and can count the days on the floor by the number of blisters I get.

[MissMarple]

14. Honey, you need different shoes, or put bandaids on before you go.

Sometimes that can help prevent blisters. Ouch! :D

[BiggJawn]

15. I walk funny.

And I've tried new shoes, old shoes, cheap shoes, expensive shoes, and it don't matter. pounding the floor for 10+ hours and the streets for another 5 in Las Vegas for 6 days tears the shit out of my dawgs...

[MissMarple]

16. I'm sorry.

Hubby and my daughter have problems with blisters, I think it's because they have senstive skin on their feet. They get blisters every time they go hiking. But the girl child likes to put bandaids on before she hikes, she says it helps.

[MsAnthropy]

12. What a great picture. The procedure is this:

1. Find a match
2. Hold the safety pin in the match to sterilize it
3. Pop the blister
4. Shudder
5. Leave it alone to heal