Pop or not? Blister content. NSFT

[extraT]

I always pop 'em- them and pimples, spots, all of 'em!

heat a pin head, make a hole and watch the water hit your Mrs. in the eye from 6 feet!

[muckymotor]

This is what you do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYt28vX954w

Edited by muckymotor on Monday 6th August 00:26

[BlackVanDyke]

rudecherub said:

friction - pop

burn - leave

Rules of thumb.

But what if the blister's on your finger?



For the record, the worst non-joint pain I've ever had was burns to my thumb and first finger from a soldering iron, aged 12. (Was v stupid. The shiny clean bit that's not the soldering tip is still just as hot - who knew?)

I didn't realise until weeks later that a large part of the agonising pain was the layers of my skin being separated by the building pressure in the blisters - which ran from tip to second knuckle on both the thumb and finger.

If the blister's not too painful itself then I'd try and leave it, the fluid re-absorbs sometimes when they're not too big, and then you keep more-or-less intact skin and heal better.

[daz3210]

Well I have usually got a pin, heated held in pliers and put a hole or two either end, then get a bowl of super salty water and put blister in it as far as possible to try to dry it up asap.

As suggested surgical spirit may do the same.

[sjc]

Pop it then aftershave on it. In 24 hours the skin will be hardenened up, job done.