Skin regeneration

[jafagsx250]

I fucked up at work today and a finger made intimate contact with a grinding wheel. Sucks ass. Very sore. But what's worse is that I have a restricted license test on Sunday and I can't really use the clutch very well.

So does anyone know anything that helps or am I shit out of luck.


If anyone is interested this what it looks like. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161125/d5fd47f39506465593a497f7988f9c91.jpg

[mashman]

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[nzspokes]

Fill out your incident report?

[spanner spinner]

this stuff http://www.nexcare.com/3M/en_US/nexcare/products/catalog/~/Nexcare-Liquid-Bandage?N=4326+3294631568&rt=rud

i have used it when i was racing, works great on the friction burns you get through your leathers which look similar to the picture you posted.

[caspernz]

Liquid bandaid works wonders as spanner spinner said. Or stuff called second skin, clear and works much like liquid bandaid. Your local chemist will sort you out.

[george formby]

Summat like real aloe vera on a bit of gauze, couple of wraps of electrical tape to keep it in place. As long as the wound stays supple it won't start screaming at you.
It will hurt like a bastard but it's consistent.

Has worked for me in the kitchen over the years when I've carved a finger up or deep fried a digit and still need to do 8 hours graft with my hands.

Take spare gauze, aloe, tape etc. When the dressing starts slopping about, change it.

Oh, you have weird looking fingers.

[Oakie]

Some decent work gloves ... but oh, you needed that beforehand. I too self-ground once. Now I always wear gloves. (Gloves didn't help much when i ground my knee though).
Na. 70 year old woman I work with lost her finger tip in a door last week and didn't even cry. You'll get through it.

[george formby]

Some decent work gloves ... but oh, you needed that beforehand. I too self-ground once. Now I always wear gloves. (Gloves didn't help much when i ground my knee though).
Na. 70 year old woman I work with lost her finger tip in a door last week and didn't even cry. You'll get through it.

I bet she would squeal if she jammed a door on it this week. Ouchies.


Must agree with ATGATT beyond bikes. I wear gloves, glasses, etc, religiously when I'm doing anything remotely dangerous.

[Berries]

You fucking freak.




Humans have fingernails..............

[jasonu]

I've seen worse. Suck it up sista!!!

[Akzle]

parrafin gauze. codeine and lignocaine.

oh. and XL tampax, you huge pussy.

[Grumph]

Good god, the children of today. I'm not unique or unusual in having raced with broken bones. I've had to assist riders onto bikes - and catch and lift them off after races too.
Getting your licence is IMPORTANT - just harden up and do it petal.

[F5 Dave]

Prezactly.

Just clutch lessshift on the way up and stamp on the lever for downs. The examiner will hardly tell the difference and commend you for your authoritive riding style. Maybe.

[jafagsx250]

Fill out your incident report?

The first aider put the details in the notebook but no I didn't fill out a Q 40 or anything. I'll ask my h r manager when I come back to work next week.




Some decent work gloves ... but oh, you needed that beforehand. I too self-ground once. Now I always wear gloves. (Gloves didn't help much when i ground my knee though).
Na. 70 year old woman I work with lost her finger tip in a door last week and didn't even cry. You'll get through it.

I had gloves but I always thought that they can make things worse by getting caught.

Next time I will wear gloves for sure.


this stuff http://www.nexcare.com/3M/en_US/nexcare/products/catalog/~/Nexcare-Liquid-Bandage?N=4326+3294631568&rt=rud

i have used it when i was racing, works great on the friction burns you get through your leathers which look similar to the picture you posted.

I'll have a look at the local chemist and see if they have it.

It's not too bad if I can't do it as my brother can always do it if they'll let it.

[Oakie]

Must agree with ATGATT beyond bikes. I wear gloves, glasses, etc, religiously when I'm doing anything remotely dangerous.

Yeah. I've gone from doing nothing for safety as a 20 year old through to now where I'm wearing ear protectors, safety glasses/goggles, dust mask, gloves whenever warranted and using a wee RCD when using electrical cutty things. RCD was really only because I saw it cheap one day and thought I should probably have one just so could say I use one. Damned thing probably did save me one day when I cut through the extension cord while using electric hedge clippers. Was very sobering to find the clippers had stopped working because the RCD had tripped then followng the cable back to find a big cut in it with wires exposed. Yay for ATGATT beyond bikes!



I had gloves but I always thought that they can make things worse by getting caught. . You've probably heard some people saying that sort of thing to justify not wearing the gear but safety gear will seldom make things worse. It's a bit like those few people who won't wear a car seatbelt and justify it by saying it would be dangerous if they finished up submerged somewhere and couldn't release the belt.

[ellipsis]

Good god, the children of today. I'm not unique or unusual in having raced with broken bones. I've had to assist riders onto bikes - and catch and lift them off after races too.
Getting your licence is IMPORTANT - just harden up and do it petal.


...I didn't want act the 'old hard cunt', routine, but you did it for me Greg...I can't remember how many times I kept racing or turned up the next week with smashed ribs or fucked shoulder and swung the leg over the bike...OP, do you really want to get your licence and ride, or not...I've told my kids to clean shit like that up and get back outside on their pushbikes...

[Madness]

I had gloves but I always thought that they can make things worse by getting caught.

Next time I will wear gloves for sure.

Yeah, nah. Gloves and rotating machinery is a general no-no.

[george formby]

...I didn't want act the 'old hard cunt', routine, but you did it for me Greg...I can't remember how many times I kept racing or turned up the next week with smashed ribs or fucked shoulder and swung the leg over the bike...OP, do you really want to get your licence and ride, or not...I've told my kids to clean shit like that up and get back outside on their pushbikes...


S'funny you should mention ribs and shoulders. I've been suffering with an intermittent pulled muscle in my back and finally decided to do something about it.

Off I toddle to a very good masseuse, not Thai, and after half an hour she has traced my muscle problem in the back to damaged shoulder muscles, a possible broken collar bone, (the injured shoulder is an inch higher than the other) and two, possibly three, broken ribs. Historical damage which I've never been aware of. I always thought I was exceptionally lucky not have broken a bone or two considering how many times I've visited the scenery.
Not that lucky after all I guess.
Reckon I could have babies!

[sugilite]

Summat like real aloe vera .
I second this - amazing stuff. Go to a plant store and grab a good sized one. Break a piece off, slit it down the sides and apply the goo. Twice a day will do it, no more or it will dry out and crack the new skin. I don't cover the wound with anything if I can help it - being exposed to the air will accelerate the healing no end. The aloe vera kills infection and stops it weeping. I poo pooed it when my ex and I received identical gravel rash, I used conventional medicine and it got worse, hers improved immediately. I finally relented and tried it and instant success!

[Paul in NZ]

Fuck me.... I ground a solid half inch off my thumb by protecting m metalflake purple gas tank from the road with my hand... cut a few tendons too... Moved the clutch to the other side... Rode to work and got run over by a moron in a Mk2 Zepher... I remember laying in the gutter and looking up at the underneath of the Zepher and though - 'I wish I caught the bus'... Ring them and explain - its hard enough as it is...

[mossy1200]

Had a Bennett's fracture and cast from elbow to fingers with thumb up hitchhiking style once.
Got bored while on acc so I drove to Dunedin from Oamaru and traded my car on a FZR1000 and road it home.

[george formby]

I second this - amazing stuff. Go to a plant store and grab a good sized one. Break a piece off, slit it down the sides and apply the goo. Twice a day will do it, no more or it will dry out and crack the new skin. I don't cover the wound with anything if I can help it - being exposed to the air will accelerate the healing no end. The aloe vera kills infection and stops it weeping. I poo pooed it when my ex and I received identical gravel rash, I used conventional medicine and it got worse, hers improved immediately. I finally relented and tried it and instant success!

I always keep a lump in the fridge through the summer. Brilliant on sun burn, scratches, stings, summer wounds lol. Be good for the op, too. Manuka honey helps get the skin growing back and kills infection. Exceedingly good stuff.

Great stuff. I love war stories threads.

[jafagsx250]

Yeah. I've gone from doing nothing for safety as a 20 year old through to now where I'm wearing ear protectors, safety glasses/goggles, dust mask, gloves whenever warranted and using a wee RCD when using electrical cutty things. RCD was really only because I saw it cheap one day and thought I should probably have one just so could say I use one. Damned thing probably did save me one day when I cut through the extension cord while using electric hedge clippers. Was very sobering to find the clippers had stopped working because the RCD had tripped then followng the cable back to find a big cut in it with wires exposed. Yay for ATGATT beyond bikes!


You've probably heard some people saying that sort of thing to justify not wearing the gear but safety gear will seldom make things worse. It's a bit like those few people who won't wear a car seatbelt and justify it by saying it would be dangerous if they finished up submerged somewhere and couldn't release the belt.

I always use grade 5 ear plugs and all the other stuff. Just thought that spinning stuff and gloves don't mix dye to stories about getting a de gloved hand.

I also used am rcd as my mum insisted when I was trimming the hedge and it saved my life as I cut the cable.


...I didn't want act the 'old hard cunt', routine, but you did it for me Greg...I can't remember how many times I kept racing or turned up the next week with smashed ribs or fucked shoulder and swung the leg over the bike...OP, do you really want to get your licence and ride, or not...I've told my kids to clean shit like that up and get back outside on their pushbikes...

My brother jumped on the chance to profit from my stupidity so he'll be doing it and I'll pay for another go next time they're doing one.

I would do it but it is a fair amount of money to throw away just because I'm trying to be a hard man.

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[jafagsx250]

Prezactly.

Just clutch lessshift on the way up and stamp on the lever for downs. The examiner will hardly tell the difference and commend you for your authoritive riding style. Maybe.

I ride a hyosung (prepares to be flamed) so it's not as though the clutch less gear shifts will make it more clunky. Of you change gear high in the Rev range it just clunks and sounds like the gearbox will give up on life after any moment.

[Katman]

......just because I'm trying to be a hard man.

It doesn't sound like it.

[jafagsx250]

It doesn't sound like it.

I'm a wimp just like all of the other millennial born babies.

[swbarnett]

Damned thing probably did save me one day when I cut through the extension cord while using electric hedge clippers. Was very sobering to find the clippers had stopped working because the RCD had tripped then followng the cable back to find a big cut in it with wires exposed.
RCDs are useful but most of the time they don't have any effect on the type of accident you describe. Without an RCD the cutting tool does the same job. The time it takes to cut the cord is too short to do any damage to the operator. I've seen a cord caught up in a skilly and such like before RCDs existed with no harm done to the operator. One incident I was directly involved in. I was wiring a plug on to a cord and I wanted to see how long I needed it to be so I plugged it in and ran the cord. The dumb thing was that I subconsciously turned the socket on then proceeded to cut the cord with my Swiss army knife. Huge orange flash and a gouge almost all the way through the knife. I felt nothing. Unplugged the cord and finished the job.

[F5 Dave]

Curious part of the brain saying ` bet this would be more exciting if. . . `

[jasonu]

Curious part of the brain saying ` bet this would be more exciting if. . . `

Up early Dave...

[jafagsx250]

I passed in case any of you were wondering. Finger was not an issue. Did it with pass masters in south Auckland. Didn't fuck up my u turns which is nice.

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[R650R]

Good god, the children of today. I'm not unique or unusual in having raced with broken bones. I've had to assist riders onto bikes - and catch and lift them off after races too.
Getting your licence is IMPORTANT - just harden up and do it petal.

Amen....

I peeled my lower left arm open nicely in mountain bike park after first good downhill run. I was damned if I was going home without another two hours of fun riding. Carried on and let it bleed out cleanly.

Back to thread author. I put colloidal silver on all cuts and abrasions, burn clinics use it too. Kills infection and skin heals faster.

You don't need all your fingers to pull clutch in either, as everyone else says harden up.

[Big Dog]

When I was young everything like that got a liberal dose of medical alcohol or betadine and sent on our way.
When we didn't want the lecture we used to clean it as best we could then clean it with vinegar.

Stings like a mf for 10 seconds that feels like longer but no more stinging on contact etc.

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[Moi]

I passed in case any of you were wondering. Finger was not an issue. Did it with pass masters in south Auckland. Didn't fuck up my u turns which is nice.

While all the "hard men" tell you how they chopped down the mightiest of gum trees with a blunt pocket-knife while bleeding from a serious wound to the left arm... or how they held the wiring together with their bare hands...

all I'll say is:

Congratulations! :first: :niceone:

[george formby]

all I'll say is:

Congratulations! :first: :niceone:

+1 Good job OP, that's the hard part done.

[oldiebutagoody]

While all the "hard men" tell you how they chopped down the mightiest of gum trees with a blunt pocket-knife while bleeding from a serious wound to the left arm... or how they held the wiring together with their bare hands...

all I'll say is:

Congratulations! :first: :niceone:


Yeah good on you.:woohoo:

Now a lifetime of fun and frustration begins.:Police:

Welcome to the grown ups. :bleh:

[jafagsx250]

While all the "hard men" tell you how they chopped down the mightiest of gum trees with a blunt pocket-knife while bleeding from a serious wound to the left arm... or how they held the wiring together with their bare hands...

all I'll say is:

Congratulations! :first: :niceone:

I just chucked a whole lot of aloe Vera and abrasion cream and went for it. I assumed the sensitivity it had was going last longer than the day.


Thanks bro.



+1 Good job OP, that's the hard part done.

Yup. He gave me some things that I need to practice and work on which is good. Mainly consistencyand head checks when turning down a side street.


Yeah good on you.:woohoo:

Now a lifetime of fun and frustration begins.:Police:

Welcome to the grown ups. :bleh:

Yay. Can't do too many wheelies at the traffic lights then haha.

[george formby]

When she who must be obeyed did her full she did not do as well as on her restricted despite it being an easier test. Head checks, indicating exiting a round about and lane position where commented on IIRC. She still sailed through, just wee things, but it brought home to me how easy it is to become a bit lazy or habitual and start to lack concentration when riding. Don't rest on your laurels.
Bikes are an endless learning curve.

This thread got me reminiscing a bit and they can be a bastard form of transport when your beaten up.

Wheelie? Shit, I'm only just learning how to do them now. Had to buy a bike purpose built for the task I'm so useless.

[swbarnett]

Curious part of the brain saying ` bet this would be more exciting if. . . `
Possibly.

Certainly exciting for the wife (and not in a good way). I was behind the couch with her in the room. She heard a loud bang and saw a bright orange flash - had no idea what the hell it was.

[jafagsx250]

When she who must be obeyed did her full she did not do as well as on her restricted despite it being an easier test. Head checks, indicating exiting a round about and lane position where commented on IIRC. She still sailed through, just wee things, but it brought home to me how easy it is to become a bit lazy or habitual and start to lack concentration when riding. Don't rest on your laurels.
Bikes are an endless learning curve.

This thread got me reminiscing a bit and they can be a bastard form of transport when your beaten up.

Wheelie? Shit, I'm only just learning how to do them now. Had to buy a bike purpose built for the task I'm so useless.

I would like to do some training at one point. Probably a silver course til I can save the money for a one on one or something similar.

He mentioned that the head checks and not doing them all the time when turning down a side street is dangerous. So it's good to hear about the bad habits you pick up.

I rode my bike all through winter so I had a lot of sniffles but so far have never been banged up that it's uncomfortable to ride.

My wheelies are stationary clutch dumps pretty much. My bike doesn't produce enough torque to get the front wheel up just through throttle alone. But they're bad for it doing it like that so I have only done it a couple of times.