The Many Uses of Hydrogen Peroxide

[Liz]

Bleaching skulls and giving stubs for fingers!

Okay here is the deal. I soaked my hands in hydrogen peroxide to bleach my nails and now my fingernails hurt like fucking crazy and they feel like they're about to pop off if they touch anything.

WHY?

[Urchin]

Well, hydrogen peroxide burns skin on contact. Only lower concentrations (like 3% or something) can be used for cleaning wounds and stuff. If you bite your nails or the skin around them, the hydrogen peroxide probably got inside and is eating your fingers. I really dunno about bleaching though.

[exemplary citizen]

Yeah, soaking anything on your body in hydrogen peroxide isn't very smart. It's only supposed to be for light topical application.

Why the hell were you trying to bleach your fingernails?

[Rory Storm]

I used to pour it on my infected toe nails. But that medical stuff. It did hurt for a while after...but not much.

[Sally]

I almost had to get my toenail removed because it got infected.

[Vile]

Eww guys.

Yeah, I'm going to have to echo ami here and say "what the hell?"

[PEPPER LUNCH~]

I just soaked my thumb in hydrogen peroxide for like, 4 minutes and I feel fine.

[Liz]

It was 3%. And it did bleach my nails a bit. I read up on bleaching your nails with hydrogen peroxide and apparently you can dab it on until they are bleached but I am impatient and I wanted both sides at once.

I wanted to bleach my nails because they are a bit yellowed from polish.

I had them soaking for like 30 minutes. I put hydrogen peroxide in gloves and rubberbanded them to my hands. I figured something was wrong because after about 10 minutes they started tingling and stinging under my fingernails but it felt good in a weird way. I wonder if they'll fall off.

[KLEIN]

I heard this story once about a lady who ate 30 advil tablets because she had a "really bad headache".

You're in for a fun few weeks.

[tater]

dunno if this still applies but ...


4. First Aid Measures

Inhalation:
Not expected to require first aid measures.

Ingestion:
Give several glasses of water to drink to dilute. If large amounts were swallowed, get medical advice.

Skin Contact:
Not expected to require first aid measures. Wash exposed area with soap and water. Get medical advice if irritation develops.

Eye Contact:
Immediately flush eyes with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes, lifting lower and upper eyelids occasionally. Get medical attention immediately.
i don't know that you really need medical attention. they just cover their ass in case something happens.

but you should probably wash it good. maybe soak your hands in some regular water to dilute the concentration.

it hurts because peroxide actually eats away at the skin. that's why your fingers gett all white if you leave them soak too long. it's the dead skin. same with actual bleach.

[MST3Kakalina]

you're such a boy scout, tater. =P


:<3:

[tater]

you're such a boy scout, tater. =P


:<3:
i'm a PERSON SCOUT you sexist.

and no, just an ex-chemistry major. :steff:

[Rory Storm]

I almost had to get my toenail removed because it got infected.

I had to get both my left and right toe nails taken off. The sides had to be taken completly off, with acid. I kid you not. And you know what sucks? When the toe is so infected that the numbing agent will not take hold and they have to take the nail out anyway, then put the acid on the open wound for another minute. Yeah. That's right. It hurts. It hurts like a bitch. Now I have these little stunted toe nails.

They look okay now. But before the operations(more than 6 times I had to go over 2 years...) there would be pus that would seep through the socks...yeah. Gross.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/RoryStorm/myfeet.jpg

[Rory Storm]

Are you saying my feet are ugly? :(

[Vile]

Yes.

[Rory Storm]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/RoryStorm/Myfeet2.jpg

HERE'S TO YOU.

[Vile]

eww. :(

What the hell (do you)DO with those things, anyway?

sorry. I guess I was just grossed out of my mind.

[Rory Storm]

You aren't making any sense. SPEAK IN PROPER ENGLISH.

[Vile]

<img src="http://www.roomwithamoose.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=12807&stc=1">

[Rory Storm]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/RoryStorm/myfoot3.jpg

It says TENDONITIS. Which hurts.

[Vile]

haha. weird! What's that?

[Rory Storm]

It's like a tendon that is pulled...or something. It hurts if I stand on it for a long time.

[Vile]

I spilled deoderant on my boot today :(

[Rory Storm]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/RoryStorm/DSC03012.jpg

I wish that could be my sad face smiley.

[exemplary citizen]

It's like a tendon that is pulled...or something. It hurts if I stand on it for a long time.
It's actually where the sheath that goes around the tendon (the bursa) keeps snagging stuff because of inflamation in the tendon itself.

I know this because I have it real bad in my left hand, and it's the reason I can't play guitar any more and had to switch drawing hands. :(

[Rory Storm]

It's actually where the sheath that goes around the tendon (the bursa) keeps snagging stuff because of inflamation in the tendon itself.

I know this because I have it real bad in my left hand, and it's the reason I can't play guitar any more and had to switch drawing hands. :(

Yeah, that's it.

[robot]

um liz you only listed one use

[Awesome McManly]

ownd

[Liz]

No. Giving stubs for fingers is a use.

[reef]

that's not many

that is a couple

[Liz]

But I listed more than one use.

It was an open ended discussion.

I want to stimulate your prostate with my foot