Self Surgery - Page 4

On March 06 2009 10:24 oneill wrote:
anyway just let the professionals do it. first of all even your sterilization technique sucks. im not a doctor but i am a dentistry student. so i have heard that hemangioma somewhere in pathology but cant remember. you dont even know how far that extends. just let them do it ^_____^

On March 06 2009 09:04 TheOvermind77 wrote:
So, I have this cherry hemangioma (as verified by a doctor) that just appeared out of nowhere on my chest. And it is huge.

It hasn't gone down in a few weeks, and just bleeds if I mess with it too much.

I've decided to forfeit waiting six months for a dermatologist appointment to remove it and just self remove it.

I know self surgery is dangerous, but I figure I can remove a silly hemangioma.

So here is my plan:

1. Soak knife in soap then boil for a few minutes
2. Hold ice to hemangioma for a few minutes to numb it.
3. Scrub are with alcohol and thoroughly wash hands
4. Raise and cut, apply gauze and pressure to stop bleeding.
5. Apply neosporin.
6. Sterile bandage.

Should fix it, right?

Only bad thing is that a hemangioma is a collection of capillaries, so bleeding is going to be an issue. Figure salt or pepper could be a backup coagulant if I can't get it to stop.

So anyone have any suggestions (besides go to the doctor)? Anyone else cut a mole/hemangioma like this with success?

UPDATE:

SOOOOOOOOOOO

First of all, I've had experience with both animal and cadaver small scale surgery and wound closure and I'm going into med school.

But some of you are right, I'm not yet a doctor so this was probably a bad idea.

SO here is the fail story:

1. I tie off the hemangioma because I think it's a good idea
2. I accidentally tie it too tight, causing it to start to bleed.
3. I try to stop the blood everywhere and end up ripping off part of the part I sinched off with dental floss.
4. I run upstairs, stripping off my clothes to avoid getting blood everywhere.
5. My roommate looks at me and goes "WHAT THE FUCK?!"
6. I grab tequila (40%) quickly and scrub the wound with sterile gauze and tequila.
7. I grab my boiled scissors and cut off the excess that's hanging.
8. Roommate walks in, sees blood everywhere and goes "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?"
9. I close the door on him.
10. Scrub more tequila on it.
11. Use a dishrag to start soaking up blood.
12. Blood everywhere.
13. Kick open door, run downstairs, grab sterile gauze pads and run upstairs.
14. Roommate asks if I need help, has IPA in hand. I take the IPA.
15. Girlfriend calls. Hang up because I can't talk.
16. Rescrub wound with LOTS of IPA, pour it on it.
17. Use one sterile gauze pad to soak blood off wound.
18. Use next three gauze pads to apply pressure on wound.
19. Bandage gauze pads to chest.
20. Laugh, walk downstairs, read how stupid I am on TL.net, and then make this post.

It isn't bleeding anymore...or at least I think.

Build character, right?

On March 06 2009 10:20 7mk wrote:
would be funny if for some strange reason theovermind77 would never post on tl again..... ^^

On March 06 2009 10:28 Kennigit wrote:
I had a big skin moley mole thing under my arm pit and it was always pissing me off for like 6 months. Everyone made fun of me saying it looked like a third nipple so i cut it off in front of them them with a KBar. Seriously most painful and "AAAAUUEUEEEEUEEE" moment ever when you saw your own flesh. No scar though so i consider it a hero moment.

On March 06 2009 09:04 TheOvermind77 wrote:
15. Girlfriend calls. Hang up because I can't talk.

On March 06 2009 10:57 Ingenol wrote:
You clearly have balls the size of grapefruits!