Ouch.  How do you get it to heal up?  The bandaid won't stick (ha ha).
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Try grits and beer.  Just make sure there is lots of Cajun seasoning in the grits.\nIf that doesn't work, going into a dark room with strangers and exploring genius should work.\n\nBoom boom.
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Hmm..that's really tough. I know what it's like not to have insurance and need to go to the doctor. It might only be scratched, but it might be a lot more serious than that. I would try first to call a nurse's hotline. There should be one in the yellow pages in your area. Talk to them about what happened and see what they say. If they tell you to go to the doctor, I'd do it. I think I would rather pay a $200 doctor bill than a $3000 hospital bill to sew up anything that that bone might have opened up inside of you on the way through your system.\n\nDefinitely call the nurse's hotline though. They help out a lot on any questions you might have.
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Have you made sure the stinger is no longer in your skin.Make sure you have completely removed it.I found placing ice to the area helped the swelling and use anti-bacterial ointment to help aid the healing.It will begin to itch so be careful not to scratch it.Use calamine lotion to stop this.Good luck I lnow it had to hurt I've been stung before.
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You need to make sure that your tat is COMPLETELY healed before going....if it is, put the highest SPF you can find on it and bandage it with the non-stick gauze (curad works the best) and tape....Make sure it is completely covered so you don't lose the color...if it gets too hot or you can feel it burning, either put a towel over it or get out!!Good Luck!!
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It hurts. But it will be red and swollen. Get it at least a week before your plans, otherwise it will be big and red. Ice didn't help mine, but a bubble bath helped it alot.
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Find someone else.  I was on that ladder and bumped my head and now I'm in the emergency room trying to get all patched up.  Now if that cute little red-headed nurse will just kiss my boo-boo  and make it all better...;)
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there called butterfly closures, and they will pull the skin together and hold it in place till it heals, be sure and keep it clean and dry, pull the bandages tight so it'll have a better chance of healing, these are available at wal-mart for about  $ 2.00 good luck and get better soon.
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well, just hold off on messing with it for now; put a bandaid if you  want to hide it (but then you can see the bandaid); sure you could apply aloe or some kind of first aid ointment, but just wait a few days before you do anything more so you can see what it's really going to do.
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try ice. if it doesn't work, go see a doctor!
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yeah I know how you feel...and on the hand is the worst because the bandaids just won't stick there.\nI use a combo of things that are helping.\nwash with Dial antibacterail bar soap several x a day\nlotion with the cream the dermatolgist perscribed\nand apply a thin layer ot hydrocorizone w/moisture plus\nlotion with regular lotion during the day\nAvenno and St Ives seems to be working the best for me
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get to the a&e of your local hosp asap.\nyou don't know what damage you could do to yourself internally.\nand yes there is little that can be done regarding bandaging.
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first you should run your hand under cold water and then clean the wound.  If there are blisters, don't pop them.  Any first aid cream or burn cream will do (cream not ointment is best as it allows air to flow and is water based vs petroleum based.)  aloe works well if the skin isn't broken as does Honey  - yep that's what I said - Honey.  It has an anesthetic property to it and really does promote healing of burns (if the skin isn't broken)  If you have blisters its okay to use honey or aloe as well.  wrap you fingers with a non stick bandage and wrap them in gauze-  or you can use large fingertip band-aids if you have them available.  change the bandage every day for at least 3 days then you can let the fingers air...they should feel better by then.\n\nIf the skin is burned beyond blistering, you should see a doctor and get his advice.  3rd degree burns can get infected quite easily.  (there usually isn't any bleeding with a burn)
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stop putting ice on it!! this is bad for your hand cuz it causes your body to go through 2 extremes temperatures back to back.  Put it in cool (not icy cold!!) water instead.\n\nYou might want to go to the ER and get it checked by a doctor to make sure that it isn't a serious burn.
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Clean the wound out thoroughly, and I mean CLEAN. Get in there, scrub out the wound.\n\nOnce the wound is clean, apply a liberal amount of antiseptic cream, something like Neosporin. Then cover the wound with a non-stick gauze dressing. Tape it in place, or cover it with elastic netting that you can get at your local surgical supply store. Clean and redress the wound 2-3 times a day.\n\n-or-\n\nOnce the wound is clean, apply the neosporin and cover the wound with Tegaderm. It's a unique sort of dressing that completely seals off the wound, yet allows it to breathe. If applied correctly, you can go for days without changing the bandage (and you can even take a shower with it on).\n\nOnce your wound has completely healed, you can use vitamin b gel to help minimize the scarring.
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Ice it... if that do not work got to the doctor.
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Bad Idea!  Please call around and talk to your local er.  They will be able to tell you where you can go to get it taken care of correctly.
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Ok try and see if you could pop it. Try and disnfecting it and put warm water on  it . try this but if it dosnt work you really need to go to the doctors.