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have u ever gotten an infection before?aftercare tips?

Okay, let's talk proper aftercare!!

I've never in my life gotten an infection before (furthest I've cut is deep beans/fascia without going to the hospital), and I'd say I owe it to the literal medical-grade aftercare I do... can you tell I'm pursuing a career in med lmao

I personally would discourage cutting to beans because of the risks, also hitting nerves, but not my place to stop you if you do. Also, if you have access to professional medical care, that should always be your first option.

You'll probably note I don't use antibacterial cream, and that's usually because the prep I do before a session greatly reduces my risk of infection.

Pre-Session Care

Prep your skin + blades. I use isopropyl alcohol. If I have hair in the area, I shave/wax it before hand so it doesn't accidentally end up in the cut. Use a microfiber cloth, gauze, or anything that won't shed. Remember, if your blade is rusty or has any dried blood/debris on it, that shit's going in your skin unless you clean it.

When you cut, clean after each swipe. I use our trusty friend, isopropyl alcohol :D This might seem annoying to do, but it's a really good practice, especially if you regularly hit beans.

Scenario 1: Cat Scratches

**for reference, I am defining cat scratches as cuts that do not gape, regardless of bleeding, and styros as cuts that bleed and gape

Clean the skin with water, pat dry, apply a bandaid, and you're good to go! If you wait for the bleeding to stop, I'd say even a bandaid is not necessary. Chances of infection: quite low

Scenario 2: Baby/Medium Styro

Okay, so it's gaping, bleeding, what now?

Do not use isopropyl alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, as these will also kill good cells and lengthen the healing process. Additionally, use of hydrogen peroxide will increase skin damage and scarring. Instead, clean with povidone iodine. If you don't have it, use saline, and if you don't have that, water will do.

You don't usually need to close the wound (if the gape is wide and you think you do, check next section). Just apply a band-aid after cleaning and remember to change it after every 24 hours!

Again, chances of infection, while higher, are not super high for these. Sometimes I wait for the bleeding to stop and don't bother with bandaids, but that gets annoying because they reopen and bleed on my clothes :(

Scenario 3: Deep Styro/Baby Beans

Oh no, you've gone deeper and the bleeding won't stop! What to do?

Okay, now you need to start being really careful, because once you reach fat layer, chances of infection are much, much higher. Again, avoid using paper towels/toilet paper because it could get in the wound. Instead, use gauze.

Clean the wound with povidone iodine, and if you don't have that, use saline. I would recommend going this deep if you don't have access to either of the above, as you're risking infection, but you can also just wash with water.

If the bleeding won't stop, press gauze against it and gently apply pressure for 5-10 minutes (yes, this is long and boring but it has to be done so the bathroom doesn't look like a bloodbath). If this doesn't stop it, clean and try again.

There's two ways you can heal this: closed (close the gape, lower healing time) or open (don't close the gape, longer healing time and risk of infection).

If you're closed-healing, use Steri-strips to pull the wound closed. Apply them about 1/3 to 1/2 of an inch apart (if the wound is shorter than 1 inch, 1 Steri-strips should suffice). If you don't have those, you can take a bandaid, cut the sticky part, and make a makeshift butterfly bandaid. Don't keep the Steri-strips on for longer than 48 hours. By then, the wound should have scabbed enough to not reopen if you take them off gently.

If you need to reapply them, make sure you take them off from the furthest part from the wound, then peel until you get to the wound, stop there, and do the same from the other side. That way, it's less likely to reopen when you take them off.

After the Steri-strips part is done, just apply a bandaid, and you're good to go!

If you're open-healing, it might be a little more tough. First, clean with povidone iodine and make sure the bleeding stops. Then, use gauze (or a bandaid) and cover the wound. Keep it covered, and replace bandaids every 12-24 hours. Clean after every switch. Typically, I do every 12 hours for the first few days, then reduce to every 24 hours. When it completely scabs over, you can stop using bandaids and just let it heal as normal.

Scenario 4: Medium/Deep Beans

Oh my word, you went pretty far and everyone on Reddit is telling you to call and ambulance. What now?

Again, you can open or closed-heal this.

If closed healing, follow the steps in the section above. Only difference is that healing will take much longer.

If open-healing, make sure to clean it carefully. I don't use povidone iodine immediately for wounds this deep. I usually just take sterile gauze and let the bleeding stops/slow by applying direct pressure before applying a bandaid. Plan to switch bandaids more often (I did every 6-8 hours for the first week or two, then every 12-24 hours, it was a hassle bro). I dry cleaned for the first few days, then started cleaning with povidone iodine after that. These will smell foul when healing, so if you think it may be infected, look for pain and growing redness, as well as opaque pus.

It's normal for these to let out a translucent/yellowish or greenish fluid, and that just means it's healing alright. Use antibacterial cream around (not inside) the wound if you want.

Things You May Hit:

If you hit a vein, the bleeding will be difficult to stop. Immediately apply direct pressure with gauze for 10 minutes, uncover to check, and repeat until the bleeding stops. If it doesn't, call an ambulance, as it could kill you.

If you hit an arteriole, blood will spurt out in tandem with your heartbeat. Immediately apply direct pressure and check every 10-15 minutes. If the bleeding doesn't slow after 10 minutes, call an ambulance, as it could be fatal.

If you hit an artery, it'll be similar to an arteriole, just... worse. Immediately apply direct pressure and call an ambulance as soon as possible. You can tie a tourniquet with fabric or anything of necessary. Don't fuck around with arteries, they could kill you in as little as 5 minutes.

If you hit a nerve, you'll likely feel numbness, tingles, or shooting pain. If not immediately, you should get this checked in the next few days to avoid irreversible damage (don't ignore it like I did, you will regret it).

Okay, so that's my very abridged version of an aftercare guide. If you think this is helpful, reblog/copy into a doc in case my account gets t-worded.

As always, take care of yourself, I love you, and thanks for reading!

XOXO, Ninira

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cleaning out ur childhood bedroom and finding these little friends all around the room with the blades missing

🥹 nostalgia

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the moment sh goes from punishment to reward, you're cooked

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People who self harm only for attention are just as valid as people who self harm for any other reason.

Seriously.

Parents often make the mistake of dismissing their child’s self harm as “attention seeking” when it’s otherwise.

But what always gets me is that, even if a child is harming themselves solely to get attention, that is a huge problem they need help for!

If a person has to go as far as to cause physical harm to themselves in order to gain what they feel as the proper amount of attention, that is someone who needs help ASAP.

No matter the form, no matter the severity, no matter the reason, self harm is a sign of severe distress that deserves immediate, intense attention.

And no one will ever convince me otherwise.

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Fake

Make up

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Starting to track my calories again

I seriously need to loose some weight

if anyone has any tips or tricks or recommendations pls leave a comment or smth I really need this

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that's not be like this? this user also says their "pro recovery" lmao. it doesn't matter how deep you/others go. sh is sh and its not a competition.

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how i treat my piercings vs how i treat my sh cvts

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I love how female centered EDs are because every time I see a post that's like, "Do it for the bikinis," I'm like, "erm okay" 😭

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I wish i had more scars and deeper cuts while hate having scars and wishing i never picked up a blade

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"Are you cheating on me?" No babe, I'm just hiding a edtwt, drugtwt, shtwt, edblr, and shblr account from you

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Self harm is really just self-bdsm. People I’m not depressed, I’m just kinky

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ty so much to every1 that congratulated me for making it to a year clean, I am now a year and 3 days

Hoping to be able to make it to two years but we'll see.

I've never even made it past three months since I started about 9 years ago when I was 11, so the fact that i've made it to a year is such an insane feat to me

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I'm gonna be a year clean tonight in less than 11 hours but it feels really underwhelming

Rant under cut

I can't say anything to my parents cuz they wouldnt understand, my bestie is in England, and my other bestie is busy with her bf

I just feel kind of forgotten? I can't really do anything to celebrate so that makes it feel like theres nothing worth celebrating

and to make matters worse I'm busy with uni work all day today and tomorrow, and then I'm working all day Monday

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Intro post to avoid any reports or anything

Hi, this is a SH/ED blog

Yes I am aware this behaviour is dangerous, however I am almost a year clean of self-harm and I find this to be helpful in keeping me clean by giving me a space to vent and get my frustrations out

please do not report me, just block me. I need this space to vent sometimes and blocking me will just result in me creating another account.

This is also a sideblog, my main is @hobi3brown but for obvious reasons I will not link this acct on that acct. I am only mentioning it bc any likes or follows will come from that acct

I am 19, Australian, and living with various disabilities and neurodivergences including chronic pain, Tourette's, ADHD, Autism, and suspected FND.

I only mention that as I find a lot of the reasons why I SH or ⭐️ve myself is because of various frustrations with them and so my vent posts will likely be very specific/particular to those

[hatethislife2]

Starting to actually start fasting again, currently going 18 hours strong but I'll have to stop soon for dinner with my parents

Anyone have any tips to keep fasting for longer? I struggle with getting hungry and binge eating afterwards and I hate it so much

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my dad had a go at me for havin fun with my friends out late and now I'm debating if its even worth getting to a year clean

It's getting colder for me rn too so I could easily get away with long sleeves again