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csziggy

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5. I'll see if my husband can help with that!

Reply to dawg day (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 09:55 PM

Apr 2019

Though he's got to be gone all day tomorrow and I won't get my shower.

We have some gauze pads and plenty of baking soda - it's just a matter of how to hold it in place to let it soak. It was really funny at the hospital - the nurses kept wrapping up my head with gauze to keep me from bleeding everywhere. But my head is shaped like Charlie Brown's - round as a beach ball. The wraps would slide right off, even when they tried a chin strap. Eventually they gave up and put an absorbent pad under my head. That's one reason the scab is spread across a good area of my hair.

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Any advice for how to soften a blood clot/scab in long hair? [View all] csziggy Apr 2019 OP

soak in cool/cold water Kali Apr 2019 #1

I figured that is the best choice csziggy Apr 2019 #2

it will come out eventually even with warm water Kali Apr 2019 #4

I've been picking at it, but the area is still very bruised and sore csziggy Apr 2019 #6

You might try a poultice soaked in water with dissolved baking soda (several tablespoons) dawg day Apr 2019 #3

I'll see if my husband can help with that! csziggy Apr 2019 #5

Think about covering your pillow tonight with a trashbag- dawg day Apr 2019 #13

I was thinking the same, only with epsom salt. Cracklin Charlie Apr 2019 #7

Oooh - but I'd have to buy some epsom salt csziggy Apr 2019 #10

Peroxide is great at getting blood out of clothes - it foams up... 3catwoman3 Apr 2019 #8

Yes, Hydrogen Peroxide works wonders abqtommy Apr 2019 #9

I'm not sure I want to bleach my hair csziggy Apr 2019 #11

Here is one more thing you could do to test this idea. 3catwoman3 Apr 2019 #12

I got 15 stitches in my head and the blood wasn't tough to get out... cynatnite Apr 2019 #14

I've been using shampoo and warm water csziggy Apr 2019 #15

Csziggy, here are some thoughts for you.... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2019 #16

Oh - that's a good idea though keeping a wrap on my round head is next to impossible csziggy Apr 2019 #17

Try rubbing meat tenderizer on it ... or contact lens enzymatic cleaner. eppur_se_muova Apr 2019 #18

Personally? blogslut Apr 2019 #19

That's sort of my inclination - it's healing well csziggy Apr 2019 #20

I take it all back blogslut Apr 2019 #21

Good research! csziggy Apr 2019 #22

Got any spare old pillowcases that you don't care about? blogslut Apr 2019 #23

THe towel idea is good - it would soak up any petroleuk jelly csziggy Apr 2019 #24

Yeah, I hear you. blogslut Apr 2019 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author tymorial Apr 2019 #26

Try Baby Oil, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil or a Similar Type of Oil dlk Apr 2019 #27

I've decided to use what I have on hand csziggy Apr 2019 #28

Good Idea to Use Something that Won't Damage Your Hair dlk Apr 2019 #29

Do you own a dog or can borrow one? Cold War Spook Apr 2019 #30