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Once you've gotten a permanent tattoo, the hardest part is over-- but your work isn't done. Pay careful attention to these instructions for the proper aftercare for your new tattoo and you'll help...
Follow these basic guidelines after foot surgery to decrease complications and speed recovery. Give yourself plenty of time to prop up your feet and rest.
Have you ever had a sprain when the doctor is out of the office? Then too, it is not bad enough to go to the Emergency room either. I can tell you of my first hand experience of what I did for...
Sprains are related to trauma that stretches or tears ligaments. Strains, or "pulled muscles," are related to overuse injuries that cause muscles to stretch or tear. Both are...
Summer fun often leads to cuts, scratches and scrapes. Knowing how to treat skin injuries properly reduces the risk of infection, results in faster healing times, and gets you back to the fun...
If you are alone and need emergency first aid, I can guide you with my first hand experience.Take a deep breath and let me help you to apply an ace bandage to yourself.
There are times when it's impossible to avoid getting a splinter. If you are working with or walking on wood with bare feet you increase your chances for getting a splinter. There are a few...
Most first-aid tapes are now made so that little or no adhesive remains on your skin when the tape is removed. Just in case, here's how to remove any sticky stuff that gets left behind.
Splinters are no fun. I get them quite often when I do home repairs. I also have been pulling raspberry bushes from among my other flowers, and have been getting tiny thorns that I can't even see....
I've had my share of scrapes in my life. As a child, I'd wash them out (standard procedure for everyone), apply some kind of ointment and then slap a bandage on it. It made me feel better and...
If you own an ace wrap bandage, chances are you will use it sometime. Since we tend to have occurrences when we think we can treat ourselves, the ace is frequently used by many people to improve...
There is nothing worse than the unsightliness of a wart on you hands, feet or anywhere else you may have a wart appear. Medication and doctors visits are costly. So why not remove the wart...
Are you annoyed by the throbbing sensation that you are feeling in your foot from your ingrown toe nail? The average person has suffered or will suffer from an ingrown toe nail once in their life...
Save money by putting together an on-the-road emergency preparedness kit yourself.
What do you need to have on hand in case of an emergency? Put together your Boo Boo Box so that you will be ready for minor injuries. Preparation will help you stay calm.
Cuts and scrapes happen often, especially to active children and sometimes to clumsy adults. Generally cuts can be treated at home effectively, but more severe cuts may require medical attention....
Trying to write the Great American Novel, or a fantastic eHow article, but can't hear yourself think? Don't be tempted to lose your cool.
We all get them from time to time; blisters! A blister is a nasty little bump on your skin that is tender to the touch and may or may not contain a fluid. Knowledge of how to prevent and care for...
The photo shows the correct way the bandage should appear if its done correctly. Follow the described instructions for how to wrap the head after an injury has occurred.
The ankle is the part of the body most commonly sprained. Correct and early treatment improves recovery.
Have you ever thought of treating a wound with a common condiment? No..of course not ketchup. Can you imagine the sting? Honey. Honey has been used in Iraq to do wound care on soldiers and...
Caring for frostbite requires prompt action. The consequences of not knowing how to care for frostbite can result in permanent cell damage. At worst, not caring for frostbite at the first signs of...
Removing a bandage can be a painful experience. It’s bad enough that you were injured and required a bandage. The adhesive in bandages bonds to your skin and hair on your skin which can make...
Achilles tendinitis is the inflammation of the Achilles tendon due to overexertion. Treating this condition entails a regimen comprised mostly of rest, ice, compression and elevation (RICE) for...
You should have some basic medical knowledge so in a situation that happens fast you know what to do.
So you've gotten your first tattoo. Congratulations! With some basic care and common sense, you can minimize any possible damage to your new investment, and keep that tattoo, and you, healthy...
Clay is a wonderful natural skin care product, but it can also help blisters heal. Whether you have a small blister that is just forming, or one that has progressed to the swollen, painful stage,...
However small the "owie," it can still hurt quite a lot (like the notoriously painful paper cut), and it requires your attention to avoid any risk of infection. When you've got a small cut or...
Boils are packets of infection that begin deep inside the skin, usually around a hair follicle. Boils are generally found on the face, neck and in sweaty and high friction areas. Lancing a boil...
Warts are stubborn, embarrassing and sometimes even painful. There are many commercial treatments available to treat warts, ranging from home cryotherapy kits to salicylic acid. These treatments...
I recently just got my first tattoo. I've had to learn a lot on how to take care of it because the tattoo artist didn't really explain anything to me.
To be able to manage any acute, meaning not severe, injury use the R.I.C.E. method. Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.
Let's face it, injuries are going to happen! So let's talk about how to fix them when they do. Do you know what to do when you sprain your ankle?
How to properly clean your ACE-type compression bandages, prolonging the life of the product and save money.
Many athletes know the pain of shin splints. The term shin splints refers to the pain felt along the shin bone usually the result of some type of stress or exercise. The pain from shin splints is...
A foot sprain is an injury to the ligaments in the foot that help hold the arch together. If you have tenderness under your arch or over your instep or it hurts when you walk, you may have torn...
Plantar warts can become excruciating, especially if you're on your feet all day. You can use these natural remedies to diminish the pain and size of the wart.
A torn toenail on your dog is going to cause your dog a great deal of discomfort and anxiety. You will become aware of the problem by spotting blood around their paw area or by seeing your dog...
Cat scratches can be painful. Whether your house cat meant to do it or not it needs to be cleaned right away. Follow these steps to clean a cat scratch and avoid infection.
Dogs and cats have a nerve-packed pulpy center to their claws called the "quick." The nail quick can become painful and start to bleed if a pet nails are clipped too short, and it can be...
Learning how to wrap your ankle for support can be a daunting task. It seems easy enough, right? Just take the elastic bandage, wrap around, and fasten...simple. However, to get the full benefit...
We all get burned in our lives. So it is important to know how to treat a burn before you get one. Perhaps you know everything there is to know already, but perhaps you don't.
Whether your new tattoo is a star or a star portrait proper aftercare is important. Ideally one should try to follow the advice of their artist. However occasionally this may be impossible due...
Treating cuts right away lessens the chance that an infection will start.
Often we are well intentioned about covering every contingency where our family’s health is concerned but our medicine cabinets are a hodgepodge of outdated and rarely needed prescriptions. We may...
Keeping pets is a very difficult job. if you have pets at home, treat them as living beings and take care of them as well. If you have pet or want to keep a pet you must always take its...
There is no real test for this allergy. People who have it find out the hard way. Stickers are out. They itch or burn on the skin. Fortunately, a life without putting stickers on one’s skin is...
Now that you went a head and got one, it's time to know how to care for it so that it stays looking fresh and new.
Some cuts can take time and supervised care to heal. There are ways to help the process move along faster.
Insect bite relief isn't confined to high-priced over-the-counter medications. After being bitten by an insect, simply grab the nearest salt shaker and make a thick paste out of salt and water to...
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