warning: kinda gross
The ongoing drama of my split lip:
So I split my own lip on my snaggle tooth. It happens every once in a while, like every few years.
The problem with a split lip, though, is that I move my mouth a lot.
More than a lot.
Pretty much constantly.
If I'm not talking, I'm either smiling or eating or yawning or moving my mouth in some other way.
This time is no different. I split it like a week ago being clumsy and it has opened up again like 35 times. It's already popped open again this morning. It's not even deep anymore.
At first I superglued it closed. That worked okay but looked horrible. But then it got nasty.
So I cleaned it out with rubbing alcohol and flailed about in pain for a bit because rubbing alcohol.
After recovering from the rubbing alcohol, my lip scabbed up quickly. It looked fine and it held for over 24 hours, so I thought yeah, this is the end.
Nope.
So I wake up the next morning and the scab is huge and bloody. Obviously it got a bit loosened while I slept. But it made it through my shift at work, so I thought I was in the clear.
Nope.
I got home and it broke and my lip bled more than it's ever bled before. I managed to keep it clean until my blood finally clotted. It made it through the night and even looked much better. Then this morning it broke open again.
Guh!
I just move my mouth too much!
I'm not looking for advice, just complaining.
This happens every time and I just need to keep still long enough for it to heal. I might also steal a butterfly clip from the first aid kit at work.
But other than the lip, I am doing fine. Getting really excited for visiting Atlanta! And for 221B Con!
So I split my own lip on my snaggle tooth. It happens every once in a while, like every few years.
The problem with a split lip, though, is that I move my mouth a lot.
More than a lot.
Pretty much constantly.
If I'm not talking, I'm either smiling or eating or yawning or moving my mouth in some other way.
This time is no different. I split it like a week ago being clumsy and it has opened up again like 35 times. It's already popped open again this morning. It's not even deep anymore.
At first I superglued it closed. That worked okay but looked horrible. But then it got nasty.
So I cleaned it out with rubbing alcohol and flailed about in pain for a bit because rubbing alcohol.
After recovering from the rubbing alcohol, my lip scabbed up quickly. It looked fine and it held for over 24 hours, so I thought yeah, this is the end.
Nope.
So I wake up the next morning and the scab is huge and bloody. Obviously it got a bit loosened while I slept. But it made it through my shift at work, so I thought I was in the clear.
Nope.
I got home and it broke and my lip bled more than it's ever bled before. I managed to keep it clean until my blood finally clotted. It made it through the night and even looked much better. Then this morning it broke open again.
Guh!
I just move my mouth too much!
I'm not looking for advice, just complaining.
This happens every time and I just need to keep still long enough for it to heal. I might also steal a butterfly clip from the first aid kit at work.
But other than the lip, I am doing fine. Getting really excited for visiting Atlanta! And for 221B Con!