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flaskextinguisher OP t1_ixpm2uo wrote

Reply to comment by Hm4585 in TIFU by grabbing the turkey to break my fall by flaskextinguisher

Are you sure? I was reading that a normal black eye only takes like a week to heal up and the burn is very minor, didn't even blister.

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Hm4585 t1_ixpm6ib wrote

Well it depends. I was mostly joking but at the same time I wasn’t.

You’re going to have a mark for at least a mark. Everyone I’ve seen with a black eye had never fully healed in a few days

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flaskextinguisher OP t1_ixpme57 wrote

>You're going to have a mark for at least a mark.

Did you mean a week? Or a month?

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Hm4585 t1_ixpmg3s wrote

Week. Autocorrect sucks at times

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flaskextinguisher OP t1_ixpmwwf wrote

Understood. Respectfully, I hope you're wrong and that it heals a lot quicker than that. I don't want to walk around looking like Quasimodo for the next week

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Hm4585 t1_ixpoj33 wrote

50% chance I’m wrong. I’m just saying this stuff based on what I’ve seen. I’ve seen 2 black/purple eyes. I’m not very reliable

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I_Thot_So t1_ixq2a63 wrote

This is not a normal black eye. A normal black eye is swollen right away but usually doesn’t look fully bruised until the next day.

Think of the number of color changes a bruise goes through. How it looks small when it’s purple, but when it’s in the green phase, somehow it continues to spread. This is not a couple days. This is a couple weeks.

Put ice on it now and any time you aren’t working. Keep your head elevated above your heart. The inflammation itself will take a few days to go down, but that bruise is epic.

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flaskextinguisher OP t1_ixq4fhl wrote

So are you saying it's going to continue to spread over the next few weeks? I was kind of hoping that the bruise would be isolated to my upper eyelid

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I_Thot_So t1_ixq4l4t wrote

Dude. None of us are doctors. I’m speaking from the experience of a full grown adult who has had many types of bruises and seen people with “normal” black eyes. It’s pure anecdotal.

I’m just saying this will not go away in a couple days.

Go to the damn doctor.

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