A doctor showed me how to remove the ring that was stuck on my finger
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00:00 A doctor showed me how to remove the ring that was stuck on my finger.
00:41 for this you only need a thread.
01:37 unwrap from the first end of the thread.
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You have a mouth to talk, but you didn't talk in your whole darn video. UA-cam is littered with this crap. Sorry, thumbs down
Awsome, what did you think about the video?
I still remember having to cut off a ring at the gold shop when a ring got stuck in my finger. Had I known this method, the outcome would have been different ☺️🙏💛.
don't get married problem solved
Whoever thought of that is a genius.
I think it was Nikola Tesla
that is such a waste of time. soap up your finger, hold finger up in the air and soap it off. These things are so silly and common sense I can't believe the public is absent of any common sense.
@@JillKirchner what on Earth is soap, are you trying to say soup???😁🖖
@@yourrightimsooosorry884 Are you for real? You have no idea what soap is? Also why would anyone use soup?
@@JillKirchner what if you don't have access to soap at that moment? that's happened to me more than once especially if you're trying on rings in a store, nvm the army guy who would do this for wounded soldiers in the field, not much soapy water there, now is there? I can't believe some people are so absent of any common sense... you know, the stuff you could use a dose of
When my father was being prepped for emergency surgery, we needed to remove his wedding ring quickly
My brother taught this trick to the surgeon as he has to use it in the field for wounded soldiers quite a few times. It really works!
Genius bro👍
Yes he's the same surgeon your brother taught
Merci beaucoup pour ce conseil.
I thought you was going to say "so they had to cut off his finger, wish we knew this trick sooner."
@@salonimanjrekar9560r
Actually for most swelling it should be wrapped a lot closer together and more wraps to cover more of the skin and swelling to allow the ring to slide over the threaded area more easily. I was a Paramedic for years and we used this method or a ring cutter tool. We always kept a pack of waxed Dental Floss in our Medics Kit just for this purpose.
Waxed dental floss...brilliant idea...thx ❤
So you doubt your own eyes? How it actually should be done is exactly how it's presented, smarty.
@@user-bz7fg1pk4lbo7 So, you're saying the ring in the video would have easily slipped off because the finger wasn't swollen? Sure, the finger's not blue, black and purple, but there's no way the ring could easily slip off
Thank you for all the people you and your team helped, my friend.
I was a young guy who lived through " The Troubles "here in Northern Ireland, and the work and the bravery your colleagues over here did was just incredible, and saved many lives I'm sure.
The stress on families of people like yourselves must be tremendous, and they must be very brave and caring to.
I wish you all rainbows, from Belfast.
@@user-bz7fg1pk4lbo7why so angry lol
I’m a retired nurse and as a child I learned this many years ago from my mother when she was a nurse. It’s proved so helpful in emergency situations and stops the necessity to cut the rings off.
Let me start with, I am a first responder and we almost ALWAYS have to cut rings off since using soap or oils rarely work. This is an AWESOME technique that I have never heard of, much less seen. We now carry extra strong marine grade upholstery thread in all of our jump (medical) bags thanks to your video. Thank you for taking the time to make & share this video.
Great info. Windex also works great.
Waxed dental floss is a great option. It is thinner than upholstery thread or fishing line, and the wax coating on the floss reduces friction immensely.
@@darcyt6650 clean windows are always a plus
this is the problem with how any profession is trained.... you didn't even know this simple trick or don't realize it's because of swelling.... does anybody utilize their own minds for their own critical thinking and problem solving???? your just like Nope lets cut it off cause just lubing didn't work lol!!!! We are going down with the ship quick these days!
@@fender42421 "Tomorrow" it will be "We're going to have to amputate!"
Many years ago, as my mother was lying in her hospital bed and nearing the end of her life, a doctor performed this trick to remove her precious wedding band. But over the years I’d forgotten exactly how it was done. So thank you for sharing this - I won’t forget a second time. ❤
Sorry for your loss, I hope she’s doing good in heaven
Edit: why are you guys so mean? What did I say?
@@MonkeSquid69 Lmao way too sav.
That really sad💀
Why are the replies so mean lol. I'm glad you were able to rediscover this trick
@@MonkeSquid69 imagine trying to be funny with that. One day you will get what you should have got early
Excellent! Another way, if no thread is available, is to grasp the tissue and skin beneath the joint, and pull it towards you, then simultaneously pull the ring away from your body. The skin often will get out of the way, because you are pulling it back and thinning the finger.
Sometimes holding your hand under cold water can also help if I recall correctly
Thread is easy to acquire. Your clothes are made from it, unless you live in a nudist colony!
Oil or soap & water works for me.
@@robertdeland3390 unless the finger is swollen, that is...
Can you please explain more briefly...i didn't got your way but want to know so please
As a retired a&e nurse can confirm we’ve been using this technique for years
I was in Stockholm, Sweden on a business trip when I had an allergic reaction with massive swelling in my fingers. The nurses in the hospital emergency used this trick to remove my wedding ring. Couple of refinements: Use waxed thread or floss so the ring slips more easily. Also, put the windings closer together to better reduce the swelling.
Now that you say it, the waxed thread tip seems obvious.
I can say for sure you're American 😂
ok eric, all i have to do is now find a wife
then i will try this for sure
@@SBerTtube how so? Also, how is that relevant?
People take down the wedding ring in a B. trip if they have an allergy on their wife, you know what I mean.
He wanted to become an engineer, but his parents wanted him to be a doctor
😆 Or may be he became both
Asian parents
@@aquabunny delete it or u will get hate fam
@@Shindo-Jiraiyaboi nope, he spoke fax
@@zZyrteXx As an Asian, I can confirm
Here we meet again...thx to you ❤ When I was a Student Nurse at Northwick Park Hospital A & E Dept. (1980s) one of the admitting docs showed me this brilliant trick, but over the years I forgot it, not working in the medical field anymore. So, thanks for the update! 😘👍
This is a great tip. For me, if I hold my hand above my head for a while, any swelling reduces and it’s easy to take the ring off with maybe just a little lubrication.
I was an EMT and then an Emergency Nurse fror many years. Used this trick so many times. New nurses and doctors could not figure out why we kept dental floss on the unit , not in the washroom. Works so well. I rarely had to use our ring cutter.
_"...rarely had to use our ring cutter"_ for what, to cut the finger off?
We used cotton umbilical tape in the OR
@@MrJx4000 it's a stuck ring so obviously there is the option to cut off the ring. Other methods involve detergent , oil and warmed up butter to help the ring slide off, but the thread trick has the most positive results!👍
It's a relief you didn't say cut off finger in other options
Everytime you don’t tell me the answer, I cut off a finger!
Mine or yours??
~Spies Like Us
My grandma used a version of this on me over 55 years ago to remove my ring after an injury. My dad kept trying to pull it off which just hurt more and didn’t remove the ring. My wise Norwegian grandmother removed the ring easily by just working a string around my finger to remove the ring without force. She had an answer for everything.
An answer for everything part is so great ☺️
My answer for a question I don’t know is I will not answer it
I guess I have an answer for everything too
Even after being a compulsive youtube addict for the past 15 years watching videos like this daily, I have to say that i no answer for almost everything
But did she know why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?
Everything new is a well-forgotten old.
I love it! Thank you! I hope someone with a stuck ring question mentions it to me so I can try this out. Before I forget!
I don’t have anything to do with this issue but kudos for being direct to the point without any unnecessary commentary or introduction! Quick and simple is rare on UA-cam these days 🤪
Did you miss the first 40 seconds?
My youtube vanced literally jump to 0:40 because i set it to automatically skip intros, ads, promotions or any unnecessary padding in a video
yeah youtube these days right? not every video is a 1:30 second tutorial and videos are made to actually be watched. man comments like these make me physically cringe by how stupid they are.
@@hid4 I see you, Vanced 😉
😂😂😂
A tip video that was quick, to the point, and not worthless clickbait? Wow!
Also this is a great tip. I don't need it, but I'm sure it would come in handy for my parents a bunch.
Your nose ring never gets stuck?
@@RLTtizME wut
@@AbsalomIndustries Exactly
@@RLTtizME YT was recommending me a bunch of endless trash "tip" videos. Having something that was a real tip was immensely refreshing to see.
@@AbsalomIndustries Glad you were immensely refreshed. 👍
This only works in cases where you can actually stick a thread under the ring and it's not hopelessly stuck to the finger.
Just dunk your finger in vegetable oil and slowly slide the ring off, much easier.
I found your video on my UA-cam home page. I wasn’t searching for anything but just thought it looked interesting.
Thank you for posting this before I’ll actually need it. I don’t have any rings that are stuck, but I do have one that is tight. I tried it so I’d remember, and it worked like a charm!
Tips: Use dental floss instead of thread. The tape style is far and away the best for this. Start winding near the tip of the finger and work your way up to the ring. Tuck the dental tape under the ring and begin unwinding the ring off the finger.
Is that done with waxed or unwaxed floss??
This is how I saw it done. They put the turns much closer, maybe 20 or so turns.
@@rmaxwell3294 it should be waxed, otherwise there's no advantage.
@@northernsnow6982
that's what she said
@@northernsnow6982 Thank you for your reply, appreciate it...
Wow ! Free information, with no strings attached 🤣👍🏼
one string attached
Lol
Stop that! 😝
This is SERIOUSLY USEFUL!
Somewhere along the line of a long nursing career I picked up this technique and when working critical care I have used it on some very swollen fingers. It works.
how would you use it on swollen fingers? i mean they'll be swollen or fat. I Wonder.
The person who invented this trick must get Nobel Prize.
Thank you
You misspelled
"Presidentship of the United Nations"
i suspect they're well dead by now - this is a very old technique...
While we're on- give him the F A Cup too.
Medicine, physics or peace?
I Removed hundreds of rings when I was a medic in an emergency room, back in the eighties, and I never had one ring that I could not remove no matter what the circumstances. Your method is almost right but try the following, this also works on lacerated fingers. First put finger in traction and elevate for a few minutes and gently massage proximally, then using a cotton string, the type that they use to wrap hospital linens in, wrap as shown in the video but lay the string tightly parallel with no space in between the wraps. Slather finger and string with KY jelly and slowly unwind as shown in the video.( keep hand elevated while doing this) For lacerated digits prep with local and betadine. In my opinion the suture material shown in the video is way too thin and takes too long to wrap and has the potential to cut into the finger. Also the cotton string is thicker and absorbs the KY better and has more surface area allowing better leverage when unwrapping. I remember one ring that I was asked to remove from a 93 year old woman who had a ring on finger for seventy plus years that she had never removed before .The ring must have had copper in it as her finger was blue and her knuckle on the digit in question was at least 3 or 4 times thicker than the finger from arthritis. When I first looked at it I didn't think that there was any way that the ring would go over the knuckle but it did!. Oh well, i hope this helps...
I was taught by an ER nurse and she used umbilical tape (cotton).
Great detailed explanation
I removed the ring with pure soap quicker than I finished reading the second line of your comment. Too much text to read any further.
‘Your method is almost right’
No, their method IS right. It worked, perfectly.
@Glen Gamble no that finger isn't even swollen, you don't know what your talking about.
After a long time a UA-cam video that is actually quite helpful. Thank you.
My dad was a doctor used this trick on my aunt (so I was told). He never actually demonstrated the method to me before he died in 2018 (at 87). This is awesome.
Jeweler here. Sometimes this does not work as it is too painful. BEST IDEA: The easiest way is to use Windex or glass cleaner on the finger (get it between the finger and the ring). There is a slippery agent used in the product, and also the chemicals used in the product slightly reduce the swelling in the skin. Best done on a cold hand which is smaller than a warm one, also best done before all the tugging from other methods, which increases the swelling . A much easier method and it doesn’t gunk up the ring like soap and hand cream etc. PS there are medical papers published on this, for your reference.
I was just about to post this idea usuing windex. I couldn't get my ring off my finger when I had to if my life depended on it. Before the windex idea I tries the floss one and it killed. So I looked other ways and then once someone told me the windex one I tried it. Was simple. A little rough but the best method
my thought exactly
I think the method that post is better cause it only hurts for a little while
Thank you for posting that. I also worked in a jewelry store, and Windex was a method we used frequently.
Jeweller! not jeweler
I learned this trick almost seventy years ago from a friend whose mother worked with a mortician. She said that was how they often had to remove rings from corpses.
Worked like a charm. I used the waxed line that came with my Speedy Stitcher sewing awl. Threading the thick needle that came with the awl helped get it under the ring using the needle. It kept getting caught on the "crown" of my Claddagh ring and I had to add more wraps on my finger but it worked. Another site with the same technique suggested using about a meter of line. Definitely want to use a heavier thread.
For those that have fragile skin, another method is to submerge hand in a bowl of ice water (to shrink the skin) and hold both above the level of your heart (to reduce the amount of fluid/blood). A couple of minutes usually works.
Does that work? Because metal is a better conductor of heat and I'm sure the ring would contract as well.
@@reveirg9 Good point. Hopefully the skin shrinkage and fluid reduction would be greater than the metal contraction.
@@reveirg9 Not as much as skin does. It has mostly to do with blood flow. Cold causes the blood to flow less to extremities.
@@reveirg9 Different materials have a difference coefficient of expansion.
And another would be to really succeed in his diet.
I didn't believe this would work until I tried it on my own finger - this works perfectly exactly as shown and I was able to do it without assistance. I suddenly panicked one day thinking I would never get my wedding ring of 17 years off ever without surgery. Thank goodness for your video. Now I can get the ring off whenever I want without the fear of it being permanently stuck on my finger. What a relief. Thank you.
You’ve been wearing your ring for 17 years straight?
take it off and find a better guy!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Why would you get it off tho
@@rogerwei2006 excuse me?
Shut up
I watched this and another video, several times. It took me several tries, but it worked! Soon I will have my wedding ring resized, but the first step is done. Thank you so much!
すごい！こんなやり方あったなんて！😆教えてくれてありがとうございます！
Great video. Thanks for not talking for 30 minutes to explain this procedure. What a way to solve this puzzle. Thank you!
I was on the operating table in theatre waiting to have urgent surgery for acute appendicitis. I obviously had to take off all my jewellery, but one ring would just not come off. When the surgeon arrived she said she would sort it out and she got my ring off just like in this video … using thread they use for stitching !! 🤩👍😃
Must've watched this video thank goodness!
Ah!! Lucky they didn't simply "lop off" the finger
why do you have to remove the ring to treat a completely different bodypart?
@@zakosist all jewellery has to be removed before any operation … I don’t exactly know why but that’s the rule 🤷♀️
@@zakosist that was my first thought....I'm supposed to have hernia surgery...why would I need to take my rings off???
This is a great idea , I have also tried sticking my swollen fingers under cold running water for a minute or two . This works for me the cold reduces the swelling quickly. The thread is a great idea too !
Fantasticly simple. Well done
I'm glad it's short and sweet and to the point and not like some other channels that would make a 30 minute video about it..
Right!
Simply Fascinating!
Thanks!
😎👍
Absolutely amazing. I will remember this one. Thank you!❤
Other methods that usually work: Twisting the ring as you pull. Or running it under cold water for a bit, which will reduce a regular swelling (perhaps doesn't apply to allergic reaction and other such swelling).
My weddingband is just tight enough that it can't be pulled straight off. Both the above work perfectly for me.
From what I can tell this is if it’s a sudden swelling and it is super super tight to the point of cutting off circulation not just a tiny bit yk
I was so worried about this problem that I decided to never get married and have to wear a ring.
I prefer the method in this video.
Windex works, or Vaseline
Soap works. Use liquid dish soap or hand soap and just put a lot of it on finger and under the ring
Used to do this amazing ring removal when I was an ER nurse. It was a standard procedure for our nursing staff. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Wheres your hospital? I got a stuck ring and I don't have thread.
@@franssantos9417 I have loads of thread, but no ring :(
@@franssantos9417 Toronto. But any ER will know and use this method.
@✨poteto✨ Hi back. I’m not really a Torontonian though. Just lived and worked there. Now I’m in southeastern Ontario in a small town.
@@boo_ i have neither one of them
Brilliant idea! Thanks from NZ
My mother used to work for a dr and they were doing this technique 40 yrs ago. It's not new, but good to remind people.
I used to make rings for Tiffany & Co. and never saw this done before. I would like to point out that after this is done, if you still want to wear your ring you can get it stretched as much as half a size bigger though some jewelers will only attempt a quarter size bigger. In extreme cases one might split the ring and solder additional gold into the crack then polish it out enlarging the ring even more, up to one to two sizes bigger. A lot depends on the style of the ring. A simple wedding band is the easiest. Rings that are ornate or tapered are more challenging and could cost a lot. Some jewelers will stretch a ring for free. If they want to charge a lot then go on line and buy your own ring mandrel. Just slide the ring down on the mandrel and using a rubber mallet or perhaps a small brass hammer, tap it down the mandrel a little then back off it. A ring mandrel is tapered so this will stretch any size ring. attempting more than a full ring size will usually deform a ring and it will leave marks on the inside of the ring. If you can live with that then this could be a low cost solution. Fancier equipment can cost upward of $200 but will not damage the ring by leaving marks inside. If you have a collection of rings that no longer fit due to enlarged fingers then this can be a very economical way of making them all larger. The equipment is marketed as either a ring sizer or ring mandrel or sometimes a ring stretcher. The cheapest ones look like a tapered rod of steel. The more elaborate ones have a hand crank and other features. Most come with instructions or you can find a video on UA-cam to show you how. I know of one woman who gained 50 lbs since her wedding day and she had nearly fifty rings that no longer fit that cost her thousands of dollars and her local jeweler wanted $20 each to re size them all. She only had her wedding band and her engagement ring done. After I told her about this she was able to resize all but three rings which were unfortunately too complicated in shape to be resized that way.
How do you turn a fox into an elephant...?.marry her, , , just going to slap my husband with my trunk ..🐘
I have lost weight as I have grown older, my wedding ring is too loose. Is it possible to make smaller without cutting?
This is very helpful thank you!
@@sandspar yes a jeweller can add a piece inside the band. Or you could wrap the band...
@@sandspar you can have any jewler cut the band and size it with little to nonpattern interupption dont add metal to the inner shank this is unprofessional. you can shrink them but if there is desisn then it may squish design. gonspeak to a local jeweler in house not a jareds.
I push the ring back closer to the palm and away from the knuckles and just elevate my hand above my head for a few minutes. While it is still elevated, I slowly twist the ring and remove it. It works for me and my customers when I used to work at a jewellery counter. I can't really let my customers walk away to ice their hands while wearing our merchandise.
I keep a bottle of lotion in my pocket... One too many customers stuck the rings in their mouth- or worse, their partner's mouths
Absolutely brilliant.
Now that's pretty darned cool! Thanks!
I'm facing the opposite problem, trying to keep a ring on! I've managed to lose 47 pounds in the first year of my marriage and my wife 14 pounds through teamwork, support and encouragement of one another. The wedding band she bought me no longer stays on but I hate to cut it, as it's a not standard finish but hammered with a fine indent at the edges. I was talking with my hands the other day and it flew off across the room. My precious!
When I tried to make a ring smaller I put scotch tape on the inside of the ring. That might not work if you wear the ring all day every day though. Maybe try clear nail polish on the inside of the ring?
You can purchase ring spacers for a few dollars, there's quite a few different ones available on the market
I don't know if you're into necklaces but I wear one of my grandmother's rings as a necklace, since it doesn't fit my finger. If you get a nice chain, this might be an option
Take it to the jewellers to see if you can have he ring adjusted
@@bighands69 this.
I love this trick. I used it several times as a nurse! I’m from Mobile,Alabama, USA
Used to go to Mobile a lot. Is Wintzells still in business? Good restaurant.
This is backwards. You should always start wrapping near the tip of the finger and then tuck it under the ring. The blood is pushed out of the finger instead of being trapped and forced I to the fingertip.
I'll remember that Makergrasshole but first I need to buy me a ring.
@@joegrassel Your comment should be higher. That sounds important.
Oh my... amazing! Salute to doctor
Wow!!.. se ve tan fácil y vaya que he pasado sustos con este temita un par de veces. Gracias por compartir la idea!!
As a funeral director, we use this method regularly to remove rings from the deceased. Works (almost) every time.
just cut to the chase and use bicycle lock cutters
When it doesn't work, what happens?
Then off to the pawn shop! 🤣😂🤣😂
@@sahbiot tree pruning shears, like a mafia interrogation trick.
@@sahbiot My first thought too. 😆
Losing 20 pounds in 3 months made me successfully removed my ring. 😊
Gaining 20 pounds in 3 months may also remove the ring.
Why wait after10 pounds unless you like heiffers.
Yeah... if you can't remove a ring simply by getting soapy water on both sides of it, you've definitely gained too much weight.
@@bobbuilder3748 or the finger...
My grandmother has had the same rings on for years, my grandfather have them to her as a gift before he got cancer and died. She now has to remove the ring cuz her finger swelled. She doesn't wanna cut it off, so now I know how to get it off her 🤗🤗
Thank you for the lesson ! UK
Absolutely fantastic!
You've saved so many people from pain and heartache by showing them this very effective life hack.
You are a wonderful and beautiful lady, and I wish you rainbows.
This will work when oil or soap doesn't. So timely to find this video today as my husband's ring won't pass over the knuckle. Thanks.
Maybe use some oil with the string ? and using mono fishing line is slicker than string .
Simply follow the instructions, you do not need to add anything!
Some say dental floss too
@@annek1226 Cut the ring off with a Dremel tool , resize , and re-install . : - )
I was at a jewelry store once trying on rings, and one ring really got stuck. I was so embarrassed, but the lady there was like, "no it happens all the time." She pulled out a bottle of Windex, sprayed it on my finger and it came right off. Idk how or why it worked, but it did. However, this looks like a sure thing, tfs! ❤
What is windex ?
@@LoneWolf-tk9em it’s a window cleaning spray
Anything that provides lubrication will work.
I always used windex on people at the store I worked at for this as well. It’s good for dropping flies that come through the door too so you can toss them back outside.
Was she greek
"Gio de la Rosa's video on removing a stuck ring is both informative and practical. Her emphasis on the importance of sharing knowledge and helping others is inspiring. The lesson here is that sometimes the simplest solutions are the most effective."
That is so cool..I had to remove my ring for surgery, this surely helpful!
Can’t help but laugh because this is the same exact method I learned when I first started in the funeral industry. Never fails, I do it really tight and close together. Looks like it’d hurt though but no one ever complains… 😂
He he he ooppps shouldn't laugh, but funny too!!!!
Well yes, if you use this in the "funeral industry" then they are DEAD and certainly it would not hurt.
😂
@@georgewhitehead8185 oh sweetie.
But what if while removing you hear moans and it's Oct. 31?
Thank you for your video demonstration. For those who are not familiar with this technique, then dental floss also works as a substitute if you do not have any thread to unwind a stuck ring from a finger.
Absolutely genius! Thanks
Hospitals have been using this method for over 40 years. 5mm white cotton ribbon also works better if your finger is a little bit swollen. The flat 5mm surface squeezes more skin and pushes your blood or fluid away from where the ring needs to slide. But if your finger is too swollen, there are ring cutters that will cut the ring. You can then take it to a jeweller and have them repair it.
Start winding from the fingertip to the ring to squeeze out the blood first to decrease finger diameter more and avoid causing a harmful rise in pressure that otherwise occurs when winding from the ring to the tip.
I worked for an orthopedic surgeon that used this same method. People were always so relieved when their (usually wedding) ring was not damaged.
Okay, that was... amazing. Thanks for the tip.
Learned something new thanks for sharing!
If the finger is really swollen you have to wind the string much closer than that, basically the thread lying right next to itself, and start winding from the tip, work your way down, and pass it under the ring at the end.
As many have noted strong thread is necessary. I worked in the OR, and developed a different system, using a blood-drawer's tourniquet and a 1/4" Penrose drain. I would wrap the finger from the tip down past the ring, wait a minute with the hand elevated, to squeeze the finger as small as possible. Then the drain was used to tourniquet the finger to prevent refilling. The wrap is removed, the finger lubed with a little hand lotion, the ring slipped off and the tourniquet removed. There were a few rings I had to take off with a ring saw, usually because of arthritic knuckles. I would caution people NOT to buy rings of stainless stee, titanium, or other hard metals. You may lose the finger before the ring can be cut off.
Yikes! Good to know.
Ring cutting tools are scary! When I was an ER nurse, we had a fellow come in and register as having a ring that he couldn’t get off. It wasn’t on his finger … 🐓… not a hen … rings come off nicely with the ring cutter too! But it’s a tense situation on the receiving end. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Whaaat! Sounds like surgery to me 😟
@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan Yeah.. I never understood that.. and it is quite common... lets take something that enlarges with blood flow, then throw a ring around it intended to keep said blood where it is at... while forgetting to realize that the reaction you are seeking to prolong is also the same reaction preventing that ring from coming off...
dont need ring cutters with this one trick
Used to do this all the time when I worked in A&E. It's a neat trick and so much better and less traumatic than cutting the ring and fiddling with forceps to get it off.
So simple yet so brilliant =)
Lol, I’ve been using that trick for years. We use dental floss. Dental floss allows you to dispense a long piece vs just 18” of suture thread. Also it works better if you wrap the finger in the opposite direction. From the tip towards the hand. The purpose of wrapping the finger is to help push the fluids from a swollen finger towards the hand, hence making the finger thinner to remove the ring.
Do you still need to put the floss under the ring at the end after you wrap from tip to ring?
It is also important to note that most well-made rings are not round, but slightly oval, so the orientation to the finger joint can be helpful.
@@lym3204 Sears?
You got 7 rings. I'm sure in the maybe trillions of rings made some are oval.
Don't think any well made ring is oval....?
You’re right about the orientation, but rings aren’t made oval. They become that way over time because the metal deforms to fit the finger. 24K gold is very soft and would smoosh down over time with wear. 10K gold would be less likely to bend because the lower quantity of gold makes it less soft (gold is a very soft metal). The ring I inherited from my grandma was a really weird shape, almost flat on the palm side, because she wore it for over 40 years.
Thank you so much for this post!!
Ingenious! Who would have thunk it. Thanks for the video.
This technique is known as 'Eccentric Rotation'; I teach all my Medical Students this (I'm a Trauma Physician) Ring cutters should be the last option. Well demonstrated !
Your name is Doctor Tongue? I bet the ladies really dig that 😆 🤣
Yeah, they really lap it up, Steve 😉
@@sayhitosteve2785 Innuendo aside, he sounds like the arch nemesis of Dr. Teeth from the Muppets.
@@andrewtongue7084 ;)
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Hello everyone, yes we learn something every day that I don't know! too easy yes after seeing the doctor that's why we respect the parents teacher mentor thank you. I am from Pakistan. Thank you.
Wow thats very clever. Useful to know as well just incase it happens in the future to someone who needs help .
Thank you for taking the time to shiw that.
Amazingly simple , and much better than having to cut the ring off somehow .
I don’t know what’s more impressive, the ring trick, or the fact that this vid has 8M views in 3 months. 👏
There must be a lot of divorces happening right now 😂😂😂
And you think people care about others ?
What's impressive is that she actually put a ring that's too small for her finger
@@Karincl7 stop projecting, kid
@@laaaliiiluuu or too much sodium intake.
I’ve lost count how many times this has happened to my mum and a couple with myself and my mum had hers cut off, mine was done using washing up liquid. This is amazing thank you ☺️
God, having a finger cut off because of damn ring, that's tough...
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I think most of us like our rings to fit tightly so they don't normally come off but I have always found washing up liquid or similar works if I want one off. But the tip is useful to know if washing up liquid fails.
Wow! Learned something new!!! Great tip! Thank u!
This has been around for a LONG time.. nice to see it being taught to more people.
You really have to pass it to newer generations since new kids won't know.
No it isn't nice to see it taught to more people by her as she is making money due to people being thick
@@jennifermarlow. hard to find useful unless you search for it, most of the time the algo just shows trash media to keep you engaged for ads
Asking for a friend, does it work with other kinds of rings?
@Ti Jay People aren’t thick because they don’t know one singular fact. There are plenty of people twice as smart as you that don’t know this trick.
Great advice-showing. Its a rescue😅 thanks❤
This is useful for situations where you cannot use water and soap. In normal cases water and soap will be a very easy and practical option.
Yeah I was racking my brain to figure out why this video even exists considering, soap, Vaseline, hell even butter or spit exists, but I suppose if the swelling is more than typical that makes sense
The comment which i was searching😂👍🏻 soap and water will be my first choice
Olive oil is better.
Spit also would work if no water.
Flat-out brilliant. THANK YOU for posting. Simple, yet ingenious.
Many thanks! Great method!✌
It worked! Finally my finger is free! Thanks to you and the doctor
We started out with silk suture, three or four strands at a time. We started using "umbilical tape," which is wider. Now, the best material is the shoelace-like elastic band on a respiratory face mask. It is flat, elastic, threads under a ring like a shoelace, and seems to do the job the best in my experience.
Simple dental floss.
I used this trick on patients who had swelling instead of having their wedding rings cut off really does work and saves a lot of anxiety and pain😊
Pretty slick, thanks for sharing.
Clever and perfect advice and trick .
Thank you! When my father passed away 18 years ago, I watched the nurse remove his wedding ring this way, but I couldn’t remember how she had done it. At the time, I popped it on my baby finger and it hasn’t been off since. Now I can remove it and my grandfather’s ring from my sausage fingers. Hello from Vancouver, BC Canada.
Tips gathered from the comments for harder cases:
1. Prep: lift hand and massage fluids towards arm
3. Use a strip instead of thread, or a longer piece of thread
4. Start to wrap finger from the tip, loops as close together as possible
5. If still stuck, lubricate wrapped finger and try again
@SUBJECT M01 lol "doctors hate him for his industry breaking tips"
@SUBJECT M01 Can't get ring stuck if you got no fingers.
Just wet your hands and lather up some soap, it'll slide right off. No need for thread and winding and whatnot! Easiest solution by a Muslim Indian from a land where jewelry is adored. You're welcome.
@@Gulchih this will work where soap won't, but I sure hope you'll never go through that like I did. Cheers
@@e.l.2734 I never did, soap always works with no exceptions :) Take care
I just used a piece of plastic tape, rolled it up till it became a wire, and it worked without effort. Perfect and thanks for the idea!!
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Wow, a "how to" video that is actually something useful that anyone can do! Thanks!!!
Wow. I'm 53 and my hands swell often. I've had this problem many many times. What a simple fix! Thank you so very much!!!!