Rings - favorite jewelry of women, regardless of marital status or status. Many are accustomed to wearing rings constantly, but sometimes occur a situation where the ring must be removed. Sometimes it is not easy, and futile attempts only lead to the fact that the finger on which the wearing ring swells. How to remove a ring from swollen finger?

Without fanaticism

Rings are among the ornaments, many of which are permanent, not even taking off for the night. First of all it refers, of course, to the wedding rings that are worn once for many years (and sometimes for life). If it becomes necessary to remove the ring after a long socks, this can cause problems. However, sometimes there may be difficulties with the removal of the ring, which is not worn all the time - for example, in the case of finger injury.

Why is it sometimes difficult to ring off? The reasons may be different. Most often it is caused by swelling in the heat or because of pregnancy. The reason may be the features of the physical body: those who added extra weight can be difficult to remove the ring, put back in the days when the fingers were much thinner. In the second case, it would be best to give up wearing tight jewelry or replace it with a more extensive.

If you remove the ring on the first attempt failed, and there was a tumor on the finger, it is better to stop in time, so as not to injure the finger even more. The tumor on the finger makes the process very painful.

The best ways to remove the ring

Humanity has a long history of its development, it has come up with many ways as painlessly get rid of the rings on his fingers. These methods are widely used in everyday life:

• The most common and fastest way - moistening your finger with water or simply own saliva. Of course, when this finger must be clean. If this method is not enough effective, it is necessary to use stronger methods;
• Sharp movements provoke swelling of a finger. It is better to try to remove the ring slowly, gently turning it clockwise or counterclockwise, slowly advancing towards the decoration of fingertip;
• If the cause of edema finger became hot, then come to the aid of the old "grandma" method - to hold his hand for a time in cold water, and then raise the hand up for several minutes. This will help remove the swelling and is easy to remove jewelery. However, it should be appreciated that the metal at lower temperatures tend to shrink. Therefore it is better to apply ice to the finger, while being careful not to cool the ring itself;
• One of the most common ways to remove the ring - finger to smear something slippery, such as oil, medicinal ointment, vaseline, fat cream, body lotion or soap, shaving gel, shampoo. The finger stuck in the ring, heavily lathering or lubricating oil (cream, ointment, lotion). Second hand wrapped in a piece of cloth, twist the ring should be slowly and gradually shifting it in the right direction. Fabric is necessary in order to get your fingers jumped from decorations;
• Sometimes the finger is swollen due to injury, such as injury. In such a situation will compress leaves of cabbage or potato. Imposing a compress, you need to wrap the finger and leave for the night: in the morning, when the tumor is to be held, the ring comes off effortlessly;
• In the case of long-term wear rings jewelery literally adheres to the finger. To remove it, you can use the long silk (in the extreme case, a thin polyester) thread. Using needles to stretch the thread under the ring. The short end of the thread is on the outside and a long tightly wound around his finger to the tip. Now we need to pull the short end of the thread. Unwinding, the thread will move to the tip of the ring finger;
• If the ring is to be removed is not very urgent, help a diet low in salt. Within a couple of days on this diet, edema (including edema of the hands) will fall, and will be easy to remove the ring;
• Baths with salt or baking soda are effective for quick relief of edema;
• You can try to use drugs, such as ointments from insect bites or anti-inflammatory ointment, relieves swelling;
• Sometimes it makes the combination of several methods. For example, you can make the tub with salt, and then spread with butter and finger wrap silk thread, or cool skin, then smear it with oil.

Expert help

If all attempts to remove the ring were in vain, and the finger was swollen, sore and does not bend, it is important to remain calm. It would be best to go to a jeweler, who cut the ring in half. Between the finger and the ring is laid foil or other insulating material, to keep the entire finger. The ring at the same sawing, of course, be affected.

If the ornament is a pity, it would be best to go to the emergency station. There doctors will examine the injured and try to remove the ring. If simple methods do not help, doctors use special techniques, such as anti-inflammatory injection in his finger, the imposition tourniquet on the arm and the other problematic.

The ring will cut into parts, it is unlikely to be subject to recovery, but your finger will remain intact. Baths and drugs after this intervention will help to remove the bruising and swelling on his finger.

Strongly recommended to saw your own ring saws or any power tool. So you can get hurt, if not to remain without a finger. It is best to consult a specialist, who will save the finger, and - if possible - to keep jewelery.

Maria Bykov

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