How do you take staples out?

[Zebo]

I got about 10 staples in my knee from a cut a few days ago. I usually would stitch myself up and pull them out but I ran out and no medical supply place had quantities less than 1000. So I went to my Dr who put staples in. Anyway do you just cut them in half and pull from either side?

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Use a staple remover. Duh!

 

[Eli]

A "cut" that needed ten staples? lol.

 

[CZroe]

Use a staple remover. Duh!

"Staple Muncher"

 

[Zebo]

I guess I could go back in, wait an hour, probably another charge but I was hoping it was a DIY job with a pair of wire cutters or something than waste time. Stitches are ez pz, just cut one end and pull it out.

 

[destrekor]

stitch yourself ha!

I want a video of the next time you do this procedure.

Because "normally" also implies this is frequent. So... how soon can I expect this video?
And I'm not being sarcastic, unless I am.... ? Seeing badassery in real life is awe-inspiring.

 

[Zebo]

Good idea. Shouldn't be long I'm pretty accident prone. This time I cut my knee open with my concrete saw. Gas powered 16" blade cuts flesh like butter.

 

[Eli]

Good idea. Shouldn't be long I'm pretty accident prone. This time I cut my knee open with my concrete saw. Gas powered 16" blade cuts flesh like butter.

WTF?

What the hell were you doing? lol

 

[Jaskalas]

WTF?

What the hell were you doing? lol

See his avatar. He's on the road, yo.

 

[Pardus]

I got about 10 staples in my knee from a cut a few days ago. I usually would stitch myself up and pull them out but I ran out and no medical supply place had quantities less than 1000. So I went to my Dr who put staples in. Anyway do you just cut them in half and pull from either side?

Last time i got staples in my leg, they dissolved over time. Didn't have to do anything.

 

[Zebo]

Stainless steel will not dissolve.

 

[BoomerD]

Last time i got staples in my leg, they dissolved over time. Didn't have to do anything.

Are you sure that wasn't stitches?

When I had my knee surgery, the nurse used a "staple remover" to pull the staples.

 

[qliveur]

They actually do have a special removal tool for those.

Sniped by Boomer.

 

[BoomerD]

http://www.mountainside-medical.com/products/Staple-Removal-Kits,-Sterile.html

 

[Zebo]

Pic helps. thx. Looks like you'd cut it in half and pull from either side. Don't need a special tool I got snips and a torch to make sterile.

 

[Soccerman06]

You need to invest is some superglue and tape and be a real man.

 

[Zebo]

Superglue doesn't hold for shit the kind of cuts you need more than a bandaid for. Like deeper than 1/4". Especially in area that has lots of flex like knees and elbows. Ask me how I know.

 

[BoomerD]

Pic helps. thx. Looks like you'd cut it in half and pull from either side. Don't need a special tool I got snips and a torch to make sterile.

Nope...it doesn't cut the staple, it bends it in the center. That pulls the ends out of the skin.

But, go ahead and cut them in the center and pull them. It ought to work...right?()

Superglue doesn't hold for shit the kind of cuts you need more than a bandaid for. Like deeper than 1/4". Especially in area that has lots of flex like knees and elbows. Ask me how I know.

The gel-type of super glue usually holds better...and works well even if the surfaces are wet.

 

[Zebo]

Damn. Figures. I guess I have nothing better to do than hang out at doctors office for half a day on Monday.

 

[BoomerD]

Damn. Figures. I guess I have nothing better to do than hang out at doctors office for half a day on Monday.

You should be able to pick up a staple puller at a drug store if you really don't want to wait.

 

[Zebo]

You should be able to pick up a staple puller at a drug store if you really don't want to wait.

Thx. Not a matter of waiting just don't like drs offices period. The smells and I'm a really impatient patient. Unless I'm incapacitated I try and avoid those places.

 

[Zebo]

BTW I'm building a water feature on the pool and grotto, that's how I got hurt. Cutting those boulders. Each one weighs between 300-1000lbs. Lots of cutting too.



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[alkemyst]

Use a staple remover. Duh!

no..yes op, clip them and just pull them out.

 

[lxskllr]

Damn. Figures. I guess I have nothing better to do than hang out at doctors office for half a day on Monday.

I think you could do it yourself. I'm guessing they're like a not fully closed paper staple. If you clipped it in the middle, you could remove each half by kind of rotating it out. Grab it with pliers perpendicular to the staple, and twist, while lightly pulling. Kind of like you would a hognose staple that's caught up in some material.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

no..yes op, clip them and just pull them out.

Actually, I was right. By chance, yes, but I was right.