Rich_2k3 Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Yep its me again, the same guy who broke his nose! Anyway I now have two black eyes, which isnt very good cuz valentines is a week away, and i'd prefer not to look like Gengas Khan! So is there anything that you can do to at least get them to go down quicker. Now i'm a bit of a sceptist when it comes to cucumbers and creams but the simple question is do they work and what are the best methods? I know its a strange question and if it were any other week i'd just deal with it, so any answers? "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
equaninimus Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 The sort of women who hang around the docks, the ones with teeth missing and heroin scars, would probably dig a suave, bruised guy like you! There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!
krunchyfrogg Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 A bruise is pooled blood underneath the skin. If you massage the area, you'll spread the blood around, and the marks should go away faster than they would if you just left them there. I don't know how much better you'll look in a week, and the massaging might hurt, so good luck! "A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives."-- Jackie Robinson"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."-- Edmund Burke
Rich_2k3 Posted February 8, 2004 Author Posted February 8, 2004 How about the old cucumber on eyes method, does that work? "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
Rich67 Posted February 8, 2004 Posted February 8, 2004 LOL... I could just see you lying there with a mud mask and cucumbers on your eyes. Crunchy is right, try massaging it in, and use cold compresses also. Get a ziploc baggie, fill it with rubbing alcohol and water (50/50) then freeze it. The alcohol will prevent it from icing over, and you'll have a nice, cold, pliable bag of ice-cold therapy. You're pretty much into the late stages of bruising now, so there's not much you can do to get rid of the coloration. You have to do this immediately after you receive the potential eye-blackening blow. Once the blood settles in those areas, it's hard to work the bruising out. Mixed Martial Artist
delta1 Posted February 8, 2004 Posted February 8, 2004 How did you get injured? 'Racoons eyes' is one sign of a basilar skull fracture, so if you've had any major trauma I'd see a doctor. But, I had a friend who got hit in a fight so hard he got two black eyes, and he did not have a basilar skull fracture. He was a lot uglier for a while. If it is just a bruise, then deep, hard massage is the only thing I know to help move the discoloration out quicker. But, by Valentines day...? Try the cucumbers, then at least if your girlfriend gets hungry ... Freedom isn't free!
SaiFightsMS Posted February 9, 2004 Posted February 9, 2004 You know I am surprised this doesn't come up more often. And also by the lack of information I found when I attemted to do a search on the topic.
Rich_2k3 Posted February 10, 2004 Author Posted February 10, 2004 Its like curing the comman cold... anyway, delta1, there not raccoon eyes as such, its only below the eye and is along the same line where u get bags under ur eyes if u dont sleep, except alot darker of course! When u break ur nose, u get 2 black eyes, i'm probably guessing ur friend broke his nose and may not have known it. By the way guys does massaging actually work? or is it just a myth, like cucumbers! "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
Rich_2k3 Posted February 10, 2004 Author Posted February 10, 2004 Found this, eye therapy, what u think? http://www.acuhealthcare.com/massagerfaq.htm "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
Natural Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 I thnik its safe to do give it ago, but leaving it alone is good too. A karate punch it is like a dasvasted stick blow. Instead, a blow of Kung Was is comparable to a lash with a chain that has attacked, allaltra extremity one ball of ferro
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