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| Blisters - to pop or not to pop? (Read 553 times) |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 1:10 PM |
| Hi, I did a half marathon on Sunday and got a half-dollar size blister on my heel. I doesn't hurt too badly but it fills up with fluid every time I run. It's really annoying. Will it be worse if I pop it? TIA!! |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 1:18 PM |
You will probably get several opinions on this. But I wouldn't pop the blister unless I thought it was going to pop anyway. If you've been running this week and it hasn't popped, I would leave it. You can apply a wet black teabag to it and that will help to dry it out (this sounds strange I know).
Once you pop a blister it becomes a wound. Wounds s*ck. Blisters are annoying. On the other hand if it's going to pop on its own, it will be a messy wound, which is worse. Your call. |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 1:29 PM |
If it's been a few days since you first got it, I say pop it. Just leave the old skin on it to give the new stuff some additional time to toughen up.
I recently acquired a blister on the ball of each foot from playing soccer and I didn't pop them right away. I kept running on them, and the result was that they actually grew in diameter b/c I was forcing the liquid to the edge of the blister w/each foot strike. This was more than irritating, it was a bit painful. One popped on its own, and I popped the other one intentionally. The very next run, all was well. Sure, it makes for some ugly feet, but then again, they're pretty beat up anyway so what's the diff?
It's a pretty common problem, and has been bandied about here recently (I'm too lazy to look it up) but from my recollection I don't think you can really do much damage either way. It's more of a personal preference as to what's more tolerable to you.
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 1:32 PM |
Quote from Trent on 4/11/2008 at 1:27 PM:
I figured you'd get in on this one w/the nifty search function! I just type too slow. |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 2:50 PM |
| Pop it like it's hot |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 5:16 PM |
| Thanks for the advice. I guess I'll leave it alone for now. It's just a pain in the a$$. |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 5:30 PM |
| Pop it. |
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| view log WOOT! |
posted: 4/11/2008 at 6:03 PM |
Look Scoots, I just had to cauterize a needle and drill through my big toenail to pop a stupendous blood bister. Ten days before a marathon.
For the love of God, pop it. |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 6:22 PM |
| If you decide to pop it, leave the old skin and then put some A&D on it for protection of the new skin underneath. |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 7:43 PM |
Pop goes the blister!
New skin (or crazy glue) helps in case things get bad. |
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2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 7:47 PM |
| Quote from CarmelRunner on 4/11/2008 at 7:43 PM: Pop goes the blister!
New skin (or crazy glue) helps in case things get bad.
Krazy Glue is a client of mine. I'll have to be sure to let them know that runners use this stuff for this. |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 8:01 PM |
| Quote from TanyaS on 4/11/2008 at 6:03 PM: Look Scoots, I just had to cauterize a needle and drill through my big toenail to pop a stupendous blood bister. Ten days before a marathon.
For the love of God, pop it.
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 9:13 PM |
| I'd pop it. With a sterilized needle, preferably, but you can just wipe a regular needle with alcohol swabs. Then just drain the liquid with kleenex and keep it dry. |
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