What happens if you accidentally get bleach on your skin?
Depends on how much and the concentration.Ordinary household bleach is sodium hypochlorite. The brand name product ‘Chlorox’ is nominally 6% sodium hypochlorite and is relatively benign unless you leave it on a large area of your skin for a while (what’s a ‘while?’ - minutes, in my opinion) or take a bath in the stuff (ugh - and expensive).Sodium hypochlorite breaks down in the presence of many organic compounds and releases free chlorine ions - these are what do the ‘dirty work’ and not something you want in/on your body in large quantities or for a long time.Newer formulations include a gelling agent and are thicker, making them stick to skin more easily.Healthy skin, despite its seeming thinness and tendency to damage from sharp objects is actually pretty tough. So, as suggested by Wei Shen, lots of water, some mild soap (no abrasives such as ‘Lava’) and a bit of lotion help but time and healthy, unbroken skin are best.Bleach in a cut/abrasion is not good - the deeper the cut or the larger the area of abraded skin will result in more choride ions absorbed into your system. Seek medical help if you spill bleach, especially the gel type, on an abrasion or deep cut.Personally, I hate the smell of the stuff and want to get it off my skin ASAP. Washing up and time do the job in most cases.As a last comment, DO NOT use full strength bleach in a spray bottle set to ‘mist’ - it will get into your lungs - not something you can wash. Many people dilute bleach and spray counters, kitchen cabinets, whatever, with the stuff. That’s a bad idea, in my opinion. You are better off with a rag/paper towel and some gloves. Use the stuff directly on surfaces and don’t rely on a spray to get it where it belongs.wb
What do you do when you accidentally cut yourself with a kitchen knife?
We’re going to assume that you have a minor cut. Regardless of the cut’s severity, the first thing you will always want to do is stop the bleeding. This can be done by applying pressure to the wound and holding it at about shoulder level, above your heart. I would use a clean paper towel for this job so you don’t get blood on everything.Once the bleeding stops, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water to remove any dirt and the blood from the wound and your hands. You want the area around the wound to be clean before you apply a bandage. Once your hands are clean and dry, spray the area around the wound with a topical antibiotic like Bactine or rubbing alcohol. This will kill any germs on and around the cut. Next apply an adhesive bandage. Keep the wound as dry as possible and change the bandage daily.If the wound is deep or you’ve cut a portion of your finger off, sometimes there’s a “flap” of skin hanging off, you will want to go to an emergency room. Once again, apply pressure to the wound with a clean towel and hold it above your heart. Hold it firmly to control the bleeding. If direct pressure fails to stop the bleeding you will have to have someone apply pressure to the brachial artery on your arm. The brachial artery is found on the inside of your arm between the bicep and tricep. You can apply pressure to the wound while someone else applies pressure to the artery as shown:If you are by yourself, tie something firmly around the wound, hold it above your heart and apply pressure to the pressure point with your off hand. Now get medical help. Most likely you will be getting stitches and the wound will be bandaged heavily.As a last resort a tourniquet can be applied to stop bleeding. A tourniquet must not be used unless no other method stops the bleeding and someone’s life is in danger. A tourniquet can lead to the loss of a limb if there is the flow of blood is cut off for a prolonged period of time.Once the wound has been dealt with, clean up the prep area. Throw away any food on your cutting board and anything contaminated with blood. Clean and sanitize your knife and board and get back to work.If the food you are cooking is for yourself only, then you can decide if you want to eat it with some of your blood and maybe a piece of skin mixed inside. It’s your food, your call. In a restaurant, that all goes into the trash.
Have you ever accidentally dried your face with a dirty towel?
Yes, I have. I used to be quite germaphobic when my daughter was an infant, only 8 years ago. My son was in pre-school, at the time, and I had trouble hugging him when he came home because of "all those kid germs" that he had picked up from the other children. I will never forget how that made me feel. It goes without saying that I would NEVER, ever, have touched a used towel or wash cloth - always had to have a clean one. The same goes for clothes. If it touched the floor, or -heaven forbid- the toilet, even if it was clean out of the closet, I would have to wash it again. Can you imagine my water and electricity bills? Now, (and just one example of how I've turned it around with the help of a very gifted therapist) I will use my almost 13 year old son's towel or washcloth in a pinch, and that is just amazing to me, knowing how obsessive I was. I can get dirty again without fear; I can landscape, shake someones hand, touch door handles, and I hug my son several times a day without making him shower and put on clean clothes first! 13 year old boys are quite stinky, and get ferociously dirty, naturally. I can only imagine him at 18! lol ((((Gonzo))))
Can you wash and dry socks, underwear, and towels together?
You sure can, but I recommend hang drying all of your underwear that you care stays fitted and in the shape you bought it in (and socks that you desire the same first-bought fit or any clothes for that matter. Works WONDERS on jeans and I never dry my good fitting pairs. Ever. ). If they fit really big or baggy then by all means, dry away but if you don’t need them to shrink a bit or if they are nice and perfect and new with a spot on fit, then never dry them. Problem with dryers is they degrade elastic so not only will the underwear shrink (which can be a good thing if you want this to happen) or the worst case scenario is you find out one day that your leg elastic is not so elastic anymore and if you are a guy then this can lead to “falling out” (if the destroyed pair is of the brief style) or also the waistband can degrade and get that wavy, beat up, old underwear kind of look and will sag down when you bend over resulting in an ever-so-classy and fashion forward look that in America we call “Plumbers crack,” and this should never, ever befall someone on accident. So beware the all-too-real risk of people at your work or your friends asking you timeless and amazingly innovative and of such superior intellect that your mind is thoroughly blown questions like: “what’s crackin’?” or “did someone call a plumber?” to which at that point you may as well reply yes because every now knows YOU DRIED YOUR UNDERWEAR IN A BLAZING HOT INFERNO OF A CLOTHES DRYER! OK, maybe not that serious of an incident will happen if your undies are dryer fried, but try it out with your next new pair and you’ll be amazed at how they stay perfect for an incredibly long time; as compared to before when that smell of sizzling elastic was the scent of laundry being mutilated, I mean the scent of getting your laundry done, but also the scent of your money burning away due to some necessary undie purchases in the not too distant future….
Can we wash our face after bleaching?
Bleaching is not good for your skin until you don’t use natural or any Ayurveda productThey always recommend us after bleaching don’t use any chemical product to wash face. Wash face with clean water even if you think your skins looks dull and dirty. Sometime it depends on natural product how long face will glow and how long we have to wash face with water. After bleaching, leave the skin for 12 hours for breathing and do nothing on it.
A wash cloth was sucked down are bathtub drain. Besides spending tons of money, whats an easy way to get it?
Have you tried making a coat hangar hook? You might be able to push the coat hangar to the wash cloth and snag it. But I'm wondering--how did a bulky wash cloth go down your drain? Doesn't your tub drain have a couple crossbars that a washcloth could not get past?
If your brother uses a towel after a shower, and you use the same towel, what's the probability that I will put my face where his crotch was?
Originally asked: If your brother uses a towel after a shower, and you use the same towel, what's the probability that I will put my face where his crotch was?Let me see if I understand your question - if my brother and I use the same towel after we shower, what's the probability you'll come along and rub the part of the towel my brother used to dry his nuts all over your face?Gees, I don't know. I didn't even know you knew where me and my brother live.If you meant to ask about using your brother's towel, I'd say it's fairly likely, less so the larger the towel. I'm surprised you're more concerned about his crotch than you are his ass crack. Odds are he scrubbed his junk alot more than he did his butt hole.But regardless, you're sharing his towel, sitting on the same toilet, putting your hands where his hands have been, sitting on the same couch, etc. You've already got his cooties, buddy boy. Don't sweat it too much. Be glad he showers.
How do you (safely) get engine grease off your face?
Wipe off any excess amount of dirt and grease with a paper towel if you’re really covered in the stuff; it’ll ruin any clothes or towels it gets on.Soap will emulsify and wash away the grease/oil, but normal soap isn’t very effective and will take a lot of repeated washing to get it all off. There are some other easily available specialist products for removing heavy grease and dirt, personally I’ve always used Swarfega. Apply it to your skin before you get it wet, for best effect. You can also use a soft nail brush to work it in, if the dirt is really engrained into your skin.Failing that, there are so “around the house” items that you can use. WD40 will dissolve grease and oil very effectively, but it’s not great for your skin. It will also leave a light oily residue, so don’t get it on your clothes. After using the WD40 to get the heavy dirt off, you can use normal soap to wash the WD40 off.Washing up liquid works really good too, although not as good as specialist products. You may need to wash twice.Oils are great at dissolving other oils/greases/waxes. So in a pinch, you can actually use cooking oil to dissolve really tough engrained grease, and then wash off the resulting dirty mess with washing up liquid.Solvents will remove oil and grease very well, but will dry out your skin, and not all are safe. Don’t breathe the fumes either! I’ve used brake cleaner on my skin before, and I know others that have too, but I couldn’t in good conscience recommend it!