Post by J.T.N on Jul 21, 2008 13:43:50 GMT -5
Years back when the Nintendo rage began my then pre teen son was crazy about the game "Mario & Luigi". When Halloween rolled around he suggested we both dress up as the characters. He as the little guy Mario. Me as the taller one, Luigi. So I purchased black frizzy wigs and stick on handle bar mustaches and we wore old jeans and plaid shirts. We were quite a sight.
It was a particularly warm October 31 and half way through his trick or treating evening my mustache kept falling off due to my perspiring. Then I wore acrylic nails and I always kept a small tube of super glue for emergency repairs. Naturally I saw no harm in applying one small dot of glue to the mustache to keep it positioned. It held perfectly!
Later that evening when I attempted to remove the handle bar mustache I realized it would not budge. The glue had spread very thinly and had cemented the mustache clear up to the underside of my tip of my nose down to the edge of my upper lip! I decided to trim the ends as tightly as I could (ala' Hitler) and tried using acetone nail polish remover to soak it off. All the acetone did was burn my nostrils, inflame my upper lip and stiffen the melted frizz. To compound matters my nose and lip were swollen, raw and screaming from the toxic mixture of pulling and soaking. It was apparent I would need professional assistance to remove this.
Bright and early the next morning I called a local Medical Center dermatology department, explained my dilemma and asked what to do. When the receptionist finally caught her breath from laughing she instructed me to come into the offices. Because I had no appointment they would squeeze me in but I would have to wait. So wait I did amongst the stares and pokes. When I was ushered into the treatment room I was greeted by an assembly of staff who were delighted by my predicament and none too shy to tell me how foolish I looked and how foolish I was to have used super glue on my skin - especially a tender part under the nose. [Like I needed to hear any of this]. The doctor, however was not so amused. He took one look at me and casually reached over and ripped the remnants off my upper lip. I was left with a 1 x 3 inch raw and bloody patch.
For that I paid $150. but the kid had a great Halloween.
It was a particularly warm October 31 and half way through his trick or treating evening my mustache kept falling off due to my perspiring. Then I wore acrylic nails and I always kept a small tube of super glue for emergency repairs. Naturally I saw no harm in applying one small dot of glue to the mustache to keep it positioned. It held perfectly!
Later that evening when I attempted to remove the handle bar mustache I realized it would not budge. The glue had spread very thinly and had cemented the mustache clear up to the underside of my tip of my nose down to the edge of my upper lip! I decided to trim the ends as tightly as I could (ala' Hitler) and tried using acetone nail polish remover to soak it off. All the acetone did was burn my nostrils, inflame my upper lip and stiffen the melted frizz. To compound matters my nose and lip were swollen, raw and screaming from the toxic mixture of pulling and soaking. It was apparent I would need professional assistance to remove this.
Bright and early the next morning I called a local Medical Center dermatology department, explained my dilemma and asked what to do. When the receptionist finally caught her breath from laughing she instructed me to come into the offices. Because I had no appointment they would squeeze me in but I would have to wait. So wait I did amongst the stares and pokes. When I was ushered into the treatment room I was greeted by an assembly of staff who were delighted by my predicament and none too shy to tell me how foolish I looked and how foolish I was to have used super glue on my skin - especially a tender part under the nose. [Like I needed to hear any of this]. The doctor, however was not so amused. He took one look at me and casually reached over and ripped the remnants off my upper lip. I was left with a 1 x 3 inch raw and bloody patch.
For that I paid $150. but the kid had a great Halloween.