The good thing is that the nose heals faster than most other places because you have a lot of capillaries there. I made a similar mistake once, except mine involved an electric sander.
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My nose is very red. I have a blister on my neck and arm but that's because I took immediate steps to rinse and cool my face and made them a secondary worry. I made my handsome mug my top priority. How'd you make that mistake with the sander?
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From the comments I assume you got a face full of very hot water. I'm glad you're mostly okay even though that might depend on how large the blisters are.
"a face full of very hot water".
Now that would make an interesting first line in a story, especially first person.
quote:How'd you make that mistake with the sander?
Apparently, there are two types of circular sanders. Those that attach the round sandpaper with velcro and those that do so with an adhesive. I had purchased the adhesive kind by mistake. Instead of going all the way back to the store and exchanging it for the correct type, in my haste, I decided to try using the adhesive sandpaper with my velcro-oriented sander. It was working fine until the round piece of sandpaper was lauched toward my face like a midieval projectile. Fortunately, I was sanding something in a vertical position. The flying sandpaper cut my nose perfectly in half - right down the center. Since there is a bone that travels halfway down the nose, it bounced off and did not cut very deep, except for the very end near the nostrils.
It was a Sunday, and I was able to stop the bleeding, so I waited until the next day to visit the doctor. He cleaned it up some and told me it was too late for stitches - it had already closed. That was when I learned that the nose heals faster than almost any other body part due to the number of capilaries there. I ended up with a barely visible scar and added wisdom concerning the use of power tools.
I wish you luck with your nose as well and for the wisdom that comes with it.
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Went to the burn unit for a follow up. They describe most of my burns as superficial. like a bad sunburn. A spot on my forearm (where a blister burst) and my nose are the worse at the moment. My nose looks like a badger was chewing on it but it doesn't hurt at all. They gave me some very good anti-biotic ointment to keep on it and said in three weeks it should look as good as new.
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