Extreme measures

19th August 2007
Sunday
Extreme Measures

If you are wondering what the title means, it refers to my way of dealing with oral ulcers. It is a simple process comprising of only 4 steps.

First, identify the troublesome spot. This should be relatively easy as ulcers are usually quite prominent. Look out for the white or yellowish spot in your lips. It should hurt badly when your tongue brushes against it or when you prod it with a clean finger.

Secondly, take a large amount of salt and press it into the ulcer. This will seriously hurt. Trust me, tested and proven. After the initial burning sensation, the pain will gradually subside and when that happens, spit out whatever is in your mouth. You will notice that you will salivate when you first dab the salt in. This is normal. If there is blood in your spit, stop dabbing salt. If there is no blood yet, repeat step two again until blood is present.

(Okay. Maybe making it bleed is too extreme. But put salt until the white layer covering the ulcer is gone.)

After all that action, rinse your mouth and dry your tears. I guarantee you there will be tears. If you can go through step two without tearing, kudos to you!

Grab some watermelon frost, apply it on your open ulcer. Surprisingly, watermelon frost really works well! Just leave the powdery stuff on the ulcer and reapply regularly. The ulcer should be gone within a couple of days.

Words of caution : This method is only a suggestion. It is how I deal with ulcers. But I might change my methods soon, due to the fact that dabbing directly with salt might leave scars.