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What does frostbite look like

Whenever you're exposed to the cold for a long time, you can get frostbite. I am going to put this into a little bit of a story, so go ahead and read up.

Imagine, you're out in the mountains. Freezing cold. You're climbing and having lots of fun with your friends. Suddenly, I don't know why, you lose your shoes and step on the snow with bare feet (I know it's crazy, but it's just an example). If you keep walking on the snow for too long, you'll get frostbite on your feet.

So, frostbite will affect an area on your body that has direct contact with really cold temperature. Your soft tissues will actually freeze and that's how your frostbite is created.

So, let's talk about what it looks like.

The area with a frostbite will get really dark. In fact some people even say that the area actually gets black, but in fact it's either really dark blue or purple. The skin around that area will swell a little, but there will be no blisters.

You won't see any bumps or anything, just a black area on your skin.

Now, I have to say that frostbite hurts like mad. Imagine a whole bunch of knives being stick into your skin and you'll get an idea. After some time, your skin will actually die and you won't be able to feel anything at all.

How do you treat frostbite?

When you got frostbite, you should know what to do with it to be able to get rid of it as soon as you possibly can.

1. The first thing you got to do is get some pain killers. The reason for that is that when your skin gets rewarmed, it will hurt like crazy, so just trust me on this one.

2. Then, after you take your drugs, go ahead and heat up some water. Be sure it's not too hot 104F is just fine.

3. Immerse the frostbitten area into that water and keep it in there for a short while.

4. Get some more water that's about 104F. If it gets lower than that, you need to replace the water again. Go ahead and repeat the process a few times (until you notice that the skin is again of normal color).

5. When you're done soaking it, put the frostbitten area into the water with some mild antibacterial substance to avoid infections.

6. Put aloe vera onto the area and make sure that the area does not freeze again.

Frost bites are pretty nasty to look at and extremely painful. That's why you have to be extremely careful to avoid it. If you happen to have it, though, then the tips I shared with you above will help you to identify it as well as treat it.

what do skin tags look like

I am sure you've seen skin tags before. They are those little soft moles that grow on your neck, armpits, eye lids and your groin. They are very popular and a lot of older people have them.

When they start growing, they look really tiny and almost impossible to notice. All you'll see is a tiny dot the size of a pin head. Then, over a long time, they start growing and form little pimples. Although they usually stop there, there have been cases of skin tags growing to a size of a lemon or even an orange.

Fortunately, most of the time, they are perfectly harmless, which means that if you're able to live with them, you'll most likely be just fine. The thing is that it's pretty annoying to have them especially if they are located in places where you can easily see them, like on your neck for instance.

Those little stinkers do have a tendency to grow in groups as well. Sometimes you'll have just one in a particular area, other time you'll see a whole group of them, which makes them, of course even more noticeable.

So, what should you do when you find one?

Well, obviously, you should see a doctor so that you're properly diagnosed. I mean, something may look like a mole, but in fact really have nothing to do with one. If you're not careful, there is a chance you'll mistake a skin tag with cancer. I am sure you don't want to run that risk, do you?

Once you're positive that what is growing on your skin is a skin tag, you can look around for some natural methods to remove it, if you want to.

There are a few things you can do to get rid of them and I would like to tell you about them.

1. Tea tree oil.

Obviously. If you've read about warts, growths and other funny stuff like that, you probably already know that you can apply so tea tree oil to those things ind they'll go away.

2. Cutting it off.

This one is a bit more dangerous than all the other methods because of sanitary issues. You don't want to get yourself in trouble because of an infection you've developed as a result of cutting off a skin tag, I am sure. Just be careful as you do this and sterilize your "instruments".

3. Castrol and baking soda.

The last thing you can try is taking some castrol and mixing it with baking soda until you get a pasty mixture. Then take that and apply it to your skin tags. Easy stuff.

Skin tags are not necessarily dangerous but they are annoying. If you remove them, you'll probably feel a bit better about yourself, so go ahead and do. Just be careful.

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