TIFU by cutting myself, on my labia minora.

Submitted by flyingmops t3_yx7kpa in tifu

It happened sometimes last week, I accidently cut myself while wiping. No biggie, it happens and it usually heals up just fine. This time was different!

Unfortunately I got really ill with a bad cold/virus, a few days later, which made me bed bound for the whole weekend, I took all sorts of OTC medicin to combat the nasty as best I could. Ofcourse, that also meant I wasn't showering.

When I finally did, I could definitely feel soreness coming somewhere down there, near my urethra. I rinsed, and tried my best not to think about it.

But yesterday I could hardly walk, it hurt when I peed. And it hurt when I was sitting down, so I decided to go have a look, by sitting on a mirror. Unfortunately we don't have one, so after a few fails at taking pictures on my phone, I had to ask my husband to have a look. He said it looked like an infected crater.

I showered, while thoroughly cleaning the area, with a pain so immense, I almost fainted. From what I gathered from the grainy pictures I managed to take, it looked like the area was white on a red surface.

So today I trotted off to the doctors, feeling very embarrassed from not only infecting a little cut like that, but also making such a cut to begin with!

I'm back home now, have showered again, with another assault of immense pain. Only to have yet another shock, when the antibiotics was applied.

I'm on the couch, seriously considering of just going to bed, to forget all about this throbbing pain! I'm convinced everytime I wee, I'm reopening that tiny cut!

TL;DR: cut myself on my inner labia, near the urethra. Then it got infected from not showering. Followed by Immense pain when weeing, showering and applying the antibiotic cream. Do not cut yourself! Even accidently.

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TuckerCarlsonsOhface t1_iwnf4zk wrote

It seems like the lesson is not “don’t cut yourself” (especially since it’s impossible to stop accidents from happening), but “don’t let a wound go uncleaned”, since that’s actually within your power.

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harleyspoison267 t1_iwnx30e wrote

Honestly though the lesson kind of is both things if you're a woman. There's just too many folds down there to completely remove all the hair yourself with a regular razor and no mirror or assistance. I really recommend either using more of like a beard trimmer (they also make bikini trimmers for this) which will make it much harder to severely injure yourself or just waxing if smoothness is necessary for your personal style/hygiene needs. It's really dangerous to cut your labia as you've learned OP. I hope you feel better soon. Between UTIs and different sore type things i can imagine how you must feel and it does hurt literally every time you pee. I'm so sorry. 💜

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[deleted] t1_iwo087h wrote

She said she cut it while wiping.

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harleyspoison267 t1_iwo0z8p wrote

Oh thanks yeah that's right in the beginning. Though I am completely confused as to how the hell that happens I'm reassured that it's a lot less likely that it will happen again. Scary shit.

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lunalily22 t1_iwnypi8 wrote

Are your nails really long or sharp? I have never cut myself wiping. I’m not saying it’s impossible but it sounds like it’s a regular occurrence for you, and I don’t really understand how it could be lol.

Regardless, I’m so sorry and I hope you get better soon 💕

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flyingmops OP t1_iwozq9w wrote

Haha no it's not a regular occurrence, but it has happened before. My nails are never long, but my hands are dry. I don't know how it happened. Other than when I told the doctor it was the paper cutting me, he said it had to be a nail... my nails hardly extend the skin on my fingers.

Perhaps you have cut yourself, but never noticed, as it never caused you any pains.

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lunalily22 t1_iwp99b1 wrote

Interesting! I guess I’ll never know, I just hope it doesn’t happen in the future! Lol

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YoggyYog t1_iwped8b wrote

I don’t know about you, but I’ve started setting toilet paper when I use it, as it lessens the friction when wiping, because I’ve noticed a few tiny spots of blood in the past I’d rather not have 😂

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shannonlovesauce t1_iwo74lv wrote

I've cut myself wiping, that shit HURTS. Idk how it happens, but you know when it does. I usually somehow manage to cut right on my taint basically leaving me with an assgina for a few days

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PM-me-fancy-beer t1_iwomi0n wrote

Wait... Are you wiping with toilet paper? Or regular paper while your using the toilet? Subtle but noticeable difference

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shannonlovesauce t1_iwrstgk wrote

Regular toilet paper man!! For some reason I think it might NOT be the TP and it might be that my panties are too tight and it pinches my junk to the point where it cuts it.. does that makes sense? LOL

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Difficult-Camp4854 t1_iwpguvs wrote

I don’t have a vagina but I’ve cut the ol’ santas sack with a razor and it was not fun

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PsychologicalFan9269 t1_iwpofnm wrote

how does this even happen, im sorry

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flyingmops OP t1_iwpozq1 wrote

I don't know. The more I'm reading the comments, the less I believe it happened when wiping. Perhaps that's when I first noticed the soreness, but the cut actually happened during sex.

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