Gum in hair?

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

Lemon Essential oil :blink:

*hides*

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Thanks again, guys.

My hands are goopy now, and wore gloves and I washed them twice.

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Lemon Essential oil :blink:

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*raises my eyebrow at you*

Hmmm?

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

hope it comes out without an extreme haircut :(

off the record, i've been known to keep a clandestine jar of peanutty goodness in my desk.

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.
*raises my eyebrow at you*

Hmmm?

Seriously. Gum out of hair, stains out of clothes and sticker residue off just about anything.

Sadly, won't cure cancer :sarcastic:

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*raises my eyebrow at you*

Hmmm?

It is just the oil part . . . like olive oil, mineral oil, Crisco, and yes, the oil in PB.

We are not a peanut-free campus. That's bogus. :sarcastic:

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
Lemon Essential oil :blink:

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Eye of Newt

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Growing up with a pseudo-hippie mom, I actually know a couple of home remedies that work. (Mean, evil daughter. Sorry, Mama! LOL!)

You either want to get the gum to harden so you can chip out the big pieces, or get it soft enough to release the hair.

You can use ice to harden it and chip away the big pieces. Turpentine, vegetable oil, and peanut butter work to soften up the gum and help it release from the hair. Once you get most of the gum off, alcohol or ammonia/Windex helps get the residue off the hair. That Goo B Gone (?) stuff works really well, too.

If the parent has no patience, then a hair cut is the best way to go.

Obviously, this is for future reference, since I am late to the game (as usual).

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Eye of Newt

"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,

Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."

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hope it comes out without an extreme haircut :(

off the record, i've been known to keep a clandestine jar of peanutty goodness in my desk.

Born to be wild...:singing:

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,

Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--

For a charm of powerful trouble,

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."

Yea, that...that would work.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.
Born to be wild...:singing:

you know me - rule breaker!!!

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