Any idea's to relieve facial swelling?

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Can you please help me?

Story goes on Monday night I headed out with a few friends to celebrate my 21st birthday. After a few solid hours of drinking raspberry vodka's I was getting out of the car at home when my shoe snapped, I lost my balance and headbutted the ground. My friends cleaned me up, put an icepack on my head, stopped the bleeding and wacked me into bed. I visited my local GP asap Tuesday and ended up staying in hospital overnight for a CT scan of my head, an IV and monitoring.

To cut a long story short my head should be fine (thanks), but i have ended up with a very badly grazed left forhead with a large haematoma. My eyes are soo badly swollen that i can barely open them and my face very closely resembles a boxer's after losing a long fight.

:eek:

My question to you is: Do you know of any remedies that i can try which may help alleviate the swelling. (preferably by Sunday please as i have a party to attend)

Please bare in mind I am in Australia so may not recognise some brand names.

Thank you in advance

Rachel @}-->--------------

'Tis true!! I promise!!:roll :roll :roll

Specializes in Med/Surg/Ortho/HH/Radiology-Now Retired.

TOOKIE...

Happy birthday to your "other half"! Hope your celebration goes off well.

MUST ask.... just HOW OLD were you in that pic on your avatar??!!! LOL You look like a 12 year old!! LOL BUT... VERY pretty too!

Hope the fires aren't causing you too much grief up your way. Seems the whole of Aust is alight! :-(

Cheers,

Grace

Rachy,Try some witch hazel used to use it post ops for face lifts and bleps works well at reducing swelling around eyes

Thank you Aussienurse2, Grace and MHN for posting.

I am trying EVERYTHING that is being suggested!

Hope everyone had a great Australia Day!!!

Love Rachel @}-->-----

Racheal - how did the day (and your face go) was thinking of you

Grace the photo was taken about 1973 - I was about 23 then - I can play the piano - but not at all well.

Ohh thanks for asking Tookie.

I arrived at the engagement party in a brand new dress and had just had some more foils put in my hair. My hair is very long and has a sweeping fringe (if you have noticed it is the latest fashion with many girls) so I tried to position that to cover up the nasty graze on my forehead. A big THANK YOU to the suggestions given here to reduce swelling, as it is MUCH better and nearly gone. ( Probably only my closest friends and myself can notice the difference) I still had the black eyes which were starting to turn yellowish, but with the magic of make-up they were less obvious.

Word spreads pretty fast about accidents so most people i know did know about my face. People said they thought i had recovered very well, and i gave all the credit to the awesome nurses who gave me idea's from here.

The party was a lot of fun and went for hours and at 3 am i had to go home as i had Big Day Out on Monday.

I choose not to drink any alcohol and wore a pair of flat shoes!! hahhaha. I also wore my Australian shaped badge of our flag and put my big flag up in the front window of my house so everyone passing could see it!!

I hope you had a wonderful Australia day too!!! I wished for rain, world peace, and academic success!!!!

Thanks again Tookie and I hope every Aussie had a great day Sunday!!

Love Rachel @}-->--------

Specializes in Med/Surg/Ortho/HH/Radiology-Now Retired.

RACH,

Sounds like you had a lovely time sweetie & good on you for not letting the swollen / bruised face stop you! We're only young once & before you know it... you'll be like me! An "oldie" of 52!!! BUT...

It's actually FABULOUS! :-) All that "young" stuff is behind & over with. You feel in control & confident of who you are. It's FABULOUS! So, you've got something to look forward to! :-)

Let's hope no more falling flat on your face though!! LOL.... Again, HAPPY 21ST !!...

Cheers,

Grace

Well done Racheal glad you had a great time - At some time in l must relate all my falls storeys - I broke my leg in a fall 2 years ago - recently had a fall at the Coles supermarket (last Wednedsay) whilst wheeling the trolley backwards - sober

Anyway glad it was a great day and night. Marvellous what a little makeup does isnt it.

Oh you poor bugger.....

(Is that an Aussie- ism)

At least it happened at the end of the night....

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