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I_Thot_So t1_ixq2a63 wrote

Reply to comment by flaskextinguisher in TIFU by grabbing the turkey to break my fall by flaskextinguisher

This is not a normal black eye. A normal black eye is swollen right away but usually doesn’t look fully bruised until the next day.

Think of the number of color changes a bruise goes through. How it looks small when it’s purple, but when it’s in the green phase, somehow it continues to spread. This is not a couple days. This is a couple weeks.

Put ice on it now and any time you aren’t working. Keep your head elevated above your heart. The inflammation itself will take a few days to go down, but that bruise is epic.

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flaskextinguisher OP t1_ixq4fhl wrote

So are you saying it's going to continue to spread over the next few weeks? I was kind of hoping that the bruise would be isolated to my upper eyelid

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I_Thot_So t1_ixq4l4t wrote

Dude. None of us are doctors. I’m speaking from the experience of a full grown adult who has had many types of bruises and seen people with “normal” black eyes. It’s pure anecdotal.

I’m just saying this will not go away in a couple days.

Go to the damn doctor.

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