Split lip

miss notax

Hello

Went riding last night, slipped on a tree root and somehow manged to ram the end of my handlebars into my mouth :? Fortunately all my teeth are still where they should be, but I have a particularly fetching split, very swollen lip with lots of attractive black bruising around it.

Any ideas on how I can reduce the swelling and bruising quickly? I'm meant to be out for dinner tonight, and at the moment I look like i've been bashed by my one-armed boyfriend who cycled into a tree a month ago and broke his wrist...

Laughing and talking is also difficult at the moment which doesn't bode well for a sociable evening!!!

Thanks! Sarah

Matteeboy

Ice and Arnica.

I split my top lip in half a while back with a surfboard fin (tried an air on a slightly too powerful wave - it went wrong!) - it had to be glued back together and my wife fainted when she saw it -Doh!

miss notax

Thanks - i'll give the arnica a go (ice a bit trickier at work!)

My helpful other half just about managed to stop laughing for long enough to take a photo of it :?

Matteeboy

Sarah - very accident prone couple you are!

When my wife fainted, she fell head first into the sand (we were on a beach) and grazed herself in exactly the same place (top lip) - true love!

Hope it's okay - facial injuries are always a bit obvious!

miss notax

Your poor wife (but at least you matched!!)!

Yes, we are a bit accident prone! Off to get some arnica at lunchtime, but I think i've accepted that i'm going to look a little odd this evening and may well resort to a couple of glasses of wine to ease my suffering instead

jmeadows

what a couple you must make! maybe you should take up another hobby?!
get a couple of vinos down ya and you wont care or notice the difference.

miss notax

Hmmm, now where did we put that extreme knitting magazine..

jmeadows

now what could you class as extreme knitting?