Alright, so let me tell you about this thing that happened a while back. It wasn’t fun, let me tell ya.
How it Started
It was just a regular afternoon, me and my cousin were messing around in the living room. You know how it gets, just play fighting, nothing serious. We were on the big rug, the one that feels kinda like sandpaper if you rub it the wrong way. Yeah, that one.
Anyway, things got a bit rowdy. He kinda pushed me, I lost my balance, and instead of just falling, I tried to catch myself but ended up sliding. My forearm, like the side of it, took the full force of the slide right across that scratchy rug.
The Ouch Moment
Instantly, like milliseconds after, this crazy stinging heat flared up on my arm. It wasn’t like a cut, more like a really, really intense scrape. I pulled my arm up and looked, and holy smokes, it was bright red already. It felt super hot to the touch too.
Didn’t really see skin broken open right away, but it looked raw, you know? Like the top layer just got scrubbed right off. Man, did it burn. That name, “rug burn,” makes perfect sense once you’ve had one.
Dealing With It
Okay, so here’s what I did, nothing fancy:
- First thing, I went to the bathroom and ran cool water over it. That felt good for like, two seconds, then the stinging came back when the water hit it directly. But gotta clean it, right?
- Gently washed it with some soap and water. Dabbed it dry, didn’t rub, ’cause owwww.
- Put a bit of that antibiotic ointment stuff on it, just a thin layer.
- Left it open to the air for a bit, didn’t cover it immediately. Seemed like it needed to breathe.
For the next few days, it was just annoying. It hurt if my sleeve brushed against it, hurt if I bumped it. It scabbed over a little, looked kinda gross, then eventually just healed up. Left a slightly darker patch of skin for a while, but mostly went back to normal.
So yeah, that was my experience. Definitely learned to be more careful wrestling on that particular rug. Not something I wanna repeat anytime soon!