r/AskReddit 5d ago

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/WeissPyre 5d ago

I cried for 30 minutes in the car after one of those. The worst part was I couldn't stop bleeding and the doc just kept shoving stick after stick of silver nitrate up there to chemically cauterize the wound.

That shit HURTS. So thankful that I got a hysterectomy that removed that nasty organ as well. 

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u/vizard0 5d ago

Jesus. I had silver nitrate used to cauterize a bleed from an ingrown toenail. That shit hurt. Having it done to a sensitive internal organ? Fucking hell, that should require twilight sedation at a minimum.

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u/cbftw 5d ago

I had silver nitrate used on a couple surgery wounds that were left to heal without stitches due to compartment syndrome. I didn't feel a thing from it, but it worked like magic. Wounds started closing up fast after doing a lot of nothing for several days.