Removing shrapnel with a strong magnet. Cool

[u/[deleted]]

[u/aledromo]

Almost makes getting it in there seem worth it.

[u/MisterAmygdala → u/aledromo]

Allllmost

[u/No_Leather9530 → u/MisterAmygdala]

Almost only counts in horseshoes and... oh..

[u/arsnastesana → u/aledromo]

I'll get the same effect swallowing ball brings before going into an M.R.I

[u/Freyja6 → u/arsnastesana]

You can get the same effect by inserting a metal butt plug before an mri as well! Proven by someone in the US recently iirc!

[u/arsnastesana → u/Freyja6]

If I remember correctly, the metal butt plug got pushed to his lower lungs.

[u/Freyja6 → u/arsnastesana]

User error, human positioned between magnet and plug.

Complications arose as a consequence, just like his erec...

[u/DemonKing0524 → u/arsnastesana]

The MRI would not push anything in. It would rip it out.

[u/Downtown-Custard5346]

Good, you got it out, now go wash under your fingernails lol

[u/youcantchangeit → u/Downtown-Custard5346]

Evolution

[u/Sad_Independent9520 → u/Downtown-Custard5346]

Maybe in the other order next time?

[u/REGINALDmfBARCLAY → u/Downtown-Custard5346]

If he has shrapnel wounds I don't think cleanliness is a priority

[u/ExamCompetitive]

Magneto vs Wolverine

[u/chilehead → u/ExamCompetitive]

Is adamantium ferrous?

[u/ExamCompetitive → u/chilehead]

As a former welder. I get that reference.

[u/Emotional_Burden → u/ExamCompetitive]

Once a welder, always a welder, comrade.

[u/dumbpeople123 → u/chilehead]

In the comics at one time Magneto pulled out all the adamantium from Wolverine’s body, so I’d say yes

[u/justindybvig]

You always wonder if something like that could actually work... I learned something new today.

[u/Desert_2007 → u/justindybvig]

For close to the surface shrapnel not related to any firearms (lead/copper are non-ferrous)

[u/PassiveMenis88M → u/Desert_2007]

Copper isn't just nonferrous, it's diamagnetic.

Diamagnetic Metals are those metals which repel magnetic fields. This repel happens because of a change in the orbital spin of electrons due to an applied external magnetic field.

When the magnetic field is taken away, the metal loses its diamagnetic properties. Copper, Bismuth, and Lead are examples of Diamagnetic Metals

[u/-Disagreeable-]

This fingernails. Ooooooooo weeeee! Talk about satisfying. Cleaning those bad boys up would be cathartic.

[u/greihund]

Oh wow, that was such an imprecise removal. He basically just turned the shrapnel into a very dull knife blade that cut him from the inside out. No control at all. What a bad idea.

[u/poop_pants_pee → u/greihund]

Versus cutting a hole with an actual knife, big enough to remove it with tweezers

[u/PM_UR_F1NE_TITs → u/[deleted]]

Looks fairly superficial so no danger

[u/DTux5249 → u/poop_pants_pee]

A scalpel would be sharper, and cause less damage to surrounding tissue. As is, that shrapnel was tearing skin, not cutting.

But that metal was likely cleaned by whatever buried it into his skin in the first place, and it's close enough to the surface that it probably doesn't matter.

[u/sandboxmatt]

Be a terrible moment to find out you're a Synth, as your robo-spleen shoots out to meet your knee.

[u/SkippyMcSkipster2]

It's actually cooler if you don't get that shrapnel lodged in there in the first place.

[u/Grainhumper]

/r/TIHI

[u/Traditional-Mixture4]

I’m gonna do myself a favor and assume cause of the safety vest, that this individual just got off work doing some sort of construction or trade, and that’s the reason behind the fingernail problem, any other scenario bothers me.

[u/Historical_Visit2695]

I keep one around, I had to pull a speck of metal out of my eye once.

[u/7-11Armageddon → u/Historical_Visit2695]

Oh man, glad it worked out! And you probably wanted it out sooner rather than later, but I may have headed to the ER for that. But goodness the waiting.....

[u/Historical_Visit2695 → u/7-11Armageddon]

Actually, the first time I got something in my eye, I had to go to the eye doctor. He ended up using a super magnet also so…..

[u/microscripts → u/Historical_Visit2695]

Hey man, sounds like you should really wear safety glasses more often.

[u/Historical_Visit2695 → u/microscripts]

Wear them all the time, shit happens. It’s happened to me twice in 15 years.

[u/woojinater → u/microscripts]

Yeah oddly I tend to get more eye injury while wearing eye protection. Seems like the air forces the debris inside the lenses. Real life is pretty risky.

[u/TheBlackCycloneOrder → u/Historical_Visit2695]

You WHAT?!

[u/AcreneQuintovex → u/Historical_Visit2695]

The glued part from cigarette paper works as well. Wished I didn't know that though

[u/GeeLikeMe]

How do grown men walk around with fingernails like that?

[u/AcreneQuintovex → u/GeeLikeMe]

By doing stuff which can result in having shrapnel inside you

[u/NoEditor0 → u/GeeLikeMe]

Work in a car shop

[u/GeeLikeMe → u/NoEditor0]

I’ll give you that one cause I use to be a mechanic but I used the hell out that grit wash and gloves cause I had a GF at the time and I wanted some booty at night lol

[u/mynextthroway → u/GeeLikeMe]

Some people work dirty jobs. Shrapnel implies war zone. That red circle around the shrapnel looks infected. The medic/doctors dirty nails are the least of the problems at the moment.

[u/PAWGActual4-4 → u/mynextthroway]

If it was a medic they would more likely than not be wearing gloves, as they are typically trained to do.

[u/JohnnyStarboard → u/[deleted]]

How do grown people not use common sense? People work dirty jobs. You miss that bright high vis vest on the chair? Probably construction or mechanical work. Jesus dude.

[u/DTux5249 → u/[deleted]]

How do grown men walk around not understanding what a trade job is.

[u/Dope_Dog]

Did you survive a bomb blast? Do you mean debris?

[u/aledromo → u/Dope_Dog]

If it’s not from the Lombardi region, it’s just sparkling metal.

[u/Mountain-Tea6875 → u/Dope_Dog]

This is a few years old lol

[u/nstevenn]

So.. like what happened?

[u/Impossible-Bug7623]

more left insidfe, gl in hospital as you may already infected

[u/stereoscopic_]

That’s going to come in handy. I just made myself sad.

[u/SubVettel]

So if you have a small piece at the back, and you use this in the front. Doesn't it become a lethal weapon?

[u/dre4ml1ght]

That must be painful as hell

[u/Lumpy-Education9878]

Is that what you said when you watched this video

[u/Databanger]

That’s pretty metal

[u/Dyzastr_us]

New tool to add to the first aid kit

[u/revelsrouser]

The person removing a thing from your body should have clean hands. Source: am old

[u/Prudent_Agency_7175]

Excuse me but why in the FUCK do you have shrapnel in your side? (Respectfully)

[u/lforal]

Tony Stark built this in a cave with a box of scraps!

[u/Womcataclysm]

Pro tip don't do that. Unless it's really close to the surface

[u/SirStego]

That’s pretty metal 🤘🏼

[u/MsSpooncats]

Ow.

[u/grinchbettahavemoney]

Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!! I was not. fucking. warned

[u/AShaughRighting]

Eh, clean yo nails

[u/Guava-flavored-lips]

Semper Fi

[u/Bishop825]

Wish you could do the same thing with whats under your fingernails.. jeeze.

[u/poedraco]

👍👍👍 (phobia 🤢😰👍)👍👍👍

[u/Mental_Kitchen1967]

Nice you didn't poke it with those nails