so the day before Christmas Eve, I shut my wedding ring finger in the sliding door of my closet

[demtenjeep]

badly mangled the ring guard. My solitaire is fine but the ring guard is mashed. My brother in law tried to round it out so it wasn't grinding into my finger and it helped some but it is still irritating my finger. I am afraid I am going to have to have it cut off.

Will a jeweler repair shop cut it off because I can't get it off.

I have been putting cortisone cream on and around the ring hoping to help keep the irritation down.

I HATE to have to have it cut off but I don't know of any other solution.

it is the type that is two sides and the solitaire fits in between. All together it looks like three rings but it is only two.

[mnhtnbb]

1. Try icing your finger holding your hand straight up for as long as you can stand it--and then soap

your finger and try to pull the ring off--all while holding your hand straight up.

[demtenjeep]

4. tried that several times. Even tried the string trick

last night it was feeling better like I could live with it but I must have slept on my hand because today I woke up and my hand was a little numb and had the tingly feeling like it went to sleep.

We are probably going to be snowed in for a few days so if I can't get it off by say Wed. I will have to do something.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. A jeweler will cut it off neatly and can also repair it

so it looks good as new. You might also try spraying Windex on your finger and the ring to make it slip off (a jeweler showed me this trick). Windex is really slippery and works better than soap.

[demtenjeep]

5. oh...I will try that. Thanks

that is a new one I had never heard of.

[3catwoman3]

17. The Windex thing...

...usually does the trick.

[Omaha Steve]

25. Does here

A jeweler taught us this.

OS

[uppityperson]

3. Google this, there are vids and written descriptions, good luck and ow

how to take a ring off with a string

[demtenjeep]

6. we tried that the first night

didn't work for us.

I think the ring is mangled to badly.

I am pretty sure it will have to be cut off. That makes me sad.

I have been married for 26 years and the only time my rings have been off were the times I was in the hospital. The rings are sacred to me...a symbol. I HATE that this has happened.

[REP]

11. I take mine off at home

You've illustrated why 😊 I cook, garden, etc and I don't want them damaged. I've had too many extreme finger/hand incidents to want to risk my rings.

A jeweler can not only cut the guard off but repair them as well. It sounds like a fairly simple repair, too: solder the cut, re-round the bands and buff out the scuffs and dents on a wheel. If your solitaire needs to be cut as well, don't worry; soldering the cut is very simple and the joins on all the rings won't be noticeable. It'll be like having them sized, only they'll be the same size.

ETA: have the jeweler check the prongs on the solitaire while you're there. If you wear the ring constantly, they may be in need of tightening or retipping. Losing your stone is something you want to avoid!

[demtenjeep]

12. very sound advice

thank you!

[gratuitous]

16. Dang, you had to say that

I had a great post all teed up about my friend Gollum who might be happy to help, but now it would just look churlish.

[pinboy3niner]

24. Churlish, you? Nah. That would be a hard Hobbit to break.

[gratuitous]

26. That'll be enough of that, Shelob

You'll not ensnare me in your web of horrible puns.

[draa]

8. This^^^

I've seen the videos and they use thread or string. Worth the time to try before the jewelry store option.

[mahina]

7. Yes, some jewelers will. I've done it and it's no fun but if it's the last option,

There it is.

Good luck. So sorry to hear of this.

Hoping they can just cut the guards. The tool won't cut your finger but it does involve inserting the metal part between the guard and your finger.


Better to go soon as possible btw.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. I've had to have a ring cut off and they did it neatly and painlessly.

They also repaired the ring so you couldn't tell it had been cut.

[mahina]

33. Wonderful

[malaise]

9. Ice the finger every two hours and wipe it with peroxide after icing

Can't help re the ring

[demtenjeep]

13. thank you

I will

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. I think I read that WD40

Works for that.

I would check on it first. Can't remember where I read it

Yes. It's on the list. Spray on finger, slide ring off. Wash hands right away.

wd40 has about 2000 uses. It's amazing stuff. Gets dog poop off your trainers..

[CTyankee]

15. happened to me. I had both rings finally cut off. no big deal... I felt bad at the time

but now I could care less.

shudda had removed them right after the accident of hitting my hand on the side of my dtr's pool. But I didn't and of course swelling got them there and I had to go to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital's ER. Nobody there so I didn't feel guilty. They say tney mostly get sports accidents and lots of accidents involving alcohol. Mine wasn't in that category, glad to say, but that's interesting...

Just burned my left thumb in a cooking accident but got a cube of ice on it asap. kept it on for over an hour. still looks red and is painful but no swelling and tha's good. it's just red and it hurts...

[karynnj]

18. this may sound weird, but spay the finger with windex

This was a tip given at a hospital baby birth class. One I needed years later after gaining lots of weight. It temporarily makes the finger thinner.

[philosslayer]

19. I don't think a jewelry repair shop will cut off your finger

Even if they offer, I wouldn't recommend it.

[SheilaT]

20. Not only will a jeweler be able to cut it off safely,

but they will be able to fix the ring guard. Yes, you'll have to pay. Get an estimate to make sure you consider it worthwhile, but hopefully you will.

[REP]

21. It's usually $10-$15 per solder join; maybe a few dollars more to pound it round and polish

If it's gold. Platinum runs a few bucks more because it's a bitch and half to work with, but I'd be surprised if cutting/rejoining all rings (if the solitaire has to come off, too) runs more than $50.00.

[demtenjeep]

22. it will be worthwhile

I don't care how much it costs.

I am proud to wear my rings as a symbol of my commitment to my hubby

[SheilaT]

23. Good.

And yes, your rings should be a symbol of commitment you're proud to wear.

[Blus4u]

29. Go to a jeweler if you can wait that long...

....above all keep an eye on that finger. You don't want to lose a finger, or the use of one because of nerve or circulation damage.

Rings can do terrible damage if you fall and they get caught on something.

Good luck

[catnhatnh]

27. Worth a try?

[pangaia]

28. Fill a whiskey glass with good bourbon, such as Bookers or Ezra B.

Soak your finger for 1 minute or so. Then take a swig of bourbon.
Put your finger back in the glass and soak it for another minute or so. Tale another swig of bourbon.
Repeat this process until the bourbon is gone.
Open the front door.
Tie one end of a string around the ring and the other end around an open door knob.
Kick the hell out of the door to slam it shut.
You won't feel a thing.

[Hekate]

30. If your finger is swollen, discolored, etc...please have the ring cut off asap...

...because worst case scenario is NOT having your ring repaired, but losing your finger due to loss of circulation.

Bummer.

I hope this isn't a replay of the fabled raccoon-bite incident.

[CTyankee]

35. the key is immediate action before swelling occurs.

sometimes you can get it off if you act fast. Those cooking butter sprays might be best for immediate success, but use whatever you have PRONTO.

[demtenjeep]

31. yea -windex didn't work, WD40 didn't work tried the string again nope

On Tuesday I will go to the Jewelry repair shop and have it cut off and fixed. Unless this snow storm closes us in.

Thanks for all your ideas and thoughts.

I am sad but glad they can fix it and make it look new

[840high]

32. Soap your finger really good. Should slip off.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. If Windex and WD-40 didn't work, soap won't do it.

The next stop is the jeweler - sounds like that thing is so stuck that it's going to have to be cut off.

[demtenjeep]

37. yea

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its hopeless

I got it halfway but its just too bent


to jewelry repair tomorrow

[Iggo]

34. Cut that fucker off.

The ring, not the finger.

[phylny]

38. My husband once cut it off for me

after I gave birth and was so excited to get it on my finger...only to have the finger swell so badly, I thought I'd never get it off. I couldn't. He cut it, jeweler fixed it.

[demtenjeep]

39. yea. its going to have to be cut off

we are supposed to get snow/ice tonight. I hope it isn't bad enough to stop me from going either to the jewelers or to the ER . Either way, it has to come off tomorrow. I have been icing my finger off and on today.

I think I made it worse trying to get it off last night. It feels more swollen today. Maybe it is just my inner worry but it seems a little worse.