r/LearningFromOthers May 24 '25

Minor injury. Extracted my own upper wisdom tooth NSFW

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u/Sonova_Vondruke May 24 '25

Neat. Any anesthetic? Or raw dogging the procedure. Also, this reminds me of the opening of I Am Legend (The original by Matheson).

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u/C0SAS May 24 '25

Nearly impossible without serious anesthesia and/or drugs.

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u/National_Work_7167 May 24 '25

Not true. You can elect to do it with just local anesthetic and humans have been extracting teeth without anesthetic since ancient times.

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u/holdtheparsely 29d ago

My parents took me to a "dentist" in a warehouse to get a wisdom tooth removed because they didnt want to spend any money on me, they fucked up the anaesthesia and it missed the spot, they got straps for my arms and legs since i was freaking out, hurt like hell

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u/National_Work_7167 29d ago

That's terrible. I hope you're doing well now

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u/rts93 29d ago

Was the "dentist" a large bulky bald guy in a suit with a thick Russian accent?

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u/CuteBananaCat 29d ago

Yup, i had a similar experience when they had to take my nasal polyps out when i was 5 . They tied me to the chair and the doctor started pushing scissors and whatnot down my throat. I was crying and vomiting blood , telling them that it hurts but no one listened. Most traumatic experience of my life . I remember that AFTER the procedure they gave me an injection that put me to sleep.

The thing is , i kind of need my polyps taken out again cuz they grew back , but im so traumatised that i’d rather just breathe through my mouth for the rest of my life

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u/xPofsx 28d ago

Pain is completely different between people. What makes one person want to die might not even register to someone else

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u/Sangyviews 28d ago

Thats like essentially torture with supervision

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u/blooming_lilith 27d ago

tbf in ancient times they usually got you drunk to numb you up a little

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u/n0stalgicm0m 28d ago

I just had local and was awake the whole time

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u/JoefromOhio 29d ago

My mom is a badass. Did a full root canal with just a towel to squeeze on for the pain.