Has anyone had to deal with this/run the risk of getting close to this actually happening?

*Raises Hand*

:o

I naturally have one. However, my sense of smell is somewhat diminished in my right nostril due to coke.

My friend Tai had a deviated septum. He showed my friends and I one time with a flashlight, he had a big hole in his nostril, about the size of a dime.

Its horrible to get, so be careful sniffing shit. After you sniff something, its always good to sniff water a bit after, to help wash out some of the gunk. It won't completely stop damage from happening, but it can slow its progress down.

something like this

http://www.pheistyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/neti-pot.jpg

with a slightly alkaline mixture (baking soda)

could neutralize the hcl...

whether it could actually prevent a deviated septum, I don't know...

Part of the damage is from ischemia. I'd even wager most of it. That is, lack of blood flow to the tissue due to vessel restriction. So you're still going to cause damage even snorting the cleanest shit ever. Its best to switch up sides, and give your nose time to heal before you go stuffing shit up there again.

that's not a deviated septum, that's a perforated septum...

but that sounds huge, possibly a collapsed septum?

could have both, but a deviated septum is when the septum leans to the right or left...

that's not a deviated septum, that's a perforated septum...

but that sound huge, possibly a collapsed septum?

could have both, but a deviated septum is when the septum leans to the right or left...

Ahh, cool. "The More You Know" lol

Ahh, cool. "The More You Know" lol

that sounds fucking nasty though..

was it painful? did he get nosebleeds a lot?

What the fuck is that?

Oh btw thank you for the mail lol :D

It's a neti pot. Used to pour water into the nostrils.

Here.
http://cnx.org/content/m14907/latest/Case_123-pres1-1.jpg
http://www.evilgerald.com/Issues/Issue5/Assets/westbrook.jpg
http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/3715/zzz6fk.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/06/taraST280606_228x350.jpg

Yeah, I guess its useless without pics.
Could someone please put these up, maybe teach me how too?

I too have one...I hate it though.

I know it can be corrected with minor surgery, but I have some college debt to settle now.

aww fuck that's nasty...

right click, copy image location, then come back and click image (upper right hand corner) and paste between the two 's

here...

[img]http://cnx.org/content/m14907/latest/Case_123-pres1-1.jpg

http://www.evilgerald.com/Issues/Issue5/Assets/westbrook.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/3715/zzz6fk.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/06/taraST280606_228x350.jpg

as for the neti pot, ya pour water in one nostril and it comes out the other. typically it's used with sea salt to clear out a congested nose...

and here's a diagram of it

http://www.renzamusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/deviatedseptum2.jpg