My red sea captures

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

I had about 150+ urchin spines in my lower back. The ER doc had a trick to remove em, he gave me a deep tissue massage (OWWWW!) for about 20 mins, then let my back dry up which let my body reject the tiny broken up pieces of spines I my back, it was gross for a few days but cleared up in less then a week. Ws bruised for just under 2 months, and it still today 3 years later, major damage

But yea, break up the spines (they are brittle) and your body will just excrete them out.

Second worst pain I've ever felt

yea I tried tweezers to no avail and Im not a doctor guy unless Im dying, I figured theyd get pushed to the surface eventually like a sliver and thats what happened. how did you get them on your back? slip on some coral?

[stephanbakir]

Got rolled by a double wave and was thrown into a shelf, definitely should not have been diving there after a storm

[smy_749]

were you in aqabah? its littered there.

[stephanbakir]

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