Problem: My 4 yr old daughter and 2 yr old son came home from a friend's with super glue on their hands. The 2 yr old also had some near his nose. In some places it looked like the glue would easily flake away, though it didn't. Other places on my son's hands it was indented as if the glue had fused with skin and eaten away a layer or two.
What I Did: I had them wash their hands with On Guard foaming wash to see if that would help flake the glue away. I looked online, in my book, asked my DoTerra friends. The only answer that came was inspiration when I realized I just needed to clean their hands. I tried an On Guard wipe on my 2 yr old's hands, holding it on his hand to soak the glue and then wiping, as he was going to sleep. One area seemed like it was clearer than before, but it was hard to tell because it was dark.
The next morning I used more wipes on my son and daughter. It peeled of really quite easily off of my son - using the soak and wipe method with just a little bit of fingernail scraping. My daughter complained that strategy was hurting, so I put a couple drops of On Guard Essential Oil, and some On Guard foaming soap in some water in a small basin. I had here soak here hand for a few moments and then used my fingernails to scrap off the glue. This new method didn't hurt at all. Within ten minutes their hands were clean with no visible signs that super glue was ever there.
Additional notes: I didn't use oil on the super glue near his nose because I didn't want to get it in his eyes or nose and I wanted to see what would happen without oil. In this spot, it just looked like smeared snot, only it wouldn't scrap off easily, so I knew it was more glue. I tried to help it peel off every so often with my fingernails, and a small part would come off. It took a couple days for it to completely be gone from his face, and another day for there to be no sign of redness in the area.
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