A doctor showed me how to remove the ring that was stuck on my finger 

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Whoever thought of that is a genius.

When my father was being prepped for emergency surgery, we needed to remove his wedding ring quickly My brother taught this trick to the surgeon as he has to use it in the field for wounded soldiers quite a few times. It really works!

Actually for most swelling it should be wrapped a lot closer together and more wraps to cover more of the skin and swelling to allow the ring to slide over the threaded area more easily. I was a Paramedic for years and we used this method or a ring cutter tool. We always kept a pack of waxed Dental Floss in our Medics Kit just for this purpose.

I’m a retired nurse and as a child I learned this many years ago from my mother when she was a nurse. It’s proved so helpful in emergency situations and stops the necessity to cut the rings off.

Let me start with, I am a first responder and we almost ALWAYS have to cut rings off since using soap or oils rarely work. This is an AWESOME technique that I have never heard of, much less seen. We now carry extra strong marine grade upholstery thread in all of our jump (medical) bags thanks to your video. Thank you for taking the time to make & share this video.

Many years ago, as my mother was lying in her hospital bed and nearing the end of her life, a doctor performed this trick to remove her precious wedding band. But over the years I’d forgotten exactly how it was done. So thank you for sharing this - I won’t forget a second time. ❤

As a retired a&e nurse can confirm we’ve been using this technique for years

Excellent! Another way, if no thread is available, is to grasp the tissue and skin beneath the joint, and pull it towards you, then simultaneously pull the ring away from your body. The skin often will get out of the way, because you are pulling it back and thinning the finger.

I was in Stockholm, Sweden on a business trip when I had an allergic reaction with massive swelling in my fingers. The nurses in the hospital emergency used this trick to remove my wedding ring. Couple of refinements: Use waxed thread or floss so the ring slips more easily. Also, put the windings closer together to better reduce the swelling.

I was an EMT and then an Emergency Nurse fror many years. Used this trick so many times. New nurses and doctors could not figure out why we kept dental floss on the unit , not in the washroom. Works so well. I rarely had to use our ring cutter.

Here we meet again...thx to you ❤ When I was a Student Nurse at Northwick Park Hospital A & E Dept. (1980s) one of the admitting docs showed me this brilliant trick, but over the years I forgot it, not working in the medical field anymore. So, thanks for the update! 😘👍

This is a great tip. For me, if I hold my hand above my head for a while, any swelling reduces and it’s easy to take the ring off with maybe just a little lubrication.

He wanted to become an engineer, but his parents wanted him to be a doctor

My grandma used a version of this on me over 55 years ago to remove my ring after an injury. My dad kept trying to pull it off which just hurt more and didn’t remove the ring. My wise Norwegian grandmother removed the ring easily by just working a string around my finger to remove the ring without force. She had an answer for everything.

I love it! Thank you! I hope someone with a stuck ring question mentions it to me so I can try this out. Before I forget!

This only works in cases where you can actually stick a thread under the ring and it's not hopelessly stuck to the finger. Just dunk your finger in vegetable oil and slowly slide the ring off, much easier.

I don’t have anything to do with this issue but kudos for being direct to the point without any unnecessary commentary or introduction! Quick and simple is rare on RU-vid these days 🤪

A tip video that was quick, to the point, and not worthless clickbait? Wow! Also this is a great tip. I don't need it, but I'm sure it would come in handy for my parents a bunch.

This is a great idea , I have also tried sticking my swollen fingers under cold running water for a minute or two . This works for me the cold reduces the swelling quickly. The thread is a great idea too !

I Removed hundreds of rings when I was a medic in an emergency room, back in the eighties, and I never had one ring that I could not remove no matter what the circumstances. Your method is almost right but try the following, this also works on lacerated fingers. First put finger in traction and elevate for a few minutes and gently massage proximally, then using a cotton string, the type that they use to wrap hospital linens in, wrap as shown in the video but lay the string tightly parallel with no space in between the wraps. Slather finger and string with KY jelly and slowly unwind as shown in the video.( keep hand elevated while doing this) For lacerated digits prep with local and betadine. In my opinion the suture material shown in the video is way too thin and takes too long to wrap and has the potential to cut into the finger. Also the cotton string is thicker and absorbs the KY better and has more surface area allowing better leverage when unwrapping. I remember one ring that I was asked to remove from a 93 year old woman who had a ring on finger for seventy plus years that she had never removed before .The ring must have had copper in it as her finger was blue and her knuckle on the digit in question was at least 3 or 4 times thicker than the finger from arthritis. When I first looked at it I didn't think that there was any way that the ring would go over the knuckle but it did!. Oh well, i hope this helps...

The person who invented this trick must get Nobel Prize.

This is SERIOUSLY USEFUL!

I found your video on my RU-vid home page. I wasn’t searching for anything but just thought it looked interesting. Thank you for posting this before I’ll actually need it. I don’t have any rings that are stuck, but I do have one that is tight. I tried it so I’d remember, and it worked like a charm!

Tips: Use dental floss instead of thread. The tape style is far and away the best for this. Start winding near the tip of the finger and work your way up to the ring. Tuck the dental tape under the ring and begin unwinding the ring off the finger.

Wow ! Free information, with no strings attached 🤣👍🏼

My dad was a doctor used this trick on my aunt (so I was told). He never actually demonstrated the method to me before he died in 2018 (at 87). This is awesome.

Somewhere along the line of a long nursing career I picked up this technique and when working critical care I have used it on some very swollen fingers. It works.

I learned this trick almost seventy years ago from a friend whose mother worked with a mortician. She said that was how they often had to remove rings from corpses.

I'm glad it's short and sweet and to the point and not like some other channels that would make a 30 minute video about it..

My mother used to work for a dr and they were doing this technique 40 yrs ago. It's not new, but good to remind people.

I watched this and another video, several times. It took me several tries, but it worked! Soon I will have my wedding ring resized, but the first step is done. Thank you so much!

Jeweler here. Sometimes this does not work as it is too painful. BEST IDEA: The easiest way is to use Windex or glass cleaner on the finger (get it between the finger and the ring). There is a slippery agent used in the product, and also the chemicals used in the product slightly reduce the swelling in the skin. Best done on a cold hand which is smaller than a warm one, also best done before all the tugging from other methods, which increases the swelling . A much easier method and it doesn’t gunk up the ring like soap and hand cream etc. PS there are medical papers published on this, for your reference.

It worked! Finally my finger is free! Thanks to you and the doctor

Great video. Thanks for not talking for 30 minutes to explain this procedure. What a way to solve this puzzle. Thank you!

I was on the operating table in theatre waiting to have urgent surgery for acute appendicitis. I obviously had to take off all my jewellery, but one ring would just not come off. When the surgeon arrived she said she would sort it out and she got my ring off just like in this video … using thread they use for stitching !! 🤩👍😃

My grandmother has had the same rings on for years, my grandfather have them to her as a gift before he got cancer and died. She now has to remove the ring cuz her finger swelled. She doesn't wanna cut it off, so now I know how to get it off her 🤗🤗

Oh my... amazing! Salute to doctor

For those that have fragile skin, another method is to submerge hand in a bowl of ice water (to shrink the skin) and hold both above the level of your heart (to reduce the amount of fluid/blood). A couple of minutes usually works.

I didn't believe this would work until I tried it on my own finger - this works perfectly exactly as shown and I was able to do it without assistance. I suddenly panicked one day thinking I would never get my wedding ring of 17 years off ever without surgery. Thank goodness for your video. Now I can get the ring off whenever I want without the fear of it being permanently stuck on my finger. What a relief. Thank you.

After a long time a RU-vid video that is actually quite helpful. Thank you.

すごい！こんなやり方あったなんて！😆教えてくれてありがとうございます！

I used to make rings for Tiffany & Co. and never saw this done before. I would like to point out that after this is done, if you still want to wear your ring you can get it stretched as much as half a size bigger though some jewelers will only attempt a quarter size bigger. In extreme cases one might split the ring and solder additional gold into the crack then polish it out enlarging the ring even more, up to one to two sizes bigger. A lot depends on the style of the ring. A simple wedding band is the easiest. Rings that are ornate or tapered are more challenging and could cost a lot. Some jewelers will stretch a ring for free. If they want to charge a lot then go on line and buy your own ring mandrel. Just slide the ring down on the mandrel and using a rubber mallet or perhaps a small brass hammer, tap it down the mandrel a little then back off it. A ring mandrel is tapered so this will stretch any size ring. attempting more than a full ring size will usually deform a ring and it will leave marks on the inside of the ring. If you can live with that then this could be a low cost solution. Fancier equipment can cost upward of $200 but will not damage the ring by leaving marks inside. If you have a collection of rings that no longer fit due to enlarged fingers then this can be a very economical way of making them all larger. The equipment is marketed as either a ring sizer or ring mandrel or sometimes a ring stretcher. The cheapest ones look like a tapered rod of steel. The more elaborate ones have a hand crank and other features. Most come with instructions or you can find a video on RU-vid to show you how. I know of one woman who gained 50 lbs since her wedding day and she had nearly fifty rings that no longer fit that cost her thousands of dollars and her local jeweler wanted $20 each to re size them all. She only had her wedding band and her engagement ring done. After I told her about this she was able to resize all but three rings which were unfortunately too complicated in shape to be resized that way.

I push the ring back closer to the palm and away from the knuckles and just elevate my hand above my head for a few minutes. While it is still elevated, I slowly twist the ring and remove it. It works for me and my customers when I used to work at a jewellery counter. I can't really let my customers walk away to ice their hands while wearing our merchandise.

Ingenious! Who would have thunk it. Thanks for the video.

Simply Fascinating! Thanks! 😎👍

Used to do this amazing ring removal when I was an ER nurse. It was a standard procedure for our nursing staff. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

I love this trick. I used it several times as a nurse! I’m from Mobile,Alabama, USA

Excellent video thanks for posting 👍👍👍👍

I work at an elementary school, I'm going to share this video with the school nurse. Thanks!

Other methods that usually work: Twisting the ring as you pull. Or running it under cold water for a bit, which will reduce a regular swelling (perhaps doesn't apply to allergic reaction and other such swelling). My weddingband is just tight enough that it can't be pulled straight off. Both the above work perfectly for me.

I'm facing the opposite problem, trying to keep a ring on! I've managed to lose 47 pounds in the first year of my marriage and my wife 14 pounds through teamwork, support and encouragement of one another. The wedding band she bought me no longer stays on but I hate to cut it, as it's a not standard finish but hammered with a fine indent at the edges. I was talking with my hands the other day and it flew off across the room. My precious!

Now that's pretty darned cool! Thanks!

Can’t help but laugh because this is the same exact method I learned when I first started in the funeral industry. Never fails, I do it really tight and close together. Looks like it’d hurt though but no one ever complains… 😂

Thank you for your video demonstration. For those who are not familiar with this technique, then dental floss also works as a substitute if you do not have any thread to unwind a stuck ring from a finger.

Absolutely amazing. I will remember this one. Thank you!❤

That is so cool..I had to remove my ring for surgery, this surely helpful!

This will work when oil or soap doesn't. So timely to find this video today as my husband's ring won't pass over the knuckle. Thanks.

I was at a jewelry store once trying on rings, and one ring really got stuck. I was so embarrassed, but the lady there was like, "no it happens all the time." She pulled out a bottle of Windex, sprayed it on my finger and it came right off. Idk how or why it worked, but it did. However, this looks like a sure thing, tfs! ❤

좋은 방법이군요 저같은 경우는 비눗물을 사용했는데 좋은방법 감사합니다

Wow, just genius!♥️👍

As a funeral director, we use this method regularly to remove rings from the deceased. Works (almost) every time.

Losing 20 pounds in 3 months made me successfully removed my ring. 😊

Absolutely brilliant.

ABSOLUTELY BRILLUANT!

I worked for an orthopedic surgeon that used this same method. People were always so relieved when their (usually wedding) ring was not damaged.

Hospitals have been using this method for over 40 years. 5mm white cotton ribbon also works better if your finger is a little bit swollen. The flat 5mm surface squeezes more skin and pushes your blood or fluid away from where the ring needs to slide. But if your finger is too swollen, there are ring cutters that will cut the ring. You can then take it to a jeweller and have them repair it.

Used to do this all the time when I worked in A&E. It's a neat trick and so much better and less traumatic than cutting the ring and fiddling with forceps to get it off.

This has been around for a LONG time.. nice to see it being taught to more people.

Absolutely fantastic! You've saved so many people from pain and heartache by showing them this very effective life hack. You are a wonderful and beautiful lady, and I wish you rainbows.

"Gio de la Rosa's video on removing a stuck ring is both informative and practical. Her emphasis on the importance of sharing knowledge and helping others is inspiring. The lesson here is that sometimes the simplest solutions are the most effective."

It is also important to note that most well-made rings are not round, but slightly oval, so the orientation to the finger joint can be helpful.

I used this trick on patients who had swelling instead of having their wedding rings cut off really does work and saves a lot of anxiety and pain😊

Absolutely genius! Thanks

Wow! Learned something new!!! Great tip! Thank u!

If the finger is really swollen you have to wind the string much closer than that, basically the thread lying right next to itself, and start winding from the tip, work your way down, and pass it under the ring at the end.

Lol, I’ve been using that trick for years. We use dental floss. Dental floss allows you to dispense a long piece vs just 18” of suture thread. Also it works better if you wrap the finger in the opposite direction. From the tip towards the hand. The purpose of wrapping the finger is to help push the fluids from a swollen finger towards the hand, hence making the finger thinner to remove the ring.

Fantasticly simple. Well done

This is brilliant!

This is useful for situations where you cannot use water and soap. In normal cases water and soap will be a very easy and practical option.

I’ve lost count how many times this has happened to my mum and a couple with myself and my mum had hers cut off, mine was done using washing up liquid. This is amazing thank you ☺️

Thanks!

Wow!!! Great idea!

This technique is known as 'Eccentric Rotation'; I teach all my Medical Students this (I'm a Trauma Physician) Ring cutters should be the last option. Well demonstrated !

I learned this trick in the Fire Service 50 years ago - it works absolutely great, and negates the need of a ring cutter!

I just used a piece of plastic tape, rolled it up till it became a wire, and it worked without effort. Perfect and thanks for the idea!!

I was in juarez about to do a drug trade, when one of my henchmen was complaining he couldn't take off his ring. We tried this trick and it worked. Thank you so much!

I don’t know what’s more impressive, the ring trick, or the fact that this vid has 8M views in 3 months. 👏

I’m very impressed. There have been times I thought I would have to cut the ring off.

Worked like a charm. I used the waxed line that came with my Speedy Stitcher sewing awl. Threading the thick needle that came with the awl helped get it under the ring using the needle. It kept getting caught on the "crown" of my Claddagh ring and I had to add more wraps on my finger but it worked. Another site with the same technique suggested using about a meter of line. Definitely want to use a heavier thread.

Applying oil/cream/moisturizer also works

As many have noted strong thread is necessary. I worked in the OR, and developed a different system, using a blood-drawer's tourniquet and a 1/4" Penrose drain. I would wrap the finger from the tip down past the ring, wait a minute with the hand elevated, to squeeze the finger as small as possible. Then the drain was used to tourniquet the finger to prevent refilling. The wrap is removed, the finger lubed with a little hand lotion, the ring slipped off and the tourniquet removed. There were a few rings I had to take off with a ring saw, usually because of arthritic knuckles. I would caution people NOT to buy rings of stainless stee, titanium, or other hard metals. You may lose the finger before the ring can be cut off.

Thank you 😀

Ohhhh thank you. I've always been terrified of getting a ring stuck on my finger. (Idk why. The possibility just freaks me out.) I feel a lot better having this trick in my back pocket.

Thank you! When my father passed away 18 years ago, I watched the nurse remove his wedding ring this way, but I couldn’t remember how she had done it. At the time, I popped it on my baby finger and it hasn’t been off since. Now I can remove it and my grandfather’s ring from my sausage fingers. Hello from Vancouver, BC Canada.

We started out with silk suture, three or four strands at a time. We started using "umbilical tape," which is wider. Now, the best material is the shoelace-like elastic band on a respiratory face mask. It is flat, elastic, threads under a ring like a shoelace, and seems to do the job the best in my experience.

Thank you for this wonderful hack

very slickly done, neat trick, I'll remember this one!

Flat-out brilliant. THANK YOU for posting. Simple, yet ingenious.

Wow. I'm 53 and my hands swell often. I've had this problem many many times. What a simple fix! Thank you so very much!!!!