Advice Column: How to Remove Rings When Fingers Swell in Warm Weather
By
Ellen Warren
23d ago· 4 min readenOpinion
Summary
A reader named Carla asks advice columnist "Answer Angel" Ellen about her fingers swelling in warm weather, making it difficult to remove her rings (especially a new engagement ring). She's tried lubricants without success and finds that working to remove the rings makes the swelling worse. The column begins to respond by consulting a friend who works in an emergency room, though the full advice is cut off in the provided content.
Source
bskyAdvice Column: How to Remove Rings When Fingers Swell in Warm Weatherchicagotribune.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledUntil recently I never had this problem before, but in the warm weather, my fingers are swelling up.
The swelling isn't a huge amount but it makes my rings — especially my new engagement ring! — really difficult to remove to give my fingers a rest.
I tried using lubricants to enable me to slip off the rings but that hasn't been successful, and working on the removal actually makes my fingers swell up even more.
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: Until recently I never had this problem before, but in the warm weather, my fingers are swelling up. The swelling isn’t a huge amount but it makes my rings — especially my new engagement ring! — really difficult to …
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