A Christmas Ring Removal
In mid-December, Mila Bielinska was enjoying her staff Christmas party in Halifax, NS. As the party wrapped up, Mila called for a taxi but soon found out that due to the time of night, none were available. With only one option of getting home, Mila found herself facing a 40-minute walk home in -15 degrees Celsius.
Once Mila arrived home, she began getting ready for bed but soon realized that she was unable to remove the ring that she received as a gift from her parents on her sixteenth birthday years ago. Myla’s cold walk home had caused her fingers to swell and she could not get the ring no matter how hard she tried.
Mila removes her ring every night before bed, so she began to panic and woke her friend, who agreed to help her try to get the ring off. The pressure of the tight ring was causing her a lot of pain so she and her friend began searching the internet for at-home ways to remove a stuck ring. They tried every trick they found; soap and water, lubricant, the glove method, elevating her hand after placing in water for ten minutes and then trying to remove it, and even the dental floss method (string wrap method). After attempting all of these techniques with no success, Mila was in even more pain and the skin on her finger was damaged from all of the failed attempts. “We watched so many Youtube videos on how to remove a stuck ring, but nothing helped”, Mila said, “I was up all night, and it was very painful!”
Defeated, exhausted, and not wanting to endure any more pain by going to the hospital and have them attempt to remove the ring, she decided to try to get some sleep. After a night of tossing and turning due to the throbbing, Mila realized her finger had become even more swollen than it was hours prior. With the increased pain and swelling, she reluctantly decided it was time to go to the hospital. As she was driving, Mila found herself distraught from the thought of having to cut off the sentimental ring that was given to her by her parents. She has worn this ring every day since her parents gave it to her and imagining that the only way to get it off is for it to be destroyed, was very upsetting. As she got closer to the hospital, she remembered that a venture she had learned about through Venture for Canada, makes a device that helps compress fingers to allow for medical and jewelry professionals to remove stuck rings safely and without destruction in many cases.
With that thought, she quickly managed to get in contact with Dr. Kevin Spencer, CEO of Ring Rescue. Kevin was on his way to the local mall to give a demonstration of their product at a jewelry store at the time and told Mila to meet him there. About an hour later, in front of the jewelry store staff, Dr. Kevin Spencer was able to use the Compression Device to help shrink Mila’s finger and enable him to remove the stuck ring within moments. “When the Compression Device was removed, my finger was half the size it was before”, recalls Mila. “Dr. Spencer applied Ring Rescue Ring Lubricant, and it took him very little time to slide my ring off the finger!”
Mila recalls the process being quick and not causing any further pain. She expressed being so grateful that her sentimental ring was intact and was happy she did not have to pay to have it repaired. “The Compression Device saved my ring and Holiday Season!”, Mila replied, “ I can’t even describe how happy I was.”
Safely removing stuck rings, while saving patients or customers from having their valuable ring destroyed or incurring the cost of repairing, is the mission behind Ring Rescue. It is a safe and efficient method of reducing swelling from the finger to assist in getting the ring unstuck and sets the new standard for non-destructive, ring removal in the medical, jewelry, and funeral services industries.
For more information on how Ring Rescue can help your patients, customers, or clients, please reach out to us here.
