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Remove ring from swollen finger with Saran Wrap

Submitted by Sheila A.

I wanted to pass on how I was able to get my wedding ring off my swollen finger. I tried everything I could, including the string trick to get my rings off but to no avail. I thought of something to try with Saran Wrap.

I wrapped my finger from my ring up to the tip of my finger as tight as I could. I then greased up my ring and finger below the wrap and waited a couple of minutes.

As I pulled the Saran Wrap off at the same time I pulled my ring, it came right off. I was so thrilled and relieved, I thought I pass it on.

Sheila

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Best tip on the web! Comments By: Joanna Thank you so much for your advice. My finger was swolen and turning blue after trying on a friend's ring almost 48 hours ago and trying to get it off. I tried everything from ice to windex to string and your tip is the only one that worked! I was so worried I was going to have to get the very expensive ring cut off or, worse, that my finger would lose circulation. Thank you!!!   Bingo !!! Comments By: TD It works. I also tried everything to get my ring off a swollen finger but to no avail. Then I read your suggestion and lo and behold the ring was off in about 30 seconds. Thank you very much.   This really, really works! Comments By: Trish I had my wedding ring stuck and tried everything. Ice, dental floss, every grease available. Finger was blue and swelling. I found this and it worked so easily I could not believe it. This is something to remember and share with everyone. THANK YOU SMART LADY!!!!!!!!!   Finally, a tip that really works! Comments By: Veronica I had tried everything to get my wedding bands off. I was just about to go to the emergency room when I came across your tip. I did exactly what the directions called for, and the ring came right off. Thank you thank you thank you   Amazed Comments By: Caroline I am completely amazed.....I have struggled to the point of tears to get my wedding ring off.....as due to pregnancy my fingers have swollen up and the Doctor said get it off or cut it off, alternatively loose your finger.....I'd tried everything and this worked -thank you so much, I am so releived!   It works! Comments By: Felice Tonight I went to a wedding, and decided to put on a ring I hadn't worn in 25 years or more. It went on (snugly), but getting the ring off was an entirely different story. I was trying hard not to give in to panic, when I came across this Saran wrap tip. It worked! What a relief to finally get that ring off without having to resort to more drastic measures!   Bravo!!! Comments By: G'ma After a week of waiting for the swelling to subside from an arthritic flare I was on my way out the door to have a ring cut from my finger. I had tried everything I could think of without success. Since this ring had belonged to my mother I was dreading the thought of cutting it. So getting on line was a last ditch effort to come up with a gentler solution. So I thank you for sharing your idea. I might add that there was relatively little stress on the joints with the saran-wrap method. THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!   HURT Comments By: ANON i have this ring on my finger and it's stuck   Forget the rest...this is the best Comments By: Catherine Haslam My wedding and engagement rings were becoming tricky to get off after a holiday in the sun, this was even more a problem when returning to the UK - I seem to retain water during the night and so usually take them off. I forgot last week and so have suffered in silence until today when I decided enough as enough and searched for tips. And here I am, typing this with a slightly sore but ring free finger. What a fantastic tip, thanks so much for sharing the wisdom, I'll certainly pass this on and remember this for the future - I'm not pregnant yet, but hope to be one day and if I'm swelling up now, who knows what I'll be like then, he he. Great to know I'm not the only one who's suffered with this, and also that there's so many handy hints out on the web (pardon the pun)!   fantastic Comments By: anon i couldnt believe it actually worked i got my best friends engagement ring stuck on my finger and had yto get it off before her boyfriend found out this tip was fantastic came off straight away   it hurts Comments By: shaniqua it didn't work maybe because my ring is bent   Tried it Comments By: Kate I was hoping that it would work for me after reading the other results. It didn't. I'm not sure what I'm going to do now. The ring that is stuck is my mother's wedding band that I had been wearing until I dumped in my kayak and didn't realize that I hit my finger until it was too late. I know that the ring can be replaced, but I hoped not to have to go the route of cutting it off.   It Works!!! Comments By: Carole Wow- I am so releived...I had to try this tip twice but I was able to remove both my rings..thank-you :)   it's the oil! Comments By: olivia grasso i don't see what role saran wrap plays in this. oil up you finger and the ring slides off after a few seconds   Duurrr! lol xx Comments By: Georgefan2006 It isn't the oil..the wrap pulls the swell of your finger in to give enough room for the ring to slide off!   It worked!!! Comments By: Joanna It worked on my husband's wedding ring/finger, but it took a lot longer than 30 seconds. We had to wrap the finger about four seperate times. His finger was bad and we were about to cut the ring off, then I read this page and asked him to "humor me" and try it out. The problem with us was that his finger was already so swollen, that we wrapped from the ring to the knuckle to let the swelling move towards the fingertips. The swelling has to go somewhere! We first tried wrapping the entire finger but it didn't go down enough, so we wrapped an inch, moved the ring, wrapped another inch, moved the ring etc... I was still having to twist and pull that ring off, even when it was almost around his fingernail - that's how swollen it got. Thank you, thank you, thank you. My husband is a much happier man now.   where from? Comments By: rac2002 where can I buy Saran wrap from....I haven't heard of it before......thanks for great tip! TipKing says: Sharan wrap is a US brand of cling film www.saranbrands.com   Thankyou so much Comments By: Debs Having tried everything else, I thought I'd have to have my beloved Platinum Wedding band cut off, but this worked a treat. Now need to have it significantly re-sized!   I hope it works.. Comments By: anon just tried this trick.not working so far but my finger is very very swollen after numerous attempts at other methods..I think I will try it again tonight in hopes that the swelling will go down a bit..   WOO HOO!!!! IT WORKED Comments By: Julie My husband was very sceptical...but we tried this and it worked! Thanks so much for sharing!   OMG IT WORKED Comments By: Grace Like the woman's husband it took a lot of small sections of wrapping and some pain, but we got my 17 yr old ring off without cutting it off. She is over joyed! Thank you thank you thank you   Who ever says it doesn't work is NUTS! Comments By: Theresa I went out with my boyfriend last night and decided to put on a diamond and ruby ring. Usuallly I take off my rings before I go to bed but forgot because I was tired. I woke up this morning couldn't get the ring off. I tried ice for a 45 minutes and that didn't work. So when I read this I said to y boyfriend le's try it. We did and the ring came off after about 3 minutes. Great advice. Thanks.   Best advice I have ever received Comments By: Marissa This was my last resort before having to get the ring cut off. I tryed soaking the ring in ice cold water, elevating the hand to reduce swellingm using, windex, soapy water... But the Seran Wrap and Cooking Oil really worked!!! It was a but painful but SOOO worth it.   SWEET !!!!!!!! Comments By: SUE WILSON IT TOTALLY WORKS   It's a Wrap! Comments By: Rhonni The Saran Wrap did the trick! It took about an hour, but I'm ring-free as I write this. We believe it worked better without the oil. This method will work, it will hurt, but just keep at it, and you too can save yourself a visit to the E.R. and repair costs to a valuable ring. Thank you to all that have contributed to this site!!   It worked - thank you! Comments By: Rebecca After checking that Saran wrap was, as I suspected, cling film, I tried this tip and it worked straight away (I'd failed miserably using oil, soap etc.) Thank you so much!   Superb!! Comments By: Barbie-Doll My wedding and engagement rings fit me yesterday - today as soon as i put them on my finger went nuts and looked like it was about to explode! i'm pregnant and panicked that i put on so much weight overnight or pre-eclampsyia had set in that that was it! they were never coming off! they're both platinum and no way was i about to get them cut off [potential divorce from husband if that happened - far too expensive!!!]. so after a few hours of pain something had to be done - all the usual [soap, fairy liquid, shower gel, iced fingers] didn't work...until i found your solution! the two rings came off in about 20 seconds - and the blood has started circulating again!!!! Fantastic tip i'm not about to forget! THANK YOU!!   WOW! Comments By: Roz Tried this after getting wedding ring stuck due to pregnancy.... Thought I was going to have to get it cut off after usual tricks failed and finger looked like a balloon. Didn't think this would work half way through doing it but persevered through the pain and hey presto one ring and one finger in one piece!! Best to use good quality cling film - ours kept splitting when putting it on!!   I have a question... Comments By: catbruin How can you grease the ring and your finger below the wrap as they are being wrapped by the saran wrap??!! Do you apply the grease before you wrap the ring and finger?? Please help!   Bad Timing Comments By: Swollen Fingers I just read your tip, because i was curious to see what i could have done. Unfortnately i panicked WAYY to much and ended up waking up my parents to cut off the ring. Let me tell EVERYONE something. Windex, Cocoa butter, Ice, and elecation do not work. I even tried doing all of them at the same time. I had to just cut my ring off :[ But i wish i would have read your tip sooner. It may have helped me. My only question now is, how long will my finger remain swollen. Its been like a half hour and its still as fat as a sausage, even though the blood is flowing. Im very nervous.   Thank you the relief is amazing !! You should be give a sainthood. Comments By: Dave It works, I used liquid soap and then wrapped it with film, left it a couple of minutes and then twisted the ring off by rotating it....Thank you.   It worked and I am overjoyed!!!!! Comments By: Mrs H Due to pregnancy swelling, my wedding rings had become so tight on my finger I was starting to get hysterical about it with visions of my finger turning blue and falling off! I'd tried all the other methods and no go but thank godness I found this site coz after a bit of pain and perserverence, the rings are off!!! I am so relieved! Thank you sooo much for this wonderful tip!!!   should send you a check for the money you saved me!! Comments By: eeggs 11 pm on a Saturday night, my teenage daughter shows me her finger with its swollen knuckle just above a tiny little ring. I spent hours trying to ice the knuckle, lubricating her finger, elevating the hand, trying to cut the ring with wire cutters. Searched the internet for solutions. Around 2 am I was contemplating a trip to Wal-Mart to buy some Windex or the emergency room, when I stumbled upon your web page. After about three wraps and unwraps and much much tears and pain, the ring was off! Thank you thank you!!!   You are wonderful! Comments By: MLemaire While I tried to remove the ring from my swollen finger (after 24 hours)I remembered your advice. I had to ice and then soak the finger in very cold water before I was able to adequately wrap my finger with suran wrap. But 15 minutes after that, behold the ring was removed.