LillyBoPeep
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ORIGINAL: strangedesire I actually was lucky enough to go to a stapling demo this weekend. Surgical staplers are absurdly easy to use. They really don't hurt that much, either - just a pinch. We did discuss industrial staples a little. The presenter didn't feel comfortable with them, so it was more "well, he soaks them in something to sanitize them" than anything than a how-to. Even if I could sterilize them, and the gun, I'd be pretty nervous about them. Surgical staples bend into a little box shape under the skin, so you can put pressure on them without driving them further into the body. (This was demonstrated via punching, to the delight of the demo bottom. I love my life.) I think industrial staples just go straight in, right? With a gun, you don't have much control over depth, either. You'd need to be really knowledgeable about your partner's anatomy. It's a little too edgy for me, personally. I asked her for a comparison, and the medical ones are more "pinchy" while the industrial ones feel more like needles, and they go deeper. There was a pretty good amount of wacking over her staples (wooooaaah) and they stayed put, but I can understand, throughout the course of learning about this, why people would be uncomfortable with using the industrial-type staples.
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