The directions for Debacterol suggested applying it at the first sign of an ulcer. I chose to ignore that the first time I used it because any medicine worth a darn will work better when the ulcer first gets started. So when I had a spot start up on my tongue, I let it grow for a couple of days before I gave it a try.
3. Well slap me in the face and call
me Sally, something actually
worked the way it’s advertised.
I posted on Monday that I was
experimenting with a product
called Debacterol, which was a
sulfuric acid solution that
supposedly cauterized the ulcer
and helped it heal faster.
4. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m happy
to report that this stuff worked
like a charm. Here’s my
experience:
5. The directions for Debacterol
suggested applying it at the first
sign of an ulcer. I chose to ignore
that the first time I used it
because any medicine worth a
darn will work better when the
ulcer first gets started.
6. So when I had a spot start up on
my tongue, I let it grow for a
couple of days before I gave it a
try.
7. Luckily for me (usually unlucky,
but lucky this time), I had a tiny
one trying to get started below
my bottom lip, so I had the
chance to try it on two ulcers at
once – one an established one
and one in the early stages.
8. Considering you’re basically
putting battery acid on an exposed
nerve, it really didn’t hurt so
bad. Truly, it didn’t. Most of the
over the counter medicines I’ve
used, especially the kind that form
protective films like Kanka or
Zilactin hurt worse than this.
9. It comes in a what is basically a
hollow Q-Tip, and when you
break the seal, the medicine flows
into the cotton at the head. You
apply it to the ulcer for no less
than 5 seconds and no more than
10, then rinse your mouth out
with warm water.
10. One word of warning, the
medicine kinda stinks. And when
I say kinda, I mean it reeks. It’s a
very chemical smell, in fact I had
to throw away the trash can I put
the Q-Tip in because my wife
thought I had sprayed for bugs in
the bathroom.
11. But after 5 seconds or so,
making sure you cover the
entire ulcer, and rinsing off, you
see immediately a white film
over the ulcer. This isn’t the
medicine, this is dead cells that
you just zapped with freaking
acid.
12. I was actually worried that I
had made the smaller ulcer
worse because all day long I
could feel a large spot of dead
skin where I had hit it.
13. I did it Monday morning, and that
day I was still feeling some pain
from that spot on my tongue, but it
was definitely a lot less. And it was
a different kind of pain. Not at
sharp as the agony we know and
love from ulcers. Much more dull,
more of an ache.
14. The next day, Tuesday, the tiny
one was nonexistent, and the
bigger one was half the size of
the day before. And half the
pain. On Wednesday, I could
pronounce it dead. Not only did
it not hurt, I couldn’t even find
it when looking in the mirror.
15. Knocked it out completely in
two days. After putting
something on it for 5 seconds. I
am very impressed.
Here’s the tracking of the ulcer
just to give you a first-hand look
at what I recorded:
16. It came up officially on
Saturday, after a couple of days
of feeling a little sore-throaty in
my throat and ear (typical auto-
immune warning sign). Refer to
my tracking method if this
doesn’t make any sense.