AIBU to want to remove my six year-old's tonsil stone?

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It's massive. I can't stop asking her to show me it because I just want to poke it with a cotton bud. But I feel I would need a valid medical reason to do so, and 'because it's driving me mad and I love picking scabs etc' is not valid enough.

You need to do it and take photos or film it

I have never heard of a tonsil stone.

Don't please, the tonsils are a very vascular area and it could easily cause a bleed

I have done this to myself before on numerous occasions. My tonsils are the bane of my life. Did bleed a bit but nothing serious. Very satisfying but makes you gag a lot!

Surely it will just pop out with a bit of a prod on its own if you can see it?

I just googled.

You can easily get them off/out with a cotton bud.

You don't need to. They just dislodge of their own accord

Jesus Christ I have just googled.

What in the name of hell are those bastard things?

Stones? In tonsils?

Why? How do you get rid of them? Can you feel them? URGH!

Haha, yes I would have filmed it and then watched it again! I'm not actually going to do it, they're not even my tonsils; but my god is it tempting. And compulsively beguiling. When she had a verruca I secretly enjoyed the whole Bazuka thing (apart from the bit where it hurt her and she cried!).

getorfgetstuffed that's basically what I just said out loud!!!

Oh poor thing - my sister has cryptic tonsils. She uses warm saline solution and a cotton bud.

There was a whole thread about videos of them being removed, at some point. I knew I would get some 'do it, DO IT!!' comments

Commander, are some tonsils more cryptic than others, then? DD has quite a lot of infections generally, they are keeping an eye on it.

I taught my ds how to remove his by gauging and poking with his tongue I had tons of them in my teens, never get them now.

Gargling

www.wikihow.com/Remove-Tonsil-Stones-(Tonsiliths)

I would personally, but I'm obsessed with things like that. I can't sleep if DP has a blackhead on his back that I simply must get at

I'm a sicko who loves watching massive spot/cyst popping videos though

Don't! You'll make her sick.

I get them, horrible things. I can't dislodge them either because it makes me gag so I just have to suffer them until they work their way out and then try not to be sick.

I find antibacterial mouthwash helps keep them at bay.

Oh. My. God. You learn something new every with Mumsnet.

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I used to get mine out with a cotton bud, felt so much better when it was out!

Get it out! I can never get my own out and they are horrible. She'll feel much better with it gone!

I gag too much to get mine out myself, I just have to wait for them to drop out then spit (and occasionally sniff!)