# Help! Part of my flesh is caught in a zipper! (Need answer fast)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 30, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082 "2010-06-30T16:47:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/1 "2010-06-30T16:47:06Z")
I was just getting dressed a couple minutes ago, zipping up my denim skirt. Got it about 4/5ths of the way up when I felt a painful tug and realized part of my skin got caught in the metal zipper.
Now, to those of you unfortunate enough to have experienced this, what’s the best way to free myself? As is, it doesn’t really hurt as long as I don’t move. I tried to gently tug my skin away, and it hurts. Tried to unzipper, and it hurt even more. I’m wondering whether I ought to zip the rest of the way up, but I’m scared to try. I’m not really sure how much of me is caught, maybe a centimeter?
I’m thinking about just going about my day, forgetting about it, until a sudden unexpected movement does the work for me, but I don’t really relish the thought :(.
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/2 "2010-06-30T16:48:42Z")
Close your eyes and unzip as hard as you can. It’s the only way. ☹
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/3 "2010-06-30T16:50:33Z")
> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Close your eyes and unzip as hard as you can. It’s the only way. ☹
Yep. Faster and sooner the better.
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/4 "2010-06-30T16:56:09Z")
Just be glad you’re not Ben Stiller. ☹
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### Author:  [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/5 "2010-06-30T19:29:49Z")
> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Close your eyes and unzip as hard as you can. It’s the only way. ☹
one motion. quick as possible.
It’s going to hurt.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/6 "2010-06-30T19:35:33Z")
I think most of the responses are from males and trust me, when we get caught it’s in the worst possible place.
I hate to say it but they’re right. Like ripping off a bandaid - do it fast.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/7 "2010-06-30T19:50:21Z")
Hope the lack of updates is not indicative of an ER visit. :eek:
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### Author:  [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/8 "2010-06-30T19:57:09Z")
You might want to get a friend to do it. I stuck myself with a fishhook once and couldn’t muster the strength to yank it out of me. It didn’t hurt or anything, but my “don’t kill yourself” reflex was kicking in. My friend was able to yank it out without a problem though.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/9 "2010-06-30T20:01:13Z")
Hold the unzipped parts and pull apart. Quickly.
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### Author:  [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/10 "2010-06-30T20:58:35Z")
Thank you for the advice. I am okay and have freed myself, though I have a small, puffy patch of skin from where the zipper was. with one hand on the zipper and the other holding the side of my hip down, I was able to free myself by unzipping quickly. Hurt like a mofo, but life goes on.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/11 "2010-06-30T21:00:16Z")
Glad you survived.
🙂
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### Author:  [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/12 "2010-07-01T04:04:49Z")
Possibly the only real advantage of granny panties.
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/13 "2010-07-01T05:38:27Z")
> [@Bosstone](#):
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> Just be glad you’re not Ben Stiller. ☹
The op said skirt, so at least we know it’s neither frank nor beans.
Wonder what it was… :eek:
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/14 "2010-07-01T14:56:38Z")
> [@Bosstone](#):
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> Just be glad you’re not Ben Stiller. ☹
Franks and beans!
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/15 "2010-07-01T15:32:04Z")
It must not have been too painful, considering the amount of time it took you to post your OP.
Next time this happens tie a piece of string to the zipper pull tab and the other end to the door knob. Then slam the door, hard. Hey, if it works for human teeth, then it should be a piece of cake with zipper teeth.
😃
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/16 "2010-07-01T15:42:07Z")
> [@Patch](#):
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> The op said skirt, so at least we know it’s neither frank nor beans.
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> Wonder what it was… :eek:
Since it was a skirt that got mostly zipped up before disaster, it was hip or belly skin, depending on where the zipper was.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/17 "2010-07-01T15:54:03Z")
Did you find someone to kiss it and make it better?
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### Author:  [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/18 "2010-07-01T15:57:04Z")
Average guy here.
“We got a bleeder!” is accurate. Never got the beans above the frank, but you learn that replacing things and zipping up is a job best done slowly. Rushing to catch the train/friends/etc. can only end in disaster.
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### Author:  [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/19 "2010-07-01T17:36:38Z")
> [@ducati](#):
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> Average guy here.
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> “We got a bleeder!” is accurate. Never got the beans above the frank, but you learn that replacing things and zipping up is a job best done slowly. .
Also another good reason to wear underwear.
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### Author:  [@ThirdOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThirdOne)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-part-of-my-flesh-is-caught-in-a-zipper-need-answer-fast/545082/20 "2010-07-01T20:43:52Z")
Now we know it’s over with, I just have to mention, this is a perfect example of why we wear slips under our skirts. Then, you just catch fabric which is much less painful to release 🙂 Not that I wear skirts, tbh, I only were slacks anymore, but when I did wear dresses and skirts, I wore a slip underneath.
Seriously, that’s what underwear (including a slip) is for, at least in part.
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