"People who smoke cigarettes, they say:

“You don’t know how hard it is to quit smoking.”

Yes, I do. It’s as hard as it is to start flossing." - Mitch Hedberg

  • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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    28 days ago

    But seriously, my dental hygienist is pretty rough because my permanent retainer grows tartar like crazy, but I’ve never bled since I started flossing daily.

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      28 days ago

      It looks years before my dental hygienist finally explained it properly for me.

      Your gums are inflamed from fighting all the bacteria etc from not flossing. When your gums are inflamed, they’re extra full of blood, so when you do floss, you bleed a whole bunch. It has nothing to do with “toughening up your gums”.

      I’ve flossed every day since and haven’t had a problem