Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- you know when you get a paper cut and you say, why does this hurt so much more than anything else.
You know the dreaded moment when you feel that familiar but nevertheless shocking surge of pain on your finger. You were just trying to mail a letter to your Great-Aunt Celia to thank her for the hand knitted mittens she sent you for Christmas, and then it happens. Your fingertip is searing in pain; it feels like a knife just sliced through your top few layers of skin. so why does it hurt so bad? Let’s delve into that on this episode of The Infographics Show, Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Bad?
The dreadful paper cut is just a fun little thing we humans unintentionally do to ourselves to keep us on our toes. You thought you had good hand-eye coordination? Well, think again. One reason why these annoying little cuts hurt so badly is because they usually happen on our most sensitive areas like the fingertip, lip, or tongue.
The fingertip consists of layers of skin that make paper cuts hurt more and bleed less. The outermost layer, which is known as the epidermis, is very thin like a sheet of paper. Under that layer is the dermis. This is where all the nerve endings are. The dermis is a bit thicker, about 5 or 6 millimeters, and a paper can easily cut well into the dermis layer, lighting up all those nerve endings and setting your fingertip on fire, not literally, of course.
Another reason a paper cut hurts so much is that even though a piece of paper is flimsy and doesn’t look anything like a blade, the edge of a piece of paper can be razor-sharp. You can’t really see it with your eye, but the edge of a piece of paper resembles something more like a saw with a serrated edge and does a lot of microscopic damage to your fingertip when it cuts it. Have you ever tried to cut through something with a dull knife? The knife pulls and tears rather than easily slicing through it. That’s what paper does to your fingertip when you get a paper cut.
Now if you get cut by a piece of mail or a well-worn library book, then there’s also the chance of bacteria being spread into your paper cut, which can lead to infection. You definitely don’t want that to happen, so make sure you always clean your paper cut with soap and water and cover it with a bandage right away to prevent infection and keep it from reopening.
Did you know that you have more nerve endings in your fingertips than almost any other part of your body? That’s right, your fingers are jam-packed with neurons. Some of these neurons are called nociceptors. These are sensory receptors to detect potential harm. Nociceptors make it possible for the nerve networks on your fingertips, lips, and tongue to precisely identify feelings of pressure, heat, cold, and injury. Your brain even has a specialized area to receive incoming signals from these parts in high-definition. The heightened sensing ability of your fingers, lips, and tongue makes injuries to these parts of your body all the more painful.
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Did the experiment at the end of the video work for you?!
Yep
👌👌👌👌👌
Yeet
Yes awesome video 😉
What is the song in the video?
Instructions unclear, various body parts stuck in ceiling fan
What if I don’t have an Aunt Celia
Avery Lopez-Baines do they have paper in Cuba?
what about your aunt Carlita?! Huh? Huh?😏
😂😂😂
I don't even have an aunt
HaloMasterRex I dont think cuban technology is that advanced yet
When you realise a piece of paper is more powerful than you at scratching things
Coyote Oh Sh***
Why did I watch this? I can feel this and that’s new for me never had ghost pains before
Always happens to us guys whenever we see other guys getting hit on the nuts
@@flashwachook true
This hurt me more than it hurt them
ikr
Ghost pains occur to me when in TVs sharp objects are brought near eyes
*paper cuts are just a trees revenge*
Joshua Ramirez How can I get and use the thick font?
@@hunterkiller3167 just put 5 point star on both sides of text*
You sre right
*****just trying*****
*TRUE*
is anyone else cringing throughout this entire video?
stanleycoleman i literally felt those cringe chills the entire time
stanleycoleman like the challenge in jackass where they gave themselves paper cuts between their toes
esoprup llepssmi sdrawkcab
you ar so stuped
Meeewk i geel does chills
Who else felt pain just from reading it💀
Oh yeah yeah that hurts
Oh yeah yeah same
Paint?
ItsSurge Gaming pain
Me too.
Damn informative video......
They hurt worse when your at Work
*When im doing homework*
You're
Have had lemon juice on the cut? Painful af
No they hurt worse when you finally notice them lol
*You're
stepping on a lego hurts less than this
Tell that to my fucking foot
No.
Are you sure?
Nah when you stub your pinky toe that's worse
Oh yeah yeah
Out of all the violent videos this channel has posted this one was the hardest for me to watch.
Never thought I'd hear that one... 😂
a paper cut never hurts me i'm enceladus
Isnt it mind blowing that more than one person can be first
OH YEAH
Oh no
Bruh, do you have 4 accounts with the same pic??
@@Danilio. oh yeah yeah
i waited 90 days to change my name to this u the fucking dude from t-series who commented “oh yeah yeah” a bunch of times.
Just use scissors make sure rock doesn't come along
Oh yea yea
Gang gang
u have gay
Ho I o
Spongebob SquarePants I have seen you in 8 comment sections why
0:07 who tf still mails letters lol
Me
Manic Panic1 oh yeah yeah
Ppl in jail lol
IKR XD
Boot camp
0:41 I thoutght he said “these annoying little c*nts lol
Lol
The human body always amazes me by how strong and so fragile it is at the same time
*I shall now use the JITSU OF A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS!*
1:42 So are you saying I should stop buying knives and use flimsy paper instead?
No
Yes
🗿
I got a paper cut today. Just out of frustration I searched that why does it hurt so bad. This video was top suggession. I wached it and right away wrapped a bandaid. Feeling better.
paper beat rock
rock beat hand
so paper beat hand
@George Agdgdgwngo hand is really weak, buff it
hand beats meat.
Sim senhor viva portugal🇵🇹🇵🇹
I beat my meat, till i bleed
@@df5687 haahahaha
I legit can’t stop thinking about painful papercuts and it makes me cringe so much help
I always wondered why 🤔 now I know 😁thanks for an amazing video 😘
Thank you for watching! 👍
Wow. The Infographics Show is coming back to normal.
I was opening my friend’s package of index cards, and I got a paper cut. I actually got some blood on a bunch of the cards, so I threw those cards away.
Actually it surprises me each time that falling from something as simple as a bicycle, can hurt so much for so long, even cause actual problems that get you to an hospital.
Lucky I don't get paper cuts very often, though I do work quite a lot with paper, but the feeling is more annoying then painfull, like it makes you feel less able to use that one finger...
I work at a day care type thing and kids were coloring and I had some papers in my hand, and as I was passing out the papers, all of the papers sliced in between my thumb and pointer finger. There was one pretty big and deep one and then 2 or 3 smaller ones above it. It bled so much and I was so shocked.
Noooooo😭
The dreaded paper cuts, as a school supply store employee, yup it hurt so much and it happens to me a lot of times. Most of the times I don't use gloves since some paper is hard to take out of the packages.
Okay let's stop the death penalty and introduce the paper cut punishment lol.
..... only if i get to do it.
Paper cut plus lemon juice lol
@Fake Account Jr. Not lego bricks lego triangles
@Fake Account Jr. the pointy part of a lego pyramid is more painful
NO PPEASE NO
It’s not the pain that I hate, the dryness of the paper going through skin gives me goosebumps. Even thinking about it makes me cringe
You know what hurts worse? Not signing up to Dashlane!
And being first! :DDD
Not signing into *WIX*
I'm so intrigue about paper cut, I never experience paper cut nor seen people cut by a paper.
Anyone else getting phantom pains watching this?
it’s like i’m paranoid, looking over my head, it’s like a whirlwind inside of my head...
Paper cuts may hurt but they don’t hurt as bad as when a girl friendzones you
she didnt friendzone you, you girlfriend zoned her and she didnt like dat lol.
@@df5687 oh yeah yeah
@@redrazirahc9659 oh yeah yeah
Evariste Galois friendships are awesome
It hurts more if you get third wheeled with your CRUSH
My finger got a cut because of the paper edge of my notebook, and I immediately searched this!!!
Oh yeah yeah
Christian Amaya oh yeah send back ups
Now do a video on why HANGNAILS hurt so much!
4:20 niccccce
Oh damn, so relatable, papercuts suck.
You know what hurts even more?
Getting tortured with electric shocks.
And this is why artists use thick paper
I've gotten paper cuts from cardboard. Thicker paper just makes it hurt more.
Remember when this channel used to talk about other countries and military stuff? I miss that.
So many people with maximillanmus profile pics
may I compliment you on the graphics, the guy simulating the pain sensation was good.🤭
top 10 questions even science can't awnser
Ow!
Larry WTF that hurt!
Anything that hurts normally feel even worse for me because of autism and because of that I’m terrified of needles
I feel ya
I have a debilitating phobia of needles I can't even get a flushot without having a Mental Breakdown
Why do paper cuts hurt so much? Because *_paper cuts_*
Just those two words can make you cringe with Vietnam flashbacks
My arms are turning to jelly as I watch this video. Just hearing the narrator describe the feeling brings back the horror.
Oh yeah yeah those hurt
I slapped your momma she voted for obama
I always get papercuts and it just feels like somebody lightly tapped me
damn. they hurt at school and everyone treat me as JESUS.
Back at it again with the: «oh yeah yeah»
who else was cringing the entire vid
I am so glad I got to know about Skillshare from this channel. I now have videos on my own channel
1:50 that dude is so extra
Fun fact: I got a paper cut opening an odd envelope a few seconds before I got the notification for this video.
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Cuts on the tip of finger hurt no matter what it’s from I’m scared of sharp objects because of this
*My finger was hurt when i playing LEGO*
Your animations are getting better. :)
Ugh!!! This made me cringe so much! Why am I watching this?!?
We Dont Need this video in these troubled times
I never understood how is it scientifically possible for paper to cut you? It’s not even sharp.
BOB THE TERMINATOR Gary shelvon Jr. did you watch the full video?
I never had a paper cut so...
Paper is made from wood, so it retains some of the microscopic physical features, such as having very thin, very small wood fibers and splinters all along its surface
Lmao, I watched this video yesterday and got a paper cut today , and now I’m re-watching for the advice I watched yesterday.
OH YEAH OH YEAH
YEAH
What's up with that profile pic?
@@punchycat8113 it's a meme but idk how
You guys are uploading so much lately,
Just wanted to thank you
I don’t know why but when I was in second grade I gave myself a paper cut in the skin between my thumb and first finger
That was an intense paper cut visual at the beginning
The video is 4:20 long ...
well for me, i thought it healed but the void my father left when he abandoned me and my mom has a tendency to reopen up too hahaha
Second 😛
your animation style evolves everyday keep up the goof work!
good*
U savage u mad the time 4:20
What
I can feel it the pain by watching this video...
Their reactions when they feel the paper cut pain is basically "NANI!?!" personified
This is how I developed fear from anything that was made from trees like wood which gives splinters, paper that well, this.
my disappointment is immeasurable, he did not talk about getting a paper cut on top of you're finger
I used to get paper cuts as a kid and I used to cry alot because I couldn’t stand the pain
Thanks, Great Aunt Celia! The sweater is so comfy!
That horror movie background music is appropriate for this topic 👍
I imagine this is why braille works so well.
Imagine getting a paper cut on your eyeball. Ouch....
Dang, never knew, could you review why that little piece of peeling skin on my finger hurts so bad?
I thought paper cuts were bad until I was folding a box and got a cardboard cut
I cut my finger when I used a knife to open the red juice, my brother was trying to help, I kept asking him, because I was panicing, I put fresh cold water on it to get the blood out, but it still was hurting, like I said earlier, I did not cut my finger off, just my skin, but now it healed
I got a McDonald ad, it said
"B-O-L-L-T!"
"if you gonna do it, do it!!!"
I have heard something like this for the first time. How can paper cut someone, i still don't believe it.
I’ve had hundreds of paper cuts and they’ve hardly hurt at all. The other day I finally cut my finger with a knife for the FIRST TIME EVER in my entire life and it hurt like a motherf-er!
Better question is. Why can we only get paper cuts on accident and not on purpose???
I like the dramatic background music
I have never had a paper cut and I feel happy now!
Finally we’re asking real questions
They’re not that bad
1. Rinse with water
2. Superglue
3. Pain goes away and cut starts to heal
You guys should do a video for the upcoming super bowl !!!
So I can beat my opponent with paper? Here I come Jet Li
I once got that. It didn't hurt. I first didn't even know it happened until I looked at my finger.
Hitting my tibia against a wooden chair always hurts more than I thought it would
Have you made a video yet about why it hurts when you stub a toe (especially the pinky toe against the couch)?
* wondering why paper cuts hurt, cringes on the whole video from the look of cuts *
4:20 "NICE"
Hiccups! My hiccups are almost always stupidly agressive. Maybe I just need to chew my food more thoroughly before swallowing it...
Perfect timing, I got a papercut earlier and actually wondered about this, so thanks.