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by gunna on January 5, 2007
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not if it keeps on growning back..i was wondering if a person sprayed sum vemon where its hairy will the vemon kill the hair?
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by CFoley on January 6, 2007
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I was under the impression that hair was dead cells, growing outward only as they die. I could be wrong. I do not think venom being sprayed would do anything. I know for a fact that cobra venom would do nothing.
I know this from keeping black, black and white, red, and mozambique spitting cobras. I have come in contact with their venom on a few occasions, none of which causing anything, other than some irritation if there was an old cut around it.
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by GREGLONGHURST on January 6, 2007
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No. Venom will have no adverse effects regarding hair or skin. It causes harm to the eyes & to the entire body if it is injected. Snake venom can in fact be swallowed without adverse effects.
My question to the board: In this computer age, does noone read books any more?
~~Greg~~
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by Chance on January 6, 2007
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I have to question the assertion that venom will not effect skin at all. I've been sprayed a few times by N. siamensis, and on one notable occasional shortly after shaving (yes, stupid move), my skin tingled and burned quite a bit. Even when I hadn't just shaved though, it would tingle a little. Venom from spitting cobras and several others is proteolytic. Skin is made up, largely, of various proteins. Given time, I would surmise that venom would indeed adversely effect skin.
Basically, the gist of all this is: wash venom off of your skin asap. And even though you might be able to do it, don't drink it ;) Of course, that should be obvious I suppose.
-Chance
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by petra on January 8, 2007
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I have to agree with the skin irritation. I got C. atrox venom sprayed all over my thumb - had no cuts or scratches and I still felt slight pain and tingle for couple of hours even though I washed it off immediately.
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