Fresh Breath Floss-ups
I hate flossing. There! I said it. And I meant every word, all three of them. I! Hate! Flossing! I hate the way you have to wind that waxy string around your fingers, I hate when you get a little piece of guck out of your teeth and it just…clings to the string, I hate most of all when you pull the floss out of your teeth and a piece of something goes twanging off onto your bathroom mirror.
Gah. I am seriously grossing myself out over here.
I also hate the left-behind pieces of string, how they sometimes just end up lying around on the side of the sink or trailing over the edge of the garbage can or whatever. Flossing! Hate it!
Well, I recently found this ridiculous-sounding product, Floss-ups, and you know what? I don’t hate using them. I don’t hate Floss-ups, and therefore I no longer hate flossing.
Floss-ups are basically a bunch of individual plastic doodads that hold a piece of minty floss. You hold one to floss (no need for winding string!), and you can maneuver it between your teeth while keeping it in your mouth (no flinging crud around!). It’s easy to rinse off mid-floss (no clinging grossness!), and when you’re done, you just toss it in the trash.
The handle end of each Floss-up is pointy, should you wish to jab it merrily into the soft pink meat of your mouth (it claims to be a “gum stimulator”). If self-mutilation isn’t your thing, they probably work great for cleaning fingernails too.
In conclusion: Floss-ups make flossing suck less, and they’re cheap as hell. Win!
Link: Floss-ups at Walgreen’s
Ballpark price: $2.00
Posted: January 21st, 2007 under Personal care, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 12
Comments
Comment from honeybecke
Time: January 21, 2007, 10:34 pm
I am seriously considering this product. I am concerned for the wellbeing of my cat, who strangely likes to eat the floss out of the garbage and oh my, then we have some drama that trails out of the litter box. He’s all “some assistance here, please? meow?”
Comment from Daily Tragedies
Time: January 22, 2007, 1:15 pm
Ditto. Hate flossing for all the above reasons, AND THE BLEEDING. Ew.
Anyway, I bought the same thing (different brand) and they have revolutionized my flossing habits! As in, I now actually bother to floss more than once a month.
Comment from Leah
Time: January 22, 2007, 3:22 pm
I just wish I could override that part of my brain that makes me look at what I’ve pulled out of my teeth. I mean, I really don’t want to know. And yet I look.
Comment from Anonymous
Time: January 22, 2007, 6:18 pm
Yes, but . . . SO BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT! All that extra plastic, just being thrown away.
Comment from laura
Time: January 22, 2007, 7:28 pm
re: environmental issues… quantitatively, is all the plastic, really that much more than a traditional floss case? I say go for it if it keeps you flossing, says the girl who is paying big money and big pain for a root canal and a new crown next week.
Comment from Linda
Time: January 22, 2007, 8:49 pm
Comment from zu
Time: January 23, 2007, 8:01 am
hi, I don’t like flossing either and it only thing stopping me from buying these floss-ups is the BIG guilt of throwing away more plastic crap.
:)
Comment from b.
Time: January 23, 2007, 8:50 am
We got some cute Crayola ones from my son’s dentist and it’s been a life-saver. How do you get a (then) four year old to stand still long enough while Mommy or Daddy wrangles a bit of floss? But these are so easy that he can do it himself (he’s five now) or we can do it for him and have it done in a jiffy. I like them so much that maybe…just maybe…I have “borrowed” his crayon floss sticks from time to time. 
(Bonus: no pointy end, which I can totally see myself jabbing into my palm and then bleeding, because I am special that way.)
Comment from Sara
Time: January 23, 2007, 1:25 pm
The only problem I’ve found with these is that the floss is too thick! I have very little space in between my teeth, which makes flossing difficult. I highly recommend Crest Glide to others that have this problem.
Laura, if you have a good doctor you really shouldn’t have too much pain (I didn’t need to use the prescription pain killers!). I found a root canal to be more annoying than anything.
Comment from ambient
Time: January 30, 2007, 7:54 am
You all should totally try the Reach Access flosser. It’s like a plastic toothbrush handle to which you attach little floss doodads. You get much more leverage using the handle, and you don’t have to stick your fingers in your mouth. In the past I’d tried and not liked the little doodads, but this thing has actually made flossing enjoyable for me. And Sara, I too have very tight teeth and used to use Glide floss, but I have not had trouble using the Reach flosser. I sound like a salesperson, but I’m just trying to support tooth health in others!
The best part is that you can get the handle for free from their website: http://www.reachaccess.com/home.html
Comment from aoife
Time: January 31, 2007, 6:20 am
You can go for some higher end flossers with the nice floss tape that is really thin and silky. I bought some childrens one and it was trying to saw a hemp rope between my teeth… the silken flossers i found at target are easy on my teeth and my sons… he’s looking to have tight teeth like mum.
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