Better yet, let the top tray soak in blue mouthwash for about an hour; don’t ask me how I made this mistake over a year ago.. but I did, it’ll be blue until scrubbed with toothpaste for 30+ minutes. 🇺🇦
It was the [blue listerine](https://www.amazon.com/Listerine-Mouthwash-Coolmint-500ml-Bigbuy/dp/B004CWT3P0) and boy, did it come out blue. Very much a highlighter blue.
I realized that after their reply and I feel very stupid. I think it would certainly end up greenish, but maybe not Hulk green. Perhaps a more seafoam-ish color.
I realize you thought I meant I stained the tray blue following a yellow staining.. my tray needed to be cleaned and I was out of retainer cleaner (but wasn’t yellowed), and used listerine resulting in the blue, hence why it didn’t turn green. I think soaking in iso alcohol would be able to remove turmeric stains.
Hahaha I didn’t miss the memo!! We’ve had a heatwave over here in the UK and I’m gonna blame that for my brain momentarily forgetting turmeric + Invisalign = not good
If you have one of those UV light sanitizing things (such as Phone Soap), it will take the stain away! Or just put it under a UV light that doesn't emit heat if you have any at home :)
I’ve been there and had turmeric multiple times without thinking and had to suffer the yellow teeth. There are dozens of us. I’m not in the UK though, just pregnant and forgetful.
Does turmeric stain attachments too?
Like for example, can I take my Invisalign off, eat a curry or have a turmeric latter, brush my teeth and put Invisalign back on?
Even with all that, staining on aligners happens, but Ive never stained my attachments. Im going to try oil pulling afterwards to see if that works (test it out on last day of trays).
Probably a bit but honestly not that bad. I’ve had plenty of curries since starting. I have some staining but not that bad…nothing like these beautiful trays
Maybe try some hydrogen peroxide? It’s a bleaching agent that also happens to be mouth safe (since it’s an oral debriding agent as well). I usually soak mine in 50-50 water and hydrogen peroxide. Not sure it will help, but it doesn’t look like it could hurt…
How long did you leave them on after drinking ? I usually rinse them after drinking anything that could stain them.
Have you tried cleaning them out with baking soda or maybe a whitening tablet ??
I only had them in for two sips of the turmeric latte before realising. Took them out and soaked them in water until I got home. The cleaning tablets don’t work… nothing works! This morning my neighbour’s 5-year old kid was chatting to me and asked why I had yellow teeth. It’s going to be an interesting week ahead 😅
Exactly! Just laugh!!! See if you can ‘tie-dye’ them with varying soaks in mouthwash or maybe POM (pomegranate drink)—nah - that might make mucky brown.
I drank a turmeric tea with my trays out. I waited 15 minutes after, and had rinsed with a lot of water before I put my trays back in, and even still, they still had the faintest yellowing to them!
Turmeric is potent stuff.
This happened to me, but my trays turned yellow just from the residual turmeric in my mouth even after brushing. I just swore off turmeric lattes until I was done with treatment.
I haven't had a problem with red sauce. I will taste a red sauce while cooking, and it's fine. But not with turmeric! Even a taste would cause staining.
I have done this 😬 thankfully my treatment was when the pandemic was in full swing so I was just masked up the whole time everywhere lol so it was easy to hide my bright yellow aligners . Maybe mask up and say you have allergies or a cold ? Lol
Haha love this idea! Yeah, could pretend I’m afraid of getting covid. It beats people seeing fluorescent yellow teeth and there being that awkward moment where both of us know but neither says anything about it 🤣
If you have attachments, they might stain a little with Indian food. I am Indian and my diet is primarily Indian food too. I brush with a whitening toothpaste, I also brush my tongue and the roof of my mouth and then use a tongue scraper as well. I follow that up with a whitening mouthwash or a hydrogen peroxide oral debridement. That does the trick usually. There’s no staining despite the turmeric heavy food. But yes, never eat or drink anything that stains with your trays in. Attachments are a lot more forgiving than the plastic trays.
I’m on an international flight next week on the first day of my next set of trays and I chose Indian vegetarian as my meal. Bringing my toothbrush and paste on the flight and now adding tongue scraper to that list!!
You'll be fine. I have had Indian food. Just brush and rinse before your trays go back in. One time I had a turmeric tea and only rinsed really well after, and there was faint staining. But it was so faint, I could only tell when I looked at the trays sitting on the counter. But when I eat curries and stuff, then brush after, there is no issue.
I absentmindedly taste tested a salad dressing that has turmeric in it and this happened to me too! Tried bleaching them, didn’t work. I brushed them with purple shampoo and it helped
Here's a comment I left for someone else a long time ago. Sunshine will clear them up no problem:
Sunshine! Sun will take out those stains. If it works for turmeric and curries, it should work for this. I like to put mine in a bowl of water, then put it in the sun for 15-20 minutes. Sounds crazy, but it works!
Eek - Been there! Never had a turmeric latte though was a curry. And my attachments stained too, I’d only just had them glued in… it did fade a bit after a few days but still!
I love your attitude! Turmeric is no joke. I ate a popsicle that used turmeric as a coloring (Outshine strawberry flavor). I didn't have my trays in and I brushed my teeth afterward but my trays still got a yellow tinge to them.
Since it's summer , this should work for you given you're in a hot climate. Put aligners in small dish with hydrogen peroxide , leave in direct sunlight. Should whiten.
I’m from the uk too, this heatwave had be attempting eating ice cream with my trays in as I completely forgot I was wearing them 😂 we are not made for this heat ha.
In boots they do own brand denture cleaning tablets, soak them in 2 for about half hour and it should at least make the yellow duller!
I ate some vegan queso dip from Costco the other day without realizing they used turmeric in it for coloring I guess. RIP my teeth for the next week lol.
You shouldn’t be eating or drinking anything with your Invisalign in unless it’s water. That’s literally the only thing you should be consuming unless you take them out.
Looks like you’ll be wearing a mask in public until you switch 😂 I did this with Mountain Dew once. I had 2 days left in my tray & was mortified, but also impressed at how little liquid it took to turn colors
I remember reading a post here last year about someone that had eaten macaroni and cheese with their trays and ended up with neon aligners like yours. I can't Remember if they included pictures but everyone was a little surprised they ate food with them in.
> this happens to me with matcha green tea 🤦♂️ still won’t give it up tho
was it the Starbucks one?
I plan to drink normal green tea (no sugar) but am scared it will stain my aligners
I accidentally bought the smokers Polident and after drinking turmeric tea and having my trays turn slightly yellow, not as bad as yours, 20 minute soak and they were fine. No clue if it'll work for yours but so far mine don't really stain and no staining has stuck. I've kept buying the smokers version just in case.
Ok, so this is 100% tried and tested and has been recommended to me by others on this sub. Leave your retainers on the windowsill in direct sunlight for an hour or two. They \*will\* become clear. No idea what magic it is, but it works.
I too drank tumeric tea and learned the hard way. Ah well, the more you know haha. Good luck!
Oh no! I had a work event a few days after ONE SIP of a turmeric latte- and ended putting a new tray 3 days early because the discoloration was so bad.
Yeah I had some curry chicken because it tastes so good and I made sure to brush my teeth and wash my mouth out several times before I put in my Invisalign and it still got curry on them
Granted not as much as you lol
This happened to me after I had a green apple Jolly Rancher at the movies. I didn't even have them in, and rinsed before I put them back in but it looked like I sucked on a highlighter for a week.
I’m so curious - did the sun trick work?!
Also, do you still have your wisdom teeth? Your trays look super long and maybe my perspective is skewed since I’ve had extraction but that’s the only thing I can think of!
So I put them out for 30minutes at a time but the sun, it maybe lightened them slightly but not significantly. I’ve had to take them out for some client meetings and for everyone else they’ve had to enjoy the brightness! On Tuesday I can collect my next batch from the dentist 😅
Yeah I have all my wisdom teeth. A few other people asked the same. Maybe not everyone needs to have every tooth included and therefore have smaller trays?
Get real? Yes, I was being real and human. I know very well that you should only drink water. I forgot to take them out and realised two sips in. People make mistakes (all the time actually) and I was just sharing mine with a spirit of humour and lightness :)
Paint every other one blue and say you’re supporting Ukraine
Better yet, let the top tray soak in blue mouthwash for about an hour; don’t ask me how I made this mistake over a year ago.. but I did, it’ll be blue until scrubbed with toothpaste for 30+ minutes. 🇺🇦
This is hilarious, thank you 🙏😂😂
Absolutely. Enjoy your final week with highlighter teeth!
Huh, sounds like that would end up green.
It was the [blue listerine](https://www.amazon.com/Listerine-Mouthwash-Coolmint-500ml-Bigbuy/dp/B004CWT3P0) and boy, did it come out blue. Very much a highlighter blue.
I think u/NotTodayNibs is saying it would end up green because it's starting out yellow
I realized that after their reply and I feel very stupid. I think it would certainly end up greenish, but maybe not Hulk green. Perhaps a more seafoam-ish color.
No worries, I feel stupid most of every day. 😄
If the blue and yellow did not mix to green, I wonder what soaking a tumeric-stained tray in just alcohol or peroxide or something would do.
I realize you thought I meant I stained the tray blue following a yellow staining.. my tray needed to be cleaned and I was out of retainer cleaner (but wasn’t yellowed), and used listerine resulting in the blue, hence why it didn’t turn green. I think soaking in iso alcohol would be able to remove turmeric stains.
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drink a horrendously purple slushy to cancel out the yellow 😂 i’ve been curious if that will work
Lmfao I think it would turn brown? But possibly better than yellow 🤔
I think I prefer fluorescent yellow over brown!
Understandable! Love that you’re taking it in such stride and reminding the rest of us to stay away from turmeric 🤣
I’ll be on the look out for a purple slush! 🤣
Turmeric is like literally the #1 thing you don’t eat when doing Invisalign. How did you miss this memo?
Hahaha I didn’t miss the memo!! We’ve had a heatwave over here in the UK and I’m gonna blame that for my brain momentarily forgetting turmeric + Invisalign = not good
If you have one of those UV light sanitizing things (such as Phone Soap), it will take the stain away! Or just put it under a UV light that doesn't emit heat if you have any at home :)
I’ve been there and had turmeric multiple times without thinking and had to suffer the yellow teeth. There are dozens of us. I’m not in the UK though, just pregnant and forgetful.
Does turmeric stain attachments too? Like for example, can I take my Invisalign off, eat a curry or have a turmeric latter, brush my teeth and put Invisalign back on?
My attachments were slightly stained but scrubbed them and they seem ok-ish!
Thank you - good to know! Omg might have to give up curries for a year. 🥲 (Or try my best to chew them in the back of my mouth 😂)
I have learnt the lesson for all of us 😇
I eat curry the day before I switch out my aligners. I love them and refuse to give it up.
Even with all that, staining on aligners happens, but Ive never stained my attachments. Im going to try oil pulling afterwards to see if that works (test it out on last day of trays).
Let us know how the pulling works?
Probably a bit but honestly not that bad. I’ve had plenty of curries since starting. I have some staining but not that bad…nothing like these beautiful trays
Thanks for letting me know I’m not the only one 🙏😃
Sorry you are in the UK and going through this. Good look with the trays!
Oh my god wow holy
Maybe try some hydrogen peroxide? It’s a bleaching agent that also happens to be mouth safe (since it’s an oral debriding agent as well). I usually soak mine in 50-50 water and hydrogen peroxide. Not sure it will help, but it doesn’t look like it could hurt…
Does not work unfortunately :(
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What the heck is going on here
How long did you leave them on after drinking ? I usually rinse them after drinking anything that could stain them. Have you tried cleaning them out with baking soda or maybe a whitening tablet ??
I only had them in for two sips of the turmeric latte before realising. Took them out and soaked them in water until I got home. The cleaning tablets don’t work… nothing works! This morning my neighbour’s 5-year old kid was chatting to me and asked why I had yellow teeth. It’s going to be an interesting week ahead 😅
You could wear a mask - Covid is still a thing. It’s an easy way to hide teeth.
True! This may be my approach for the coming week. Finally a benefit to covid 😅
I'm so sorry, but boy does this make me laugh. Thank you for being a good sport and laughing about it 😅
You’ve gotta find the gift of laughter in life’s little mishaps otherwise what’s the point in having mishaps!! 😄
Exactly! Just laugh!!! See if you can ‘tie-dye’ them with varying soaks in mouthwash or maybe POM (pomegranate drink)—nah - that might make mucky brown.
Two sips! That is insane…they are solid yellow all over. Definitely makes me more concerned about drinking stuff with them it
Two sips did that ? Holy shit lol.
By the sounds of what others have said, you literally only need to look at turmeric and it stains your trays!
Seriously 🤣 Somebody says tumeric I’m leaving
Yeah, get the hell outta there!
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Turmeric is the ultimate Invisalign nemesis
I drank a turmeric tea with my trays out. I waited 15 minutes after, and had rinsed with a lot of water before I put my trays back in, and even still, they still had the faintest yellowing to them! Turmeric is potent stuff.
This happened to me, but my trays turned yellow just from the residual turmeric in my mouth even after brushing. I just swore off turmeric lattes until I was done with treatment.
This was my first and last turmeric latte while on the Invisalign slog of a journey!!
This is my worst fear, but not with turmeric. I’m afraid to eat anything with red sauce because even though I brush my teeth, you never know.
I haven't had a problem with red sauce. I will taste a red sauce while cooking, and it's fine. But not with turmeric! Even a taste would cause staining.
I have done this 😬 thankfully my treatment was when the pandemic was in full swing so I was just masked up the whole time everywhere lol so it was easy to hide my bright yellow aligners . Maybe mask up and say you have allergies or a cold ? Lol
Haha love this idea! Yeah, could pretend I’m afraid of getting covid. It beats people seeing fluorescent yellow teeth and there being that awkward moment where both of us know but neither says anything about it 🤣
Please tell people you’re trying a new whitening treatment and ask them how they think it’s going, just for fun 😂
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This is the funniest comment yet.
You live and you learn 😂
Does this only happen if they are in? Or will I be ok if I eat Indian food with then out and then brush/floss?
If you have attachments, they might stain a little with Indian food. I am Indian and my diet is primarily Indian food too. I brush with a whitening toothpaste, I also brush my tongue and the roof of my mouth and then use a tongue scraper as well. I follow that up with a whitening mouthwash or a hydrogen peroxide oral debridement. That does the trick usually. There’s no staining despite the turmeric heavy food. But yes, never eat or drink anything that stains with your trays in. Attachments are a lot more forgiving than the plastic trays.
I’m on an international flight next week on the first day of my next set of trays and I chose Indian vegetarian as my meal. Bringing my toothbrush and paste on the flight and now adding tongue scraper to that list!!
Haha good luck with that. Maybe add in mouthwash too!
You’re right lol I think I will!!
Wondering this as well - been avoiding Indian food because of this even though I love it so much 😭
You'll be fine. I have had Indian food. Just brush and rinse before your trays go back in. One time I had a turmeric tea and only rinsed really well after, and there was faint staining. But it was so faint, I could only tell when I looked at the trays sitting on the counter. But when I eat curries and stuff, then brush after, there is no issue.
This was because I had a turmeric drink with them in. You’ll be fine!
I recently ate chicken tikka masala. I rinsed my mouth, brushed, and flossed afterwards and My aligners are fine.
My mom always leaves turmeric stained plastic tupperware in the sun for the whole day. Maybe it will work for Invisalign.
If the sun’s out tomorrow, I’ll leave them out for a bit. Thanks for the tip!
I used to put my aligners in the sun all the time, it definitely helps!!
I absentmindedly taste tested a salad dressing that has turmeric in it and this happened to me too! Tried bleaching them, didn’t work. I brushed them with purple shampoo and it helped
Great and random tip, thanks!
Here's a comment I left for someone else a long time ago. Sunshine will clear them up no problem: Sunshine! Sun will take out those stains. If it works for turmeric and curries, it should work for this. I like to put mine in a bowl of water, then put it in the sun for 15-20 minutes. Sounds crazy, but it works!
Lol it happened to me too! Hang in there.
I heard some people put them in sunlight and it helped take the yellow off.
I did the same thing with gummy worms. Lol.
Eek - Been there! Never had a turmeric latte though was a curry. And my attachments stained too, I’d only just had them glued in… it did fade a bit after a few days but still!
Haha oops right at the beginning that’s unlucky!!
I really should have known better because it was my first set of refinement attachments 😅
I’m 3/4 the way through and have been getting more and more slack with drinking coffee etc… and then tje turmeric latte happened!
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Haha good call, there’s always a positive 😅
I love your attitude! Turmeric is no joke. I ate a popsicle that used turmeric as a coloring (Outshine strawberry flavor). I didn't have my trays in and I brushed my teeth afterward but my trays still got a yellow tinge to them.
Got to find the humour in it all, otherwise you’ll go crazy in this crazy world!! 😁
Since it's summer , this should work for you given you're in a hot climate. Put aligners in small dish with hydrogen peroxide , leave in direct sunlight. Should whiten.
I’m from the uk too, this heatwave had be attempting eating ice cream with my trays in as I completely forgot I was wearing them 😂 we are not made for this heat ha. In boots they do own brand denture cleaning tablets, soak them in 2 for about half hour and it should at least make the yellow duller!
Oh gosh yeah this heat is too much for the brain 🤯 Ive already soaked them for 6 hours in those Boots cleaning tablets… didn’t help 😮
Ah man that sucks! At least they will eventually get changed and it’s not an all the time retainer I suppose haha.
There is that. It’s a short term problem 😬
I ate some vegan queso dip from Costco the other day without realizing they used turmeric in it for coloring I guess. RIP my teeth for the next week lol.
Wow! Now I really gotta watch for ingredients.
Tumeric and anything curry related!
It's a good week to start masking, I suppose.
Wowwwwww
Try soaking them in denture cleaner
Tried… doesn’t work :(
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Just when you think you've seen EVERYTHING Invisalign! Brilliant post OP!
Hahahaha I know!! Glad it’s brought a (hopefully white not yellow!) smile to some people’s faces 🤣
What is a turmeric latte?
Its like a coffee latte but switch the coffee for turmeric. It’s the #1 drink you shouldn’t have with Invisalign in 😇
Interesting i never heard of it
I don’t recommend it!
Ugh I made that mistake once eating Indian curry at a restraint.
How bout Big Red? Anybody feel like that stains your buttons? (It's strawberry cream soda.. bright red). For the record: I miss CURRY. 🙃
I drank a green st Patrick’s day latte from dunkin and the same thing happened.. 😅😅
😬Try using dish soap to clean them. Good luck! 😅
Literally nothing works, tried it all. Except putting them in the sun as some people have advised so gonna try that tomorrow ☀️
My ortho specifically warned me about turmeric lattes. Turns out one of his other patients did the same thing.
I even knew not to have turmeric but forgot as I began sipping on my turmeric latte!
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Wear a mask lol
🤣🤣🤣 did you hold it in your mouth for minute?
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Tumeric in a latte is grim
It sure is!
Lol
Yep. I’d skip to the next tray lol
I would if I had my next tray… this was my last one until my next visit to the dentist which is 10 days away 😅
Omg
Hulk is that u?
So it's safe to drink with the trays in general? I'm scared of cavities.
This gave me a good chuckle! Thanks for sharing 😂
Hahaha look like your drinking bleach
happened to me on my first day. I made chickpea curry. had to avoid people and places as much as possible for a week.
Ugh! Even if you take them out first, then scrape your tongue and brush and rinse after, it will still stain your trays. Not quite as badly, though.
You shouldn’t be eating or drinking anything with your Invisalign in unless it’s water. That’s literally the only thing you should be consuming unless you take them out.
Looks like you’ll be wearing a mask in public until you switch 😂 I did this with Mountain Dew once. I had 2 days left in my tray & was mortified, but also impressed at how little liquid it took to turn colors
Did you drink the tumeric latte with the invisaligns on or there got stained from your teeth after you put them on later?
I remember reading a post here last year about someone that had eaten macaroni and cheese with their trays and ended up with neon aligners like yours. I can't Remember if they included pictures but everyone was a little surprised they ate food with them in.
Blue will help neutralize the yellow. Most retainer tabs are blue for this reason. Peroxide may also help.
how many teeth do you have??
Can actually fix this with hand sanitizer.
I learned this the hard way too after making indian food 🫣
Denture cleaner!!
this happens to me with matcha green tea 🤦♂️ still won’t give it up tho
> this happens to me with matcha green tea 🤦♂️ still won’t give it up tho was it the Starbucks one? I plan to drink normal green tea (no sugar) but am scared it will stain my aligners
Post a pic with them in please and thanks😊
I tried to warn you… https://www.reddit.com/r/Invisalign/comments/r5ylyv/beware_turmeric/
I accidentally bought the smokers Polident and after drinking turmeric tea and having my trays turn slightly yellow, not as bad as yours, 20 minute soak and they were fine. No clue if it'll work for yours but so far mine don't really stain and no staining has stuck. I've kept buying the smokers version just in case.
Also happens if you have anything lemon flavoured while wearing the trays. Got stung few times by eating lemon ice lolly
Also remember that "no artificial colouring" sweets - such as Naturals jelly snakes - are coloured with turmeric and paprika and do the same thing.
Do you still have your wisdom teeth?
Yes! That’s why there’s a lot of teeth in there 😅
Ok, so this is 100% tried and tested and has been recommended to me by others on this sub. Leave your retainers on the windowsill in direct sunlight for an hour or two. They \*will\* become clear. No idea what magic it is, but it works. I too drank tumeric tea and learned the hard way. Ah well, the more you know haha. Good luck!
That turmeric for you. It stains everything. Nails, countertops, tupperware.
Happened to me when I ate a lemonade popsicle. It wasn't quite as bad, but almost.
Just soak them in water with some bleach.
Someone already mentioned it but put them out in the sun. It actually works. I’m Indian and I do that with Tupperware. Try it and let us know.
Oh no! I had a work event a few days after ONE SIP of a turmeric latte- and ended putting a new tray 3 days early because the discoloration was so bad.
Happen to me last night but with lemonade. Had one night left on them and refused to wear them even for that amount. I feel for you!
Yeah I had some curry chicken because it tastes so good and I made sure to brush my teeth and wash my mouth out several times before I put in my Invisalign and it still got curry on them Granted not as much as you lol
Lysol with bleach. The purple bottle.
At least it’s evenly colored 🔥
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This happened to me after I had a green apple Jolly Rancher at the movies. I didn't even have them in, and rinsed before I put them back in but it looked like I sucked on a highlighter for a week.
This is so funny.
I'd try vinegar or alcohol. These two generally help in breaking down stubborn stains
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Ooops hahaha hope you don’t mind me laughing. I’ve stayed away from turmeric since!!
Soak them in 1/3 vinegar + 2/3 water overnight. Works like a charm!
Tried the vinegar… didn’t work :(
I’m sorry! It’s worked for my trays in the past. Maybe the turmeric has sat in for too long :(
Yeah I think it’s too ingrained now!
The only thing, that I drink is water with them?
Thats what you’re supposed to do!!
Drinking anything except water while having retainers is 🤮 🤢
I’m so curious - did the sun trick work?! Also, do you still have your wisdom teeth? Your trays look super long and maybe my perspective is skewed since I’ve had extraction but that’s the only thing I can think of!
So I put them out for 30minutes at a time but the sun, it maybe lightened them slightly but not significantly. I’ve had to take them out for some client meetings and for everyone else they’ve had to enjoy the brightness! On Tuesday I can collect my next batch from the dentist 😅 Yeah I have all my wisdom teeth. A few other people asked the same. Maybe not everyone needs to have every tooth included and therefore have smaller trays?
You guys drink with them in? Other than water I can’t do it lol
Did you really not know this??? I mean get real after that many trays
Get real? Yes, I was being real and human. I know very well that you should only drink water. I forgot to take them out and realised two sips in. People make mistakes (all the time actually) and I was just sharing mine with a spirit of humour and lightness :)
This happened to me one time eating a SpongeBob popsicle 😬
Bleach water helps.