Have you ever had a nail fall off ?

[Eddh]

Dave_ST220 said:

hmm, i have an in-growing toe nail, the bastid thing has really started to hurt now-if i drop something on my toe will the nail drop off and leave me alone once and for all?

No it is likely to grow back ingrowing again!

Get yourself down the the Doc and get it lobbed off

[paulmurr]

My nails from both my big toes fell off after playing football in boots slightly too small for me. They came off in the bath and didn't really hurt. They grew back without problem. Your girl will be fine

[Dave_ST220]

fk it, it was pissing me off so bad i have just numbed my toe by running the cold tap over my foot(not very cold mind) and the cut the nail out. Pain isn't so bad now so we'll wait and see. I don't like the idea of the Dr method tbh. Is the nail bed the skin like substance under the nail? I've dug that st out as well!

[SpydieNut]

andyquantum said:

I ran over my hand when I was a lot younger, sitting down on a skateboard and not paying enough attention.

2 of my right fingers went under the wheels and the nails went black and eventually fell off.

The strange thing was I couldnt feel anything for a while in them, but could lift the nail up like a flap and see the new nail growing underneath it.

i was towing my cousin on his skateboard (me on my bike). he was kneeling on the board with hands gripping both sides - they slipped off and both hands under the wheels. ALL his fingernails turned black and fell off

how we laughed

they did grow back.

we never did that again

[illmonkey]

Dave_ST220 said:

fk it, it was pissing me off so bad i have just numbed my toe by running the cold tap over my foot(not very cold mind) and the cut the nail out. Pain isn't so bad now so we'll wait and see. I don't like the idea of the Dr method tbh. Is the nail bed the skin like substance under the nail? I've dug that st out as well!

Thats part of the nail bed. the rest in under your skin with the rest of the nail.

You should of cut the area around the ingrown bit then got it sorted properly. it'll only grown back.

[Dave_ST220]

So they cut into the toe?(into where the nail comes from so's to speak?)

[paoloh]

Dave_ST220 said:

fk it, it was pissing me off so bad i have just numbed my toe by running the cold tap over my foot(not very cold mind) and the cut the nail out. Pain isn't so bad now so we'll wait and see. I don't like the idea of the Dr method tbh. Is the nail bed the skin like substance under the nail? I've dug that st out as well!

Stop being a girl and take an axe to both ankles!

How some people get through life is beyond me....lol

[Thudd]

Get the dremel out!

[Dave_ST220]

paoloh said:

Dave_ST220 said:

fk it, it was pissing me off so bad i have just numbed my toe by running the cold tap over my foot(not very cold mind) and the cut the nail out. Pain isn't so bad now so we'll wait and see. I don't like the idea of the Dr method tbh. Is the nail bed the skin like substance under the nail? I've dug that st out as well!

Stop being a girl and take an axe to both ankles!

How some people get through life is beyond me....lol

Now that would teach it who's boss wouldn't it.......

[illmonkey]

Dave_ST220 said:

So they cut into the toe?(into where the nail comes from so's to speak?)

well when they ripped it out, the hiddne bit of the nail came out. about 1cm of it. then he cut the external skin (deep) to remove nail bed which you cant see. Removing the nail bed will stop it growning back.

When the second doctor put the silver stuff on it, he was wedging it down the gap where the nail used to be...

[prand]

This has happened a lot then!

Same thing happened to me as you L4URA. A horse trod on my big toe and half ripped it out. Went for the ride anyway a bit squelchy in my boot, and pulled the rest of the nail off when I got back.

Took about 9 momths to fully grow back.

[Firkin D]

Ewww, some of these stories are horrid.

I lost all nails on my fingers but not my toes when I had an allergic reaction to Amoxicillin. For some reason the reaction made the top layer off ALL my skin peel off, was pretty grose I have to confess. And made the nail which was in the nail bed at the time, stop growing. Consequently they all came off around 4 months later even though I had the silk wraps put on them by one of those nail shop people to try to bind them to the new nail that was trying to grow.

Overall not nice and another reaction could kill me this time as that one put me in hospital for 5 days. Happy thought there people

[guru_1071]

just lost all 10 on my feet, some fell off in a week, some went black and grew through, one of the big ones grew half and i had to do some sniping and tugging to get it off

most of them have grown back with strange ridges in them and what not.

6 months later ive got 9 nails and one weird looking thing one a big toe

hurt like hell............

ive lost odd ones before, inc three on one hand once which smarted a bit.

[Dave_ST220]

illmonkey said:

Dave_ST220 said:

So they cut into the toe?(into where the nail comes from so's to speak?)

well when they ripped it out, the hiddne bit of the nail came out. about 1cm of it. then he cut the external skin (deep) to remove nail bed which you cant see. Removing the nail bed will stop it growning back.

When the second doctor put the silver stuff on it, he was wedging it down the gap where the nail used to be...

Oh Jesus!! Now i REALLY do not want to get this sorted. "Wedging" and "where nail USED to be" kinda smarts a little.

[illmonkey]

Dave_ST220 said:

illmonkey said:

Dave_ST220 said:

So they cut into the toe?(into where the nail comes from so's to speak?)

well when they ripped it out, the hiddne bit of the nail came out. about 1cm of it. then he cut the external skin (deep) to remove nail bed which you cant see. Removing the nail bed will stop it growning back.

When the second doctor put the silver stuff on it, he was wedging it down the gap where the nail used to be...

Oh Jesus!! Now i REALLY do not want to get this sorted. "Wedging" and "where nail USED to be" kinda smarts a little.

Im now a pro, so i can do it tomorrow for £1000 or you can wait for NHS while catching 100 super bugs.

i may or may not kill you with my crap knowledge

Shall i post a few pics? That'll put you off doing it yourself. These are stomach churning and were done by a professional...

Edited by illmonkey on Thursday 3rd July 16:24

[10 Pence Short]

Just reading this thread hurts. Im an utter, utter puff when it comes to ripping my own nails off.

[Dave_ST220]

Will i feel a thing for £1000? The NHS route, as you state, has it's risks(namely DEATH).......althouigh they were pretty good at removing a calcium deposit on my eyeball with a needle a few months back, my eye hasn't dropped out..............yet.........

[Dave_ST220]

10 Pence Short said:

Just reading this thread hurts. Im an utter, utter puff when it comes to ripping my own nails off.

Not as much as my toe i can assure you.

[illmonkey]

Dave_ST220 said:

Will i feel a thing for £1000? The NHS route, as you state, has it's risks(namely DEATH).......althouigh they were pretty good at removing a calcium deposit on my eyeball with a needle a few months back, my eye hasn't dropped out..............yet.........

No pain at all

...proberly

[AbarthChris]

I was starting my dads petrol leaf blower a while back. It had a pull cord start and with it being plastic bodied, it had a little metal ring to stop the cord rubbing through.

You know how you start a petrol engine with a cord, how you sometimes have to pull it a few times in quick succession? well, I was doing this and in one of the motions my nail got caught under the metal ring. I then pulled again on the cord, hard, and ripped my nail clean off.

I swore, and bled, a lot!! but the nail grew back