Years ago I lost a big toenail to the ski gods. I let it hang on as long as it could, and then pulled it off when the new nail had a good bit of growth going for it. I never had a problem with the new nail burying itself in the nail bed.
Sorry...this is non-dive related...
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OP
I did mine snowboarding...
SMKChef
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A perfect example why snowboarding is much too dangerous a sport; stick to dreaming about diving the Doria.
OP
I wonder if the 8 ATMs of pressure at the Doria will be enough to force that toenail back on..SMKChef once bubbled...
A perfect example why snowboarding is much too dangerous a sport; stick to dreaming about diving the Doria.
Dryglove
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So when you gonna post a picture of your toe so we can see what your working with.Be sure to scrape out all the stuff growing between your toes first......some of us have a weak stomach
SMKChef
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O-ring once bubbled...
I wonder if the 8 ATMs of pressure at the Doria will be enough to force that toenail back on..
Don't you have a meeting to go to?
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The Iceni
Medical Moderator
Nail injuries are a common problem seen in UK family practice, O-ring.
Commonly a crush injury causes bleeding under the nail, much like a bruise under the skin. Within a few hours this becomes extemely painful as the trapped blood absorbs fluid by osmosis and increases the pressure under the nail. (This can be released by trephining - very simply by burning a hole in the nail to let out the sanguinous fluid to release the pressure. A sterile, red-hot paper clip has been used for this.)
The nail is separated from its root by the pressure of the injury so the living part grows a new nail under the old one, which will fall off in time. As time goes by the old nail becomes more and more of a nuisance, catching on socks etc., so the simple remedy is (get your doctor) to do as AzAtty did
Several weeks of nuisance are exchanged for a second or two of intense pain. (A local anesthetic is of little use, as the pain of it's administratiion is worse than the pain of the avulsion.)
Gruesome! :hiding: :yuck:
Commonly a crush injury causes bleeding under the nail, much like a bruise under the skin. Within a few hours this becomes extemely painful as the trapped blood absorbs fluid by osmosis and increases the pressure under the nail. (This can be released by trephining - very simply by burning a hole in the nail to let out the sanguinous fluid to release the pressure. A sterile, red-hot paper clip has been used for this.)
The nail is separated from its root by the pressure of the injury so the living part grows a new nail under the old one, which will fall off in time. As time goes by the old nail becomes more and more of a nuisance, catching on socks etc., so the simple remedy is (get your doctor) to do as AzAtty did
Several weeks of nuisance are exchanged for a second or two of intense pain. (A local anesthetic is of little use, as the pain of it's administratiion is worse than the pain of the avulsion.)
Gruesome! :hiding: :yuck:
OP
I forgot to update this after the events of a couple nights ago. Anyway, like Doc Paul said, the nail did exactly that when I injured it snowboarding a couple months ago. Anyway, one of my dive buddies told me to do just what the doc said, but we were on a dive in VA Beach and I didn't have access to all the accoutrements to do a "proper" puncturing so I shoved my house key under the nail from the front. The thing erupted like a geyser and made both of my dive buddies nauseous. It was highly worth it and definitely recommended.
Anyway, I was trying to get a better look at the new nail growing in a couple days ago and I must have bent the nail up too far because I couldn't get it to lie back down. It was sticking up off my big toe like a shark's fin, so I had to remove it. I just cut it down as far as I could and filed the rest (with the file I use on my dive gear no less).
So...now I am nail-less (unless you count the little stub that is growing) and it does feel much better...not in the way and catching on stuff.
Anyway, I was trying to get a better look at the new nail growing in a couple days ago and I must have bent the nail up too far because I couldn't get it to lie back down. It was sticking up off my big toe like a shark's fin, so I had to remove it. I just cut it down as far as I could and filed the rest (with the file I use on my dive gear no less).
So...now I am nail-less (unless you count the little stub that is growing) and it does feel much better...not in the way and catching on stuff.
raxafarian
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just change the way you part your toe hair and comb it over the missing nail... then nobody will notice.
The Iceni
Medical Moderator
I have not yet stained my OR ceiling but white coats don't provide much protection! :geek:
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