JackFlash Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Told ya so!!!! Swelling must have gone down and the wound dried out enough to makethem not stick. Glad it was easy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 In the past the docs have told me to leave them in long enough that they started to really pinch the new skin growing around them, and removing them was a relief... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 It was swollen and torn when he put them in... As it grew back together, they got more loose.... At no point would they ever be tight again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 It was swollen and torn when he put them in... As it grew back together, they got more loose.... At no point would they ever be tight againIn that case the stitches were from an excision, so the skin wanted to pull apart again and had to stretch to cover a large amount of space. If your fingertip was not under tension then you're fine. Don't bite your fingernails for a bit... Might bite off more than you can chew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 i dont have a fingernail to bite lolprogress pics...healing nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Nasty. Reminds me of when I hit my finger with a hammer stapler. Not as bad but lost the nail. Yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 That actually doesn't look bad at all now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I have an identical scar on my right index finger from where I cut my fingertip off with a hacksaw blade as a kid. 7 stitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Soak it in cider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner75 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Your nail will back to full length in about 6-8 months. I smashed my thumb between two cinder blocks in 2009 the tissue pushed out through the skin and my nail ended up falling off after about 2 weeks, it ended up being fully grown in within 7 months.The doc at Occupational health wanted to pop the blood under my nail, ive had it done before and it hurts like hell i told her to go to hell that the nail would fall off and all would be good. I was right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlis77 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Will your nail grow back with that much damage to it? I dropped a 25lb weight on my big toe and the nail got black and fell off and now its grows weird, like double layered lol..took about 7 months but it came back wierd huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dying Shadow Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Right, might want to put a warning on the link title for the more sensitive folks. I was all like DAYUMShit I was eating haha just now seen this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) Will your nail grow back with that much damage to it? I dropped a 25lb weight on my big toe and the nail got black and fell off and now its grows weird, like double layered lol..took about 7 months but it came back wierd huhthe doctor said its 50/50 if it will grow back or not, just because there was so much damage to the nailbed.....he did say the reason for not stitching the nailbed itself is incase the nail does grow back, he didnt want to add any scarring to the nailbed, because it would make the nail grow weird......so only time will tell if the nail grows back or not.....im guessing it will, but not positivei tried to kick my ex gfs cat at 2am because it wouldnt shut up....missed it and kicked the door frame lol...nail turned black on my second smallest toe and then fell off.....the nail that grew back in grew weird like youre talking about, almost double layered looking....after a few more months, it turned back to normal and you cant tell...so maybe yours will tooi had my toenails removed on my big toes because my nailbed is too wide for my toe, so they grew ingrown every time...doctor removed them and put acid at the base of the nail bed and killed it....so they dont grow back lol Edited April 23, 2013 by Steve Butters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjachic Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I get stepped on once with a guy wearing steel- toed boots. It got all bloody and black and I had to pull the nail the rest if the way off so it would grow back. That wasnt fun. It still grows in funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyone Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 GFs got a toe that she stubbed in basketball really bad in Junior High and it will still occasionally fall off. its weird. ANd i seem to find it in the sheets every GD time.its very likely that your finger nail will be screwed up to some degree. it actually looks really food now. i almost thought the first pic was of the underside of your finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 it actually looks really food now.It looks like food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFlash Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Shit I was eating haha just now seen thisRule #1: Never browse OR before or while eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjachic Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Rule #1: Never browse OR before or while eating.Unless you have a strong enough stomach!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I get stepped on once with a guy wearing steel- toed boots.I had no idea you were into that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 It looks like food? Glad I wasnt the only one that caught that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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