WebMD sucks.Follow

And as far as wearing open-toed sandles goes, I think I'd rather cut my foot off than become a fu[Aqua][/Aqua]cking hippy.

oh--your nail will grow back OK as long as you don't damage the nail bed. takes 6 months to a year.

FFS go to the free clinic and don't rip your toenail out. Many times the only fee they ask is whatever you feel comfortable donating, which, of course, may be $0. They're real live doctors.

It's just a good general rule not to remove body parts unless absolutely necessary.

And they're all the rage this season!

Edited, Fri Jun 2 20:09:04 2006 by Yanari

Dude, you are a fu[red][/red]cking trooper or an idiot for trying to do this yourself. When I got to this point that you're at (after playing a lot of tennis and soccer) I had to see a doctor. He stuck a needle in my big toe six times to numb every area. The first two needle pricks almost made me throw up (TIP: Don't WATCH HIM DO IT).

Anyway, at your point, the puss is a sign your body is trying to fight an infection (puss is mostly white blood cells). You're going to HAVE TO put something on your toe after you get the nail out of the infected area. I'd suggest rubbing alcohol, or possibly just something like Neosporin (which will hurt less probably too).

You'll have to find something small and blunt (trying to think of an instrument to suggest, but I just use this metal nail file that I have in a little grooming kit) and work it (painfully I might add) under the nail to pull it out of the skin, that's where the cotton is used to keep it from just slipping back in. Cut away the excess part of the nail and then cut that V into the top of your nail (yeah...don't know if that's an old wife's tale, but you can try it).

Keep applying alcohol or neosporin regularly to keep it from getting (re)infected.

Best of luck. The podiatrist has a method to stop the nail from growing back into that area...makes the nail look different from the others, but it's not bad.

No soap. You're soaking to soften the nail and skin, not get clean. HP and rubbing alcohol are for cleaning.

Ok, this thread made me want to barf.

Thanks a lot, guys.

Not to discourage you from a doctor, but



when they did this to me I made the mistake of watching. They injected me three times in three horrible places. Once on the side of the toe, which was the first so I thought well good, that's done. Then they shove a needle underneath my toenail. I was like 13 or something so this was just horrifying. Then last of all, they injected at the base of the nail above where the hair grows. I've blocked out what they did after that, but I do know that it's never ever bothered me again! :)

To further encourage you to go to a doctor, I ended up at the doctor's because my dad tried a home remedy on me. He slapped Vaseline on my toe and then put a lighter to it.

Stop being such a pus[/Darkkhaki]sy. Smack it with a hammer, dump some Whiskey on it, and get the fu[Green]ck back to work you whine-***.

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Try that.

(Tranlsation - GP = Family Physician)