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Stephen
IP: 220.237.20.95
12/30/2005
06:42:39 |
 Subject: Help! I squashed my nail at work! got questions!!!
Message:
Hey
today at work i dropped heavy shelves onto my nail while i was putting them down.
It cut the nail across in the middle of the lunula and it was bleeding from there. Now the lunula is purple and a light black.
I was wondering what happens now, whether the nail falls off or it mends and how long and whatever information you can give me.
Thanks alot for your time and any information you can give me!
P.S. i can send photos if you want to have a look and can help me.
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Lynnie
IP: 69.207.171.31
12/30/2005
08:52:47 | RE: Help! I squashed my nail at work! got questions!!!
Message:
OUCH, Stephen! I want to know what exclamations you used when that happened. Believe it or not, you are probably *lucky* you had the open split in the middle because trapped blood underneath causes all sorts of throbbing misery. Nails are sort of "all or nothing" and my guess is that it will continue to darken (healing), then turn a few putrid shades and fall off. That won't happen overnight, though. Sometimes it takes a few weeks and it may start lifing from the lunula as that area took the brunt of the trauma. There's probably nothing you can do to avoid the process. Just keep that open area clean and maybe use some antibiotic ointment and a bandaid on it for a few days so you don't risk infection early on in the healing process.
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