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Do fingernails grow back if they fall off after an injury? The nail on my injured finger is feeling funny and I expect I'm going to lose it.
- Zurf
Typically although they might look a bit weird.
yes...its happened to me so i know they do. ouch
USUALLY, yes they do... but remember it will be growing back in from the top of the nail (the cuticle area), and they grow very slowly. some of the old nail may also stay attached to the live nail bed as this is all going on too. If you've damaged that area in particular where the nail BEGINS to grow, it is POSSIBLE that you may never have a nail again - but it's not that likely. If it's still hurting pretty bad, you may want to go to the doctor sooner rather than later. They can put a hole in the nail to release some of the blood underneith the nail - which is likely causing a LOT of pressure/pain. Good luck.
FYI... Katie dropped a can of whipped cream on her big toe on Christmas. It is STILL black under that nail at the cuticle area. It hasn't fallen off, but it's still working it's way on growing out. So, when I say it takes a long time.... it takes a LONG TIME!
Amy - I think you really nailed that one... : )
I have lost thumb and finger nails many times and all have grown back. It depends where it is damaged as to how quick it comes off, the last one was removed by a nurse at the local health centre as when it was only partially attached. None have grown back deformed, that only happens if you damage the nail root.
Roger
Yep, I had my thumbnail pulled out by a doctor when I was a child and it grew back fine.
All good news.
- Zurf
Amazing you were able to play at all yesterday once i saw that bandaged finger.
And yea -I've lost nails in the past and they always grew back no problems. It's a job hazard for most newbie carpenters.
Yup, been there done that. Had two fingers on my left hand smashed in a sliding van door when I was a kid. Turned the darkest purple I've ever seen. New ones came in just fine.
As Amy said about the pressure underneath, I've done that myself a time or two. On the job, smashed or pinched my finger and had to use a small drill bit or a hot needle to pierce the nail to let it bleed. Hurt like the dickens when I did it but felt waaaaaaaaay better afterward.
There's not much pressure underneath. It's just that the finger was smashed pretty good. The swelling has gone down a lot today - which probably has to do with the Jamaican pain killer I was using during the jam and the long periods of icing it afterwards, plus elevation the whole time I wasn't playing and all night afterwards. It's bending some today and I can tell that once more swelling goes down that I'll be able to bend it at all three joints. It's a very ugly gray/purple color on the last two sections of finger (tip and middle). Either I did some nerve damage or the nail is going to come off because I've never felt anything like this before. Very dull sort of feeling almost like I've got a plastic finger on over my finger and I'm feeling taps and such through it. Very strange. So long as the long term prospects after healing is that I'll still be finger picking, I'm OK with that. And if it wasn't that, I'd figure out a way to make it work anyway. I no longer think I broke it. As the swelling has reduced, I don't feel a break at all. Breaks in fingers have a pretty distinctive feel.
Ouch! Bet that did hurt pretty bad. I hate smashing fingers or toes! Never smashed it so bad for the nail to fall off, though. Hope you get better soon. Maybe you can get a finger-pick?
I have lost alot of nails and they have all come back,so you should not worry.Send us a picture!!!!!!.
...Send us a picture!!!!!!.
Ooooh yeeeeah!
I have lost thumb and finger nails many times and all have grown back. It depends where it is damaged as to how quick it comes off, the last one was removed by a nurse at the local health centre as when it was only partially attached. None have grown back deformed, that only happens if you damage the nail root.
Roger
This is bad. Is there a specialist or a doctor that could diagnose this health condition? I can't think of anyone that specializes in finger nails. generic viagra
Zurf I have lost a few and I do remember it took acouple of months for the nail to grow out.
This is an old thread. Only a little bit of the nail fell off and the entire nail has regrown healthily
Roger Guppy wrote:I have lost thumb and finger nails many times and all have grown back. It depends where it is damaged as to how quick it comes off, the last one was removed by a nurse at the local health centre as when it was only partially attached. None have grown back deformed, that only happens if you damage the nail root.
Roger
This is bad. Is there a specialist or a doctor that could diagnose this health condition? I can't think of anyone that specializes in finger nails.
The nails that I have lost have all been through injury, hitting with hammers and other instruments, allowing car jacks to collapse with fingers in a vunerable position and the last one, slamming a car door on my finger, etc. but thanks for your concern.
I have been a clumsy person.
Roger
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