What a week, and it's only now Thursday...

[Nakajo]

The picture makes it look worse than it actually is. It's actually a very light shade of blue. It hurts, but it's not swelling because of the ibprofen and the ice I am using often. I don't think I'll lose the nail, it didn't crack and it's not raising.

[Amina516]

Draftermatt is right. A "sterilized" safety pin/sewing needle works too (just run it over a lighter). Just stick it right through the nail. Makes it feel a sh!t load better. The blood that built up, now has a way to get out.

Now for some more do it yourself surgery.........

LOL.

[Nakajo]

Okay, you guys seriously rock.


You made me concerned enough about my toe to try the draining trick.


I got a safety pin and a candle. I repeatedly heated it up, and dug a tiny hole in the lower right corner of the nail. I did it again and again...

then I hear a small hiss...

and it starts bleeding like crazy! I force what I can out....


AND MY TOE FEELS SO MUCH BETTER. There is still a bit of blood in it, but I can reopen the hole when it starts to build up again. The color is almost completely back to normal too~!


THANK YOU GUYS!!!!

You saved my nail!

[corporateslave]

the man, maybe 6 and a half feet tall, SLAMS my 5 ft tall female coworker to the GROUND, and they make a break for the door. The female coworker screams, "Oh HELL NO," and books it after him!

lol I love that part.

I hope everything gets better.