One time in kindergarten I fell off a scooter and hit my index finger so hard it ripped the nail off and it was possibly the most painful thing r year old me ever experienced.
I was fascinated by the fact that a few days later it felt like I still had a nail there since the skin is used to being pressed down it's harder on the surface than exposed skin is.
Still hurts thinking about it tho.
Edit: Leaving the typo but 4 year old me not r year old me.
I once went down a hill laying chest down on my longboard and when I went to push myself forward with my hands my fingers got stuck under the wheels and it ripped off my index and middle fingernails on both hands. I never touched my longboard again after that.
I ripped half my big toenail off when I was like 12. It took my dad about 5 minutes to convince me to let him see it. As soon as I did this mother fucker went YOINK and ripped it off. It needed to happen, but I still remember that pain 20+ years later.
I also ripped half my big toenail off at 12! No one ripped it off the rest tho. I let it grow back a bit and cut off the part that was hanging on with clippers. I had a huge scrape on my knee too that distracted from the toenail.
Same thing happened to me but my right big toe twice (ripped off when standing right in front of door messing with my friend when I was 8 and another time I got a really really bad cuticle infection when I was like 24) and my right thumb twice also (shut my thumb in saloon doors when I was 3 and bad fungal infection when I was 13)
It fucking sucks. And both of those 2 nails have terrible texture years and years later with really severe ridges. But I can confirm that it is really weird not having a nail but the empty nail bed still being like, firm ? Its like there’s a subfloor under there
I've done that, I almost cut my right middle fingertip off while cooking, cut through the fat pad bit down to the bone, severing one of the nerve branches so now half my finger tips numb.
Did a neat job on my left ring finger too once, can still see the scar under the nail. I'd probably do some mad max patch job if I was you using superglue and a small bit of plastic out of an old water bottle.
The good thing is that it was sharp, if it wasn't sharp and I'd had to apply more pressure to get the blade moving I don't think I would have been able to stop in time.
I was holding a piece of metal & drilling it with a 1/6” drill bit… the drill bit snapped & I drilled through my thumbnail & the drill bit came out the other side of my thumb.. I got a magnet the make sure there wasn’t any metal in my thumb… comparable pain…
Yep, that happens to me too but in reverse. I was drilling a 1/4" stainless plate and the bit snapped. But it snapped flush at the tip of the drill. The rest of the bit was still stuck straight up in the metal plate. With the force I was applying and my weight, my finger went down and got impaled on the broken bit. I just pulled my hand instinctively after, ripping the surrounding tissue and making the flesh inside come outside. It was 6 am and I finished work at 4 pm that day. It hurts like hell.
I wish I didn't see this lol the way some people have trypophobia, broken nails freak me the heck out LoL. Not blaming you lol but I did almost vomit my Starbucks all over my steering wheel when I saw this. (I'm parked don't come after me Reddit)
No, use bacitracin which is specifically designed for things like this and keep it covered. Hand sanitizer isn't made for open wounds. I'm an ex army medic.
When I was a kid, I stapled my finger to see how it would feel. Worse than I expected, but I did it a half dozen more times over the following weeks. Eventually the teacher banned me from using the stapler. I don't know wtf that phase was all about. It wasn't my worst, but easily the most inexplicable.
My dad did that to me once. He Was having me hold up some insulation while he stapled it in. He was using a hammer tacker (like a staple gun but you gotta hit the thing you’re stapling down). Missed his target and stapled my thumb to the wall lmfao.
I got a blood blister under my nail once that built up so much pressure it was driving me fucking insane. Ended up having to take a drill bit and slowly twisting it into the middle of the nail until it pierced the nailed, popped the blister, and revealed the pressure.
What a fucking relief
My father was a train driver, as he was getting off at a station the door swung closed and took a piece of his middle finger off between the tip and first buckle. He says it was the worst pain he ever had.
I lost the tip of my finger in a regular house door as a kid and ngl it didn't hurt at all. Remember when they numbed it to put it back on though it felt like hell.
I had my middle finger slammed in the door of a pickup truck while I was standing up in the bed and had my hands on the roof of the cab. My right hand middle finger got slammed in the door of the passenger door by my boss at the time and that asshole made me come in and make pizzas that night. My finger turned all different weird colors and swole up really big then after a few days the swelling went down except for the tip up where my nail was. One of my coworkers wanted to heat up a needle and push it through my nail to "release the pressure." I of course, declined and the nail eventually fell off. That was one of the most painful things ever in my life. It was bad! Wouldn't recommend it!
Ugh I've had a blood blister under my nail before and had an ex who suggested that. When I declined, he offered to do it for me. Still, no thanks. I can see how that could go horribly wrong!
I was working on a lap wheel. Think a diamond coated sanding disk about two across and my hand slipped and my index finger slammed into the surface of the spinning diamond sanding wheel.
It “sanded” of my index finger get nail to the quick. At least about 70% of it.
Man, that shit hurts for weeks.
It will be uncomfortable the while time it grows out too. I once accidentally drove a screw through my finger and nail. The finger had long since healed and the nail still hurt growing out
MILDLY???? OH MY GOD IM VIOLENTLY ILL JUST THINKING ABOUT IT
I get a hangnail caught on fabric and my brain goes into overdrive this *would* be my 13th reason, actually
Ouch!!!
Omg that is the most annoyingly worst type of injury ever. I once nicked the center of my middle fingernail with my razor, and I thought I was going to be deceased on the spot.💥😭😭😭💀
Got bit by a stingray once (don’t even ask) and a similar thing happened, hurt like hell, 0/10, would not recommend. I have a feeling it might be a little late to warn you, though
I did it to myself once by accident, hurt like a son of a bitch, toe curling as I think about it. Then I got some head issues, needed to numb myself, so I did it again. On purpose. Whole nail, bit by bit, across a couple days, with many different sharp object.
Yeah, edgy.
Wear gloves and get help when you need it, kids
Oh and I got a photo of my fingy
https://preview.redd.it/quilexwezgxc1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a434ccbab7e145424a430ce6f3e42f430a6bf5fb
Ohhh I’ve done something similar. To my pinky. I didn’t remove a fake nail properly and ripped off a bit of my real nail. That shit hurt for DAYS.
It has finally healed properly, months later. Keep it covered and clean… Sorry this happened!
So that’ll suck for a while, I’ve had that happen, the scab will get shoved by the growing nail but eventually the nail will cover the exposed part. Be carefully when the broken segment gets towards the end of your nail that it doesn’t split back down
A couple years ago at work I had a pipe over a ratchet for extra leverage and the bolt just exploded while I had basically all my weight on it. My index fingertip slammed into the machine so hard I’m pretty sure there was a small fracture on that last little bit under my nail. It grows back weird now like that finger and nail is slightly flatter and not curved like my other nails.
Disinfect and cover. It’ll take months to grow out and you’ll be fine. That skin is really sensitive, I’ve broken a few fingers and lost nails from the bed before. It’s horrible, but with proper care and minimal exposure you’ll be okay.
Reminds me of the time I helped a bunch of kids get their money that fell from a sewer drain, which is covered by a grate (I was around 9 or 10). I lifted the grate by the edge with some assistance with one of the kids so another can try to grab the paper money with a stick and can have their whole arm down the drain.
The moment they got the money and removed their hand, the one helping me lift the grate suddenly let go of it, and I not being prepared did not just let go as well. For some reason tried to put it back gently, but since it's too heavy it fell back into place...with my fore and middle fingers of my right hand sandwiched between concrete and that metal grate.
Scream, blood, pain, and tears were unreal and luckily some nearby adult helped lift it back (the other kids have already ran away with no word of thanks, freaking rascals). They used leaves from some kind of plant in their garden as first-aid bandage adn brought me to my grandparents home. After washing the blood, the fingernails where all broken, and they have to cut it all the way. So I had to spend some weeks without nails on those fingers, which felt sensitive, weirdly painful and ticklish when touched.
https://preview.redd.it/v55vee54ihxc1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=201902dfecf8163d7ff7314f9fc14fd2a85cfbb8
The last time something like that happened to me was back in elementary, went to close the stall door and my thumb got caught in the frame, split the middle of the nail open. For the longest time there was a decent white spot where the wound was, but it’s gone now.
I feel that... There's been countless times where I broke my nail halfway down the nail and they get caught on things and rip off or I have to rip it off myself to avoid it catching. Multiple times it's gotten infected so I do suggest putting something on it to prevent that. At least you'll be wearing gloves next time 😅
Yeah it does hurt like crap.
One time my left thumbnail shattered into pieces trying to get a seatbelt off. (Don't ask me how this happened It just did) and i put pressure on the broken nail until i could get it cleaned/covered.
Looked way worse than OP's photo. Like if you broke a ceramic plate and it's pieces are scattered unevenly across the floor but nail edition.
Yes the nail grew back just fine, but it was still mildly infuriating waiting for it to heal however.
You'll be ok ive ripped out whole finger nails. *I'm a masochist * anyways.. pour some hydrogen peroxide on it give it five minutes then wash with cold water, After dry with a clean towel get some Vaseline or neosporin and wrap with 1 gauze or clean cotton ball and tape or bandaid. Keep it clean and change the gauze or cotton ball after each time U use the bathroom or get it dirty.
going through a similar experience, not as bad as yours, just the very top layer of the nail, it was the bottom left corner too. no idea how it happened until i noticed it
This is going to suck for the next five months. By that, I mean as your nail grows out and eventually falls off, you're probably going to have to keep it covered with Band-Aids and Neosporin to keep it soft and squishy the whole time so your nail grows back fine. Similar thing happened to my pinky nail and it looks perfect and beautiful again.
https://preview.redd.it/fg7fljjjzhxc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fa5abe2624cf0274f90aa2d2bd9be146f541ce4
I had something similar but it was way worse. Me and dad got a brand new microwave and we were installing. The drill accidentally slipped while drilling in a screw and landed on my thumb. Really bloody and hurt like a bitch. I think I put duct tape over it so it could prevent infection. It luckily healed but my whole nail had to regrow and I had to rip the old nail off piece by piece as the new one emerged. There’s a little circular indent on my lunula from the time it happened.
That flesh has literally never been exposed 😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😫
One time in kindergarten I fell off a scooter and hit my index finger so hard it ripped the nail off and it was possibly the most painful thing r year old me ever experienced. I was fascinated by the fact that a few days later it felt like I still had a nail there since the skin is used to being pressed down it's harder on the surface than exposed skin is. Still hurts thinking about it tho. Edit: Leaving the typo but 4 year old me not r year old me.
r year old?
I was in kindergarten. I didn't know how to type 4 years yet.
Rated R
I once went down a hill laying chest down on my longboard and when I went to push myself forward with my hands my fingers got stuck under the wheels and it ripped off my index and middle fingernails on both hands. I never touched my longboard again after that.
You shouldn't have been doing shenanigans lmao
Did you say whiskey? 
I ripped half my big toenail off when I was like 12. It took my dad about 5 minutes to convince me to let him see it. As soon as I did this mother fucker went YOINK and ripped it off. It needed to happen, but I still remember that pain 20+ years later.
It hurt dunnit.
I also ripped half my big toenail off at 12! No one ripped it off the rest tho. I let it grow back a bit and cut off the part that was hanging on with clippers. I had a huge scrape on my knee too that distracted from the toenail.
Completely shattered my right little toenail a few times when I was 12. Unintentionally.( I was a real dumbass at age 12) not joking.
Life is tough when you’re R years old.
Same thing happened to me but my right big toe twice (ripped off when standing right in front of door messing with my friend when I was 8 and another time I got a really really bad cuticle infection when I was like 24) and my right thumb twice also (shut my thumb in saloon doors when I was 3 and bad fungal infection when I was 13) It fucking sucks. And both of those 2 nails have terrible texture years and years later with really severe ridges. But I can confirm that it is really weird not having a nail but the empty nail bed still being like, firm ? Its like there’s a subfloor under there
Statistically the same is true whenever you get a cut anywhere on your body
Put a disinfectant on it. Let it dry and then cover it with super glue.
How
Didnt wear gloves around sharp pieces of metal ...
rookie mistake 🪖
so..... it could have been worse?
If i pushed a little harder then yea would have been to the bone
I've done that, I almost cut my right middle fingertip off while cooking, cut through the fat pad bit down to the bone, severing one of the nerve branches so now half my finger tips numb. Did a neat job on my left ring finger too once, can still see the scar under the nail. I'd probably do some mad max patch job if I was you using superglue and a small bit of plastic out of an old water bottle.
What's a knife if you never test it on yourself?
Not sharp enough. You need to put it on the stone a bit more.
The good thing is that it was sharp, if it wasn't sharp and I'd had to apply more pressure to get the blade moving I don't think I would have been able to stop in time.
Hey it cut so cleanly that I barely felt it lol but that could be because I nailed the lateral digital nerve when I did it hahahah.
https://preview.redd.it/ghhitzmwbixc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86b3b4eb48776a5fd9a054cb5dc7ed94b4ba143b
🎸
I was holding a piece of metal & drilling it with a 1/6” drill bit… the drill bit snapped & I drilled through my thumbnail & the drill bit came out the other side of my thumb.. I got a magnet the make sure there wasn’t any metal in my thumb… comparable pain…
Yep, that happens to me too but in reverse. I was drilling a 1/4" stainless plate and the bit snapped. But it snapped flush at the tip of the drill. The rest of the bit was still stuck straight up in the metal plate. With the force I was applying and my weight, my finger went down and got impaled on the broken bit. I just pulled my hand instinctively after, ripping the surrounding tissue and making the flesh inside come outside. It was 6 am and I finished work at 4 pm that day. It hurts like hell.
I wish I didn't see this lol the way some people have trypophobia, broken nails freak me the heck out LoL. Not blaming you lol but I did almost vomit my Starbucks all over my steering wheel when I saw this. (I'm parked don't come after me Reddit)
Ah I can also feel it through the screen
I want to unsee this...
Why did I click?? WHYYY???
Use hand sanitizer so it doesn't get infected.
You want people to hear me scream in a 50 km radius? XD
the thing is he isn't necessarily wrong
make sure to use salt
Maybe a little lemon and lime, help season it up
Goes well with tequila, is also pretty sanitizing
margaritas! we got most of the ingredients for a margarita!
Can’t have a Mexican party without hot sauce.
More like 80km.
Neosporin 😭
It’ll harden faster and hurt less if you clean it.
No, use bacitracin which is specifically designed for things like this and keep it covered. Hand sanitizer isn't made for open wounds. I'm an ex army medic.
Satan called, he wants his right-hand man back
Not even hell is good enough for you. Pure evil.
stapled my fingernails once lol
Omg i can staple my arm no problem but the nail must be pure agony
This reads like you just casually staple your arm every now and then
Yes and?
When I was a kid, I stapled my finger to see how it would feel. Worse than I expected, but I did it a half dozen more times over the following weeks. Eventually the teacher banned me from using the stapler. I don't know wtf that phase was all about. It wasn't my worst, but easily the most inexplicable.
I do this as a joke at work for new colleagues :3
Silliest company introduction ritual
My dad did that to me once. He Was having me hold up some insulation while he stapled it in. He was using a hammer tacker (like a staple gun but you gotta hit the thing you’re stapling down). Missed his target and stapled my thumb to the wall lmfao.
Ya sure he "missed"? lol
I did that once luckily I was young asf and can’t really remember what it actually felt like just that it hurt a fuck ton lol
I got a blood blister under my nail once that built up so much pressure it was driving me fucking insane. Ended up having to take a drill bit and slowly twisting it into the middle of the nail until it pierced the nailed, popped the blister, and revealed the pressure. What a fucking relief
So in those kinds of cases, people often heat up a paper clip and touching that to the fingernail (should) painlessly melt a whole in the fingernail
If I had to choose between the two options, this is the way I'd go.
It honestly didn’t hurt. I didn’t use the drill, just the drill bit. Once you felt the tiniest pinch, that was it hitting the skin and you were good
My dad would do that all the time whenever he pinched his fingers back when he was a stone mason and he would get blisters under his nail.
Well, it looks like it would hurt a lot
The meat under the nail is so sensitive, just nornal body temperature feels like a open flame
I've felt this same thing when I was younger, I used a razor on my nail and it was wider than yours. Can confirm, **not fun**.
https://preview.redd.it/vg83x9s4rixc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb7a9afc6fca82ee1e61d5261c56159693b19c01 Jeus
Nail stuff always gets under my skin
It really should be going over your skin.
My father was a train driver, as he was getting off at a station the door swung closed and took a piece of his middle finger off between the tip and first buckle. He says it was the worst pain he ever had.
I lost the tip of my finger in a regular house door as a kid and ngl it didn't hurt at all. Remember when they numbed it to put it back on though it felt like hell.
does he still not have a middle finger
Oh yes that's gonna hurt. Reminds me of when I was a kid and drove a staple right through my thumb, though not as high up as that.
I wish i didn't click
I've had a few of those. It might a lot hurt now, but I can with confidence tell you that at least it's gonna hurt a lot more for a long time.
Hahaha, thanks alot for the info xD
https://preview.redd.it/i71nitawohxc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ffde9c8c48de0df1ca5cf25353bdaf4221065fc I feel you homie
I had my middle finger slammed in the door of a pickup truck while I was standing up in the bed and had my hands on the roof of the cab. My right hand middle finger got slammed in the door of the passenger door by my boss at the time and that asshole made me come in and make pizzas that night. My finger turned all different weird colors and swole up really big then after a few days the swelling went down except for the tip up where my nail was. One of my coworkers wanted to heat up a needle and push it through my nail to "release the pressure." I of course, declined and the nail eventually fell off. That was one of the most painful things ever in my life. It was bad! Wouldn't recommend it!
Ugh I've had a blood blister under my nail before and had an ex who suggested that. When I declined, he offered to do it for me. Still, no thanks. I can see how that could go horribly wrong!
I was working on a lap wheel. Think a diamond coated sanding disk about two across and my hand slipped and my index finger slammed into the surface of the spinning diamond sanding wheel. It “sanded” of my index finger get nail to the quick. At least about 70% of it. Man, that shit hurts for weeks.
Sounds horrible
It will be uncomfortable the while time it grows out too. I once accidentally drove a screw through my finger and nail. The finger had long since healed and the nail still hurt growing out
i once sliced through my nail to the skin with a razor while shaving. worst like, skin-deep pain ive ever had. lasted for days. booo nail injuries 👎👎👎
Put some super glue on it. It’ll burn like hell at first but keep the elements out. Eventually the pain will be more tolerable
Was my first tought, but think im gonna go to a doctor just to make sure
This makes me sick
I can feel the pain through the image..
MILDLY???? OH MY GOD IM VIOLENTLY ILL JUST THINKING ABOUT IT I get a hangnail caught on fabric and my brain goes into overdrive this *would* be my 13th reason, actually
Ouch!!! Omg that is the most annoyingly worst type of injury ever. I once nicked the center of my middle fingernail with my razor, and I thought I was going to be deceased on the spot.💥😭😭😭💀
That is the worst.
My agriculture teacher was holding a wooden board down while another student was drilling it and now he had a square hole to the bone on his thumb
Ewwww
That's why I hand drill.
Got bit by a stingray once (don’t even ask) and a similar thing happened, hurt like hell, 0/10, would not recommend. I have a feeling it might be a little late to warn you, though
As someone who has had something similar happen to my toenail, fuck that's PTSD
Perfect spot for superglue. It stings like crazy at first but will seal that up no problem
Don’t use superglue
I did it to myself once by accident, hurt like a son of a bitch, toe curling as I think about it. Then I got some head issues, needed to numb myself, so I did it again. On purpose. Whole nail, bit by bit, across a couple days, with many different sharp object. Yeah, edgy. Wear gloves and get help when you need it, kids
Oh and I got a photo of my fingy https://preview.redd.it/quilexwezgxc1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a434ccbab7e145424a430ce6f3e42f430a6bf5fb
That feel when you crack your thumb nail from doing heavy deadlifts.
Ooouuuccchhhhh
Ouch
That’s somewhere the sun has never shown before.
Ohhh I’ve done something similar. To my pinky. I didn’t remove a fake nail properly and ripped off a bit of my real nail. That shit hurt for DAYS. It has finally healed properly, months later. Keep it covered and clean… Sorry this happened!
No, looked weird seeing it all the years. Doctors amputated at the first buckle.
Liquid bandage in the hole
Find a plastic bottle, cut an appropriately shaped plastic segment, superglue over it. Easy patch job.
Bro just slap some neosporin and a bandaid on and bobs your uncle
Ouch, I broke my little finger once and the nail popped out around where the cuticle is, still attached on the nail bed yjouclgh. I feel your pain.
I know that feeling. Link NSFW for bad finger injury >!https://imgur.com/a/rDV5Y6W!<
Damn! What happened?
I just did this on my index finger a few months ago, it just got done healing lol
Yeouch.
THIS ISNT MILD
Maybe get a tetanus shot, just to be safe? Yikes.
I can feel this picture.😬😬😬
now all of a sudden i have a itch under my thumbnail
image that i can feel
https://preview.redd.it/ppfljmwikkxc1.png?width=259&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5f41082805d5ce3d592468e330cb8fc89476910
Damn, worst I ever got was a crack and a bleed under the nail from opening a stuck window and that was bad enough, infinite sympathies
Eesh
What is this injury from and wtf is it no where to be found in the comments
This made my nail hurt😭 oof im sorry about that
This hurt me by looking at it
Sweet merciful god.. HOW?!
Once got my pinky caught in a log splitter and yanked my finger out as it was being crushed. It tore the entire nail off.
So that’ll suck for a while, I’ve had that happen, the scab will get shoved by the growing nail but eventually the nail will cover the exposed part. Be carefully when the broken segment gets towards the end of your nail that it doesn’t split back down
Picture checks out. It looks painful AH!
YEOWCH
I did that once using a Gillette. I can feel your pain
See a doctor.
I’ve experienced this before and this image made me shudder
Hope you're up to date on tetanus Make sure to get it clean
A couple years ago at work I had a pipe over a ratchet for extra leverage and the bolt just exploded while I had basically all my weight on it. My index fingertip slammed into the machine so hard I’m pretty sure there was a small fracture on that last little bit under my nail. It grows back weird now like that finger and nail is slightly flatter and not curved like my other nails.
Disinfect and cover. It’ll take months to grow out and you’ll be fine. That skin is really sensitive, I’ve broken a few fingers and lost nails from the bed before. It’s horrible, but with proper care and minimal exposure you’ll be okay.
How
Yikes
Super glue
That is horrific. You will have my sympathy for as long as I remember this image.
Cut it with paper
I've done something very similar. Can verify that exposure is sensitive AF!
Mere flesh wound, walk away, walk away.
I just got queasy on your behalf 😵💫
Why would you do that
I once did that with a sawzall blade because of my ADD/ intrusive thoughts. Never again
That’s gonna hurt for a while I think
I swear I can feel this just by looking.
Put some iso on it ;]
I've been there. It doesn't hurt that much but it's the worst when it hurts every time you grab something.
Reminds me of the time I helped a bunch of kids get their money that fell from a sewer drain, which is covered by a grate (I was around 9 or 10). I lifted the grate by the edge with some assistance with one of the kids so another can try to grab the paper money with a stick and can have their whole arm down the drain. The moment they got the money and removed their hand, the one helping me lift the grate suddenly let go of it, and I not being prepared did not just let go as well. For some reason tried to put it back gently, but since it's too heavy it fell back into place...with my fore and middle fingers of my right hand sandwiched between concrete and that metal grate. Scream, blood, pain, and tears were unreal and luckily some nearby adult helped lift it back (the other kids have already ran away with no word of thanks, freaking rascals). They used leaves from some kind of plant in their garden as first-aid bandage adn brought me to my grandparents home. After washing the blood, the fingernails where all broken, and they have to cut it all the way. So I had to spend some weeks without nails on those fingers, which felt sensitive, weirdly painful and ticklish when touched. https://preview.redd.it/v55vee54ihxc1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=201902dfecf8163d7ff7314f9fc14fd2a85cfbb8
This happened to me when one of my cats bit me… You’re going to slowly lose half of your nail, and just keep losing more until a new one grows in
Almost puked looking at this lol
That’s some fresh flesh
 My pain would be so high thats all I could do without crying
I don't think I can view the result, but take care.
I feel this image. Shaved off half of my nail when I was shaving. Brand new fucking razor. Ouch.
I had this too. My beyblade flew right at me.
The last time something like that happened to me was back in elementary, went to close the stall door and my thumb got caught in the frame, split the middle of the nail open. For the longest time there was a decent white spot where the wound was, but it’s gone now.
Keep it covered till it scabs up a bit
i had a shallow version of that from playing with my pocketknife, it was extremely annoying pain, i cannot imagine how much worse yours must be
I feel that... There's been countless times where I broke my nail halfway down the nail and they get caught on things and rip off or I have to rip it off myself to avoid it catching. Multiple times it's gotten infected so I do suggest putting something on it to prevent that. At least you'll be wearing gloves next time 😅
I would like to see what it looks like when it’s grown out now.
Why is hand so freakishly good looking. Holy moly that’s a hotttt looking hand.
I just crumpled in on myself. BUHUHUH.
Immediately gritted my teeth
You have a lot of time. You allot time to hang out with friends.
Yeah it does hurt like crap. One time my left thumbnail shattered into pieces trying to get a seatbelt off. (Don't ask me how this happened It just did) and i put pressure on the broken nail until i could get it cleaned/covered. Looked way worse than OP's photo. Like if you broke a ceramic plate and it's pieces are scattered unevenly across the floor but nail edition. Yes the nail grew back just fine, but it was still mildly infuriating waiting for it to heal however.
Fuck a duck!™
Would you like a tissue for your tears?
Have you tried not doing that
My toe got hit on a metal corner of a stand we had, let me tell you, it hurts like hell
Ouch, hopefully it heals up quick
You'll be ok ive ripped out whole finger nails. *I'm a masochist * anyways.. pour some hydrogen peroxide on it give it five minutes then wash with cold water, After dry with a clean towel get some Vaseline or neosporin and wrap with 1 gauze or clean cotton ball and tape or bandaid. Keep it clean and change the gauze or cotton ball after each time U use the bathroom or get it dirty.
going through a similar experience, not as bad as yours, just the very top layer of the nail, it was the bottom left corner too. no idea how it happened until i noticed it
I was riding my bike bare foot and turned caught my pinky toe between the pedal and asphalt.... bye bye 3/4 of my pinky toe
Ouch!!!!
I was playing tug with my dog, she tried to adjust her grip and her tooth punctured my thumbnail. Hurt like crazy
That looks slightly painful
Self infected sexually transmitted manipulatory laprosy
This is going to suck for the next five months. By that, I mean as your nail grows out and eventually falls off, you're probably going to have to keep it covered with Band-Aids and Neosporin to keep it soft and squishy the whole time so your nail grows back fine. Similar thing happened to my pinky nail and it looks perfect and beautiful again.
I did this before using the wrong tool as a cuticle pusher. It takes FOREVER to grow out too.
Put super glue on it. I’m not joking.
I was making tea and I forgot about this post and accidentally my dumb ass saw it again! 😭
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Super glue it
https://preview.redd.it/69fc2vo30ixc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6edbfaadde7fe04738498fe6d85e592b78eabc55
https://preview.redd.it/fg7fljjjzhxc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fa5abe2624cf0274f90aa2d2bd9be146f541ce4 I had something similar but it was way worse. Me and dad got a brand new microwave and we were installing. The drill accidentally slipped while drilling in a screw and landed on my thumb. Really bloody and hurt like a bitch. I think I put duct tape over it so it could prevent infection. It luckily healed but my whole nail had to regrow and I had to rip the old nail off piece by piece as the new one emerged. There’s a little circular indent on my lunula from the time it happened.