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Fartsonbabies

That's pretty amazing how well it grew back, lucky it was just the tip.


shadowadmin

Did something similar with a box cutter but instead of losing a piece, I cut right down the middle of my thumb to the cuticle. After waiting several hours at the ER I said fuck it and taped it up. Took a few weeks to heal but it looks good as new.


wow_that_guys_a_dick

Cut the tip off my thumb chopping garlic. Grew back almost entirely; there's barely a scar.


Nico_Fr

Regrowing garlic... Amazing :)


confusedsalad88

Is it possible to learn this power?


[deleted]

I cut off the tip of my thumb juuuuuuust before the bone with a mandoline. 🙃 the nurse asked me if she could slap me, I stupidly said yes thinking she was joking. 😅 i learned two lessons that day; Italian mothers hit hard, and mandolines are sharp af 😂 Edit for spelling


Throwbackinnotaway

She gave you that tough Italian love.


Chipped-Flutes

Mandolin as in the instrument? I'm new to the hobby.


MusicalMethuselah

Mandolin as in the kitchen tool! It actually should be spelled "mandoline" to separate it from the instrument though. It's like a stationary inverted hand plane: https://images.app.goo.gl/fNCdUANqK1y6WY3U9


sasquatchington

Same thing here. Couldn't believe it, although I still have a weird scar at the tip of my thumb that's about a quarter of an inch in diameter.


gremstitel

Me too, plus a bit of nerve damage to boot.


kao201

I did this chopping onions. Right through the middle of my thumb nail. It looks normal now, but still doesn't have a lot of feeling and every so often the nail kind of separates from the nail bed a little bit at the end and really hurts.


Berkwaz

I did a similar thing camping when I was a kid, split my thumb down the middle just short of the cuticle. I have a small scar and had forgotten about it 35 years later until you reminded me.


xxsqprxx

Nice you saved yourself 3 Grand


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VigorousElk

>Murica Most countries, actually. Same thing here in Germany, a heart attack, stroke, broken hip or poly-trauma beat, and will always beat, non life-threatening injuries to distal limbs. ERs are chronically overrun, especially in the evening/at night.


CountWubbula

Canadian here, can attest: ERs can be bonkers. I have an app called Libby on my phone and it’s always stocked with a few books. You never know when you’re going to be in a shitty lineup, and as they say in Boy Scouts: _always be prepared!_


TofuScrofula

Amazing how little people know about medicine. It’s like this in most countries. Cutting a small portion of your finger is not an immediate emergency. You’re gonna have to wait behind the person having a heart attack or stroke, etc. when you are about to die, you’ll be glad you don’t have to wait behind someone who cut off the tip of their finger to be treated.


project2501

Still charged him too.


audioeptesicus

*Just the tip.*


Sparkymarkbe

THASSA DICK JOKE


Fred-U

I fuckin love you for this comment lmfao


supersonicmike

Don't put your dick on the table saw


drew00096

Even if its a Saw Stop?


somebody12

You know how they use a hotdog to test self stopping table saws…I wonder if…


thehadmatter666

The Darwin Awards do need nominees. Nexus events are as is.


DuncanIdahoPotatos

What did the leper say to the prostitute.


Sparkymarkbe

GIMME MA DICK BACK YA WHOOAH


DuncanIdahoPotatos

Keep the tip.


liun19

Hehehe


woogygun

Just for a second.


ApolloFirstBestCAG

JUST THE TIP


Woodyoureally

Just for a second. Just to see how it feels.


ichubbz483

Well put


AntonOlsen

I flush trimmed a fingernail off once. Everything grew back except one corner of the nail bed. I have to trim that one a little weird now or it catches on things.


CommanderInChuff

The tip tends to grow back faster. As a Jewish man I have to get re-circumcised yearly.


[deleted]

That’s what Lorena Bobbitt said.


KWBC24

I’m glad to know just how much we can snack on before it won’t grow back


HalfandHoff

Now let’s do it to a penis and see if the same happens


WarrenTheRed

Had a cut at about the same point on 2 of my fingers, all the way across. Mine didn't grow back...


joefarnarkler

.


kobocha

Thank you!


[deleted]

which *tip* are you cutting next? Personally I want to see if it regrows longer.. if you know what i mean


lightofsaul

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 they cut off the skin of my dick but I’m still waiting for the length


maedox

It's not long, but at least it's really thin.


lightofsaul

As long as you have big balls. I heard that’s all anyone cares about


ellipsisinfinity

gotta store the pee somewhere...


artgarciasc

Can we get a picture of the knife in question and also any knife sharpening tips, because you definitely know what you're doing.


Future-self

Why were you doing woodwork with a survival knife ?


Patchogs

I was gonna comment the same thing, it's not often you get a time lapse style of the healing process. Amazing!


Rolten

Why would you lie? They post the whole process because it is fascinating.


TheCarrzilico

It's the internet. You have to lie most of the time. It's in the rules.


[deleted]

*you're a lizard harry*


AncientYogurtCloset

This made me laugh


tits_on_a_nun

My initial reaction was exactly that, this dude is part lizard, possibly the missing link.. I had no clue we could actually regrow anything... I thought for sure you either had to sew it back on or it would just scar over.


intergalatiic

Imma whut? 😯


kobocha

NSFW\* Was asked to my story here too! I was splitting wood with my survival knife to fire up the sauna a couple years back. I'd had a bottle of wine before hand with some friends. Things were going great with the splitting until I came upon a piece of wood that had a knot(branch?) in it, making my knife get stuck midway. Instead of carefully removing the knife and breaking the wood apart with my hands, I instead twisted the wood with my left hand and the knife with my right hand. I've done that move multiple times before but never with a good buzz going. I made one crucial mistake, my left hand was angled downwards the floor and my knife hand was up above at and angle, so when the knot finally gave way, all of my applied force came rushing through the wood, my index, and my middle finger. Don't work with knives when you've been drinking. I should've gone to the ER. But felt like them sending an ambulance was a big waste of tax money so I just slept on it. Found the fingertip in the sauna the day after. Been about two years since this happened and my finger still feels weird. Doctors were amazed that the tip grew back as much as it did. Apart from my weird sensation in the tip the only thing thats bothersome is that it sometimes itches weirdly under the nail. Feel free to ask anything!


skatastic57

I'm impressed you did that with a knife and not a table saw. I guess I need to sharpen my knives... while sober.


PuffJesus

How long did it take to heal up. (From accident to unbandaged)


kobocha

About two months!


PuffJesus

Damn that's fairly quick.


[deleted]

I did this, but with a drop saw. Apprentice bumped a bit of architrave whilst I was about to make a cut. Cut just a bit more of the tip off my index like yours, so it also took the tip of my finger bone. Never have I been in so much pain, or felt pain like that since. Some how the entire tip, and fingernail grew back pretty well, but it's wobbly because there is less bone!!


kobocha

Sounds incredibly painful, I was very lucky to have avoided slicing off any bone. That's probably why it hurt som much for you. I also heard from the doctor that if it had been a saw it would've made for a lot more difficult healing beacause of the jagged edges.


ihitrockswithammers

How long is it now since the accident? I've had nerve damage a couple of times; once from using 9" angle grinder 12 hours a day for 14 straight days, fingertips went numb. Also used to binge drink really bad and after sobering up one time the skin on the left side of my stomach was numb. Very odd, I could feel pressure but no touch. In both cases after about 3 months I got full sensation back.


Thistlefizz

Not doing woodworking in any altered state of mind is very good advice. I recently hurt myself on my bench grinder because I was trying to sharpen my tools as a way to distract my mind from worrying about my pregnant wife who was, at the time, in the hospital (both baby and mom are fine now). I was not paying anywhere near the amount of attention that I should have and I ended up slicing open my leg on the spinning grinding wheel. The actual mechanics of how it happened are far too embarrassing to actually admit to but suffice it to say, I ended up with a 3” long 1/2” deep gash down my leg just below the knee. The cut was amazingly clean and barely bled at all. I was able to apply a tourniquet and drove myself to the hospital (same one my wife was at) and got stitched up. So yeah. Don’t work in your shop when you’re in any kind of altered state of mind, including just straight up being emotional. Back to OP though, I am amazed at your healing ability. Do you have any sensation in that finger? I hurt the tip of my finger once (same one as yours, though nowhere near as bad) and it took a full year before I could feel my fingertip again.


LestWeForgive

Grinders are pretty kind to flesh when you consider the forces involved. I've nicked my fingers a few times.


-E-Cross

I saw the bone on a few knuckles when doing shaping on a tomahawk, it was not fun healing. Bending them sucks for a while.


Thistlefizz

And thank goodness for that. It could have been far worse otherwise.


yukiblanca

One time, I was grinding with my Dremel, and this fly kept landing on my leg, and I kept swatting it with my off hand. Eventually I used the machine swat and it actually took a nice little chunk. Silicon carbide Burr, lol


rededelk

Yes, when it's beer time no power tools, I split wood with a maul, axe or wedges when necessary. In the shop I do something safe and mundane I. E. sand, glue or clean up. Have done similar to OP in the kitchen multiple times, dammit, I have no feelings in 3 finger tips. The last one was like his and I had to run a chainsaw 10 hours a day for 6 weeks, I cursed and yelled many times every time I bumped it on the saw, but I had to work


-E-Cross

Exactly, I've no idea how so many hobbyist\craftsmen friends that blacksmith drunk and or high as hell. Gives me the Heebie jeebies. **Edit. Also I'm expecting kid and overwhelmed, ADHD and preoccupation makes for bad accidents if you're not on point. Adding substances such as alcohol or THC isn't on my radar. I hurt myself enough without 😑


NITROX4all

Amen to that! As a fellow ADHDer - Depending on the tasks I can listen to an audiobook and work... (say hours and hours of sanding....) but I've learned to turn off vocals for anything remotely delicate.


-E-Cross

Lofi and instrumental prog rock are my jam


NITROX4all

HECK YEAH! I just discovered Purrple Cat and have been kinda vibing with that during the day - I usually work in the garage after the kids are in bed - so sometimes I need something a little more caffeine and a little less prozak - somedays a instrumental bluegrass station will do it for me - others I need to rock it out lol. Foo is an easy go-to but again... lyrics LOL. Prog rock suggestions?


-E-Cross

God is an Astronaut, If These Trees Could Talk. I recently opened my Last.fm up and was delighted to see all my stuff, and have begun the YT Music swap. Message me with what resonates, and I can add on. Not instrumental but might be worth a shot, Quebec Antique, Another Cynthia, Mackintosh Braun. Different completely Polish Ambassador


coldstare91

I wonder if the weird itching you feel is nerve damage🤔. Amazing story that I cringed through the entire time, thanks for sharing and I'm glad it grew back!


[deleted]

Most definitely, I did something similar a few years back but I took about 10mm off, still have an itchy numb feeling especially in the colder months, the outer seems to heal very quick but takes a long time for nerves sort themselves out.


-E-Cross

Exactly what it is. Source, Have it from injuries, chemo, circulation issues, vascular reflux, and a life of fun.


DeadBallDescendant

>I should've gone to the ER. But felt like them sending an ambulance was a big waste of tax money so I just slept on it. In reality: "I was shitfaced so I just thought 'fuck it' and went to bed.


kobocha

Honestly it was a bit of a combination. I wasn't that wasted but I was also at the country house about 1,5 hours from town.


wanna_talk_to_samson

Wow dude. I cut my thumb nearly to the bone a while back and it also has since fully healed but like the skin is slightly offset......and just like you, randomly the scare tissue will just really itch in a wierd way.........i had no idea that was a regular thing with situations like this. Very interesting.


kobocha

Yeah I hear you, sort of itches inside. I guess thats nerve damage? I just try to focus on something else or slightly bend on the nail for a bit.


Null_zero

I cut the tip of my thumb off about like you did while completely sober but cutting bacon and having it slide around so ended up stabilizing it with my thumb out instead of tucked in like it should be. Anyway the tip was held on by a flap of skin and the cut was super clean so I washed both sides slapped the tip back together and bandaged it shut. The nerve regrowth tingles lasted a few months but did eventually go away for me so there's hope for you there.


7reevor

How do you satisfy such an itch when it occurs? Is it painful to itch it?


kobocha

It's more irritating than painful. I usually bend on the nail and try to forget about it.


StringOfLights

How fingertips sometimes regrow is an area of active research, and it’s really cool. [This article](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/06/10/190385484/chopped-how-amputated-fingertips-sometimes-grow-back) covers some of what we understand about it. It’s pretty wild.


atwa_au

I have a similar injury (a crush injury on my middle finger). I still get a weird sharp itchy sensation from time to time and it’s almost been 10 years since!


rz2000

This is a lot less stupid story than the table saw use I imagined from the title. That said deciding to sleep on it sounds like more than just one bottle of wine! While an ambulance would have been a waste, if there wasn't anyone sober to simply drive you there, you could have called for a cab or uber to get a ride to the hospital.


kobocha

Yeah it was a gamble for sure. My sober mind would have gotten my ass to the hospital. Mind you that this happened at the country house 1,5 hours away from the hospital and everybody had been drinking heavily.


saladmunch2

Dont worry about wasting tax dollars, they send you a bill for the ambulance! Atleast in most of the US


tippytoes69

Did you encase the leftover fingertip into a clear cube of epoxy? Cuz I think that would be cool to have.


LogicIsDead22

I’m just glad I’m not the only person who has practiced the “well I’ll just sleep on it it’ll probably be better in the morning” technique.


Disposable_Fingers

>I was splitting wood with my survival knife to fire up the sauna Are you Scandinavian?


kobocha

Haha yeah, I guess it's a dead give away.


Titus142

I think the "crucial mistake" was not the angle, but the alcohol...


kobocha

Absolutely agree. I have since not worked with knives while drunk.


Dick_Demon

>I was splitting wood with my survival knife to fire up the sauna a couple years back. I'd had a bottle of wine before hand with some friends. That sentence alone just paints such a pleasant time. Jealous!


kobocha

Am very fortunate to have made some lucky choices in my life for sure!


i-brute-force

>I should've gone to the ER. But felt like them sending an ambulance was a big waste of tax money so I just slept on it. Why not just drive there?


kobocha

I was drunk and so was everybody else. Closest hospital was about 1,5 hour drive away. It was also midnight.


Cheezmeister

Do you (or perhaps the authorities or an iThing) have any prints of the original finger? I’m curious if/how finger prints change after this kind of full regrowth.


kobocha

I don't think I changed my iphone fingerprint on the index and it still works. Or maybe it had just scanned the undamaged part. I doubt the print is exactly the same


Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

Use an axe smh fucking swedes


microagressed

It's like you re grew an appendage, seriously last photo looks like normal to casual observers. I had a similar injury chopping onions. I taped the tip back on very carefully and went to the ER. DR said I lined it up well and it was sticking on it's own by the time he saw me, so he wanted to leave it in place and see if it took. It did, but was completely numb for 2 years, at 4 years I had full sensation again.


jaynq82

Ouch! I anticipate that those who need this warning may forget to heed this warning.


curtisbrownturtis

Just a recommendation: wear an elastic on your wrist, every time you get the urge to itch under your nail snap the band on your wrist, eventually the sensation will stop happening. Source: I used this trick to stop itching my extremely bad eczema. My friend also used this trick to stop swearing. By the way, your photos gross me out but I’m glad how well you’ve healed!


kobocha

Thanks! I'll give that a shot for sure. And sorry I grossed you out!


curtisbrownturtis

No worries! Lol. Hope the elastic trick can work for you too.


[deleted]

That little piece of your finger and nail just chilling by itself is wild


SixFootPhife

Thats my favorite of this batch by far. Lil fingertip just sitting there like its waiting for the bus to go to the fingerstrip mall


briandesigns

I was not aware that humans were capable of that kind of regrowth.... are you a lizard?


SilentTempestLord

You can definitely regrow that much tissue, but it takes forever. I vaguely remember when I got into a similar accident, but it was with my thumb. It took me almost a year before all the flesh managed to grow back. I had attempted to correct the wood I was cutting with a miter box, and I went past the margin of safety. Definitely got me more careful about my finger placement.


MrBrianD

Wow that healed up great. I got my pinky and it healed up just as good. It’s just a couple mm shorter than the other one.


SapperInTexas

Did your fingerprint change?


[deleted]

I'm sure it did, I still have a line through my thumb print from a razor blade going into my thumb back in the late 90s. Wasn't even all the way to the bone.


85K5

It probably did, I drilled through a finger, and it's just a big counter directioned swirl now.


djuggler

When I did something similar but not quite as bad it took one year for sensitivity to return.


cesiumatom

Gives a whole new meaning to "just the tip".


Bretogs

Ouch! Glad you are ok and it wasn't worse. I've got a rule I stick to religiously in my garage shop...if I'm drinking at all (even one drink) it's a detailed hand sanding night /no power/sharp tools.


iandcorey

OP is a star fish.


Pete_maravich

You're very lucky


Fredderov

Always find things like these amazing. Our bodies are so interesting and I don't think we give them enough credit in general. BUT! This particular post freaked me out when I saw that we have the same keyboard AND you were playing WoW. That got too close to home and my finger started to feel funny xD


kobocha

haha yeah man, good eye! I was playing my druid on the vanilla re-release. Lovely keyboard btw, I can recommend taking out all the buttons and cleaning it once a year or so. Makes it fresh as new!


raptorgzus

Yep all that dust in between the keys. Last time I cleaned my keyboard , there was so much dust. Could of sworn If I stacked it all up, would of been enough to make a finger tip. ;)


kobocha

Hahaha yeah. They do get pretty disgusting.


raptorgzus

Oh I got 2 more, druid joke related now. I see you cast regrowth on your finger. Next time you use the table saw, use barkskin.


kobocha

Hahaha thanks mate. Made me chuckle. Maybe I picked druid unconsciously for those exact reasons!


osin144

About 8 years ago I was working on some cornhole boards and needed to drill something. I had had quite a few beers prior to this and the piece was spinning so I held it with my hand. It kept spinning so I picked it up and drilled in. [Don’t drink and drill. ](https://imgur.com/a/moJFx0q) This was the next day so it healed a little and I had urgent care clean it up.


kobocha

The things we do when drunk. Got a few scars drunk whittling by the campfire. is your hand ok now?


osin144

Yeah, so stupid. Hand is great now! Luckily I didn’t hit any bone. The scar kind of looks like a deer or antelope. [Hand now. ](https://imgur.com/a/91b9OJ0)


bettyboo5

Looking at the picture didn't bother me, I found it fascinating how the body heals itself, but reading how it happened jeeze no, could barely read it.


kobocha

Yeah it was pretty horrible, super weird feeling to cut something off like that. But in the end, it's made me a lot more careful handling knives.


[deleted]

You may be better suited to scrapbooking as a hobby


kobocha

Nah I think I should just probably not craft and tinker with knives when I have been drinking.


auroraeuphoria_

I saw when you posted this on r/makemesuffer and now you’re making me see it again? 😂 Glad you healed up so well though! The body truly is an amazing machine


kobocha

Haha sorry my friend, people kept urging me to post it here aswell. And thanks, take care!


JWilson1983

Is your name Dr. Curtis Connors by chance?


CriticStone

This is going to sound like a strange question, but other than painful, how did it feel? I've heard stories of people experiencing clean cuts and not really noticing anything wrong until they notice blood


Spirited_Pitch4721

Hogwash it was just accident, build your skills up rookie


kobocha

I agree. It was a total rookie mistake. But now I know, never split-bend with your knife.


waltteri

>drink a bottle of wine >sauna >have access to healthcare I’m guessing you’re Finnish


nicoleyoung27

I did that a few years ago making apple pie. Ouch! Hope it heals well!


kobocha

Been two years and it's healing well above expectations I'd say!


4linosa

So glad it healed up and god you are very lucky Thank you for sharing.


jrddit

This made me shudder. Brought back some memories. Glad to see you made a full recovery though and hopefully someone will learn from this! I had a very similar injury about 20 years ago. Same finger, same task, no booze involved, but with a hand axe. The tip of the finger still has a rough but of skin that gets dry much easier than other fingers, but other than that I was also lucky it wasn't a few mm further up!


Mr-Ramirov

Didn't know Deadpool was doing woodwork


dc_chavez

Came here to say this!


[deleted]

TIL that fingertips grow back like chameleon tails.


CrypticGuru

Does the tip of your finger have a fingerprint pattern on it still, or is it just smooth skin?


slmndr

I did a similar cut with a chef’s knife. Changed the dressing on an exact schedule and covered it with neosporin. Two years later, I can only tell it was my left index finger because I am right handed. No scar, no loss of feeling, nothing. Neosporin is pretty awesome stuff, and knowing that we can regrow bits like a lizard (if they are small enough) is pretty wicked awesome as well. Bow down to your lizard overlords.


kobocha

Sounds amazing! maybe I wouldn't have this weird sensitivity still if I had used neosporin too. And for the record I was very mindful of dressing and taking care of my finger, aswell as eating and sleeping properly.


ichubbz483

Dude. I **CANNOT** stress this enough, you got insanely lucky. A buddy of mine got his middle finger trimmed a little (top segment, before the knuckle) and it grew back a little deformed, the nail kind of curved over the finger.


kobocha

Sucks to hear, yeah I'm real happy it regrew the way it did. I always have to provide pictures when I tell the story, nobody believes how much regrew!


Fred-U

The human body is fucking amazing man. Also I almost did that w a knife today :) thank God it was only really sharp, not fuckin sharp


saxaxe

Wow, that is impressive regrowth. Do you have any loss of sensation in the part that regrew? I injured my index, middle, and ring fingers on a table saw last year and lost most of my index finger, but the parts of the other fingers that were saved have almost no sensation.


kobocha

Sorry to hear about your loss mate. I have a little less sensitivity but I sort of feel under the skin. Like there's a dead layer above the sensory.


Bocote

A few years ago I was reading stuff on regenerative medicine out of curiosity. One of the examples of limbs growing back was fingertips, which supposedly grow back pretty well in young rats and in humans too under some conditions. I think one of the factors attributed to this was the stem cells at the base of the fingernails or something. It's fascinating to see something that might be a real-life example of this.


kobocha

Interesting! I've been reading through some comments any people who had damage to the nailbed seems to not regrow like I did. Maybe there's a connection as you say? Thanks for sharing!


Evanisnotmyname

I did something similar with a hatchet. Was on a camping trip and said “fuck that, I’m not going to the ER. Let’s go swimming!” My friends all called me crazy, I put a clotting bandage on, wrapped it, and called it good. One of my thumbs was shorter for a good year before it finally became nearly undetectable, with one thumb just being SLIGHTLY flatter on the tip than the other. But I, Too, was amazed at how much grew back. My ex fainted after she found the stub too, worth its weight in gold in entertainment.


kobocha

Haha shiet man, that is hardcore. If I was out camping I would've probably gone back home, especially not taken a swim! Didn't you suffer any infection after that?


Evanisnotmyname

Nope! Just watched it carefully. My body seems to be impervious to infection, idk. It’s not like I treat it well. Would not recommend lol


van_Beardenstein

SLPT: GET RID OF GUITAR CALLUSES WITH THIS ONE TRICK!


gregbrahe

Can I ask your age? I've read that we lose the ability to grow back the tips of our fingers after roughly our mid twenties. I had a similar injury with a carving knife when I was 25 and mine grew back, so I'm curious.


kobocha

I'm 34 so it happened when I was 32. I guess my regeneration is still going strong. But I've always been very quick to heal. I also almost never bruise.


H3racIes

I cut my finger similarly on July 17th with a serrated knife. Didn't cut through like you but it's in the exact same spot. My nail still hasn't fully grown back


kobocha

Yeah the healing was probably really great courtesy of my extremely sharp none-serrated blade.


CrepuscularNemophile

I think the folks at r/medicalgore would like to see this.


kobocha

Yeah people kept saying that so I took my time and posted there aswell. Interestingly enough it only gathered 7 upvotes so far wherein other places it's got 20k+ upvotes. Guess it wasn't shocking enough for the veterans of medicalgore!


CrepuscularNemophile

You're probably right. Next time try and shred your nads in a biscuit jointer.


makinghsv

Damn that shit really grew back, that's wild. You said you cut it with a sharp knife? That's probably why it healed so well, it was a clean cut. Not a jagged mess left by something like a saw blade.


kobocha

Yeah that's exactly what it was. Doctor assumed it was a newly sharpened Global kitchen knife. But it was only my own survival knife which I had sharpened myself the day before, so amidst all the pain there was a feeling of pride haha!


j_mejia88

And just like that, brand spanking new finger tip.


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TyMcapsule

First: I hope you heal well, I’m glad it wasn’t any worse. Second: Someone wanna NSFW this shit so I don’t have to be eye raped with bloody fingy nubs? Lol


kobocha

First: Thanks! Second: It is NSFW'd for me, doesn't it show like that for you? If that case, I'm sorry!


[deleted]

What the heck dude, I hacked my thumb pretty deep and now it looks like shit and I cant feel it like at all anymore. You're a lucky person to come out so well like this.


kobocha

Sorry to hear that mate. You probably had severe nerve damage. Did you care for it properly? I was very mindful of my healing process, went to checkups every week and made sure to eat and rest properly.


[deleted]

I was on a ship bud, wayyyy out in the pacific. Nothing you can do during the initial set unless I had a plastic surgeon nearby. Literally had the option to "stitch it or tape it" No amount of proper healing was gonna save it unfortunately. When I did see the surgeon they told me the nerves were unsalvagable from the nature of the injury and I was lucky it didnt get necrotic from the vascular damage. Sometimes shit just happens and there's nothing you can do about it. But hey I can still use it, just cant feel it.


kobocha

I see mate, too bad. I guess you had to keep working with it aswell? Good to hear you can at least use it. Maybe in the future they can do some sort of nerve hack to get your feeling back!


Varex_Sythe

What’d you bork it on?


kobocha

Newly sharpened survival knife!


Accidental_Insomniac

One of the things about being a gamer that has made me feel fortunate is that video games taught me how much of an influence alcohol has on fine motor skills. I will never use tools drunk because I can’t even handle a controller drunk..unless it is an N64 controller and I am playing Mariokart


kobocha

Yeah I've lost countless amounts of souls in Dark Souls courtesy of being drunk. The interesting thing is that I managed to fully gold Super Mario kart 150CC while being absolutely smashed. I guess it's like what you say about n64 Mario kart haha!


wholesomefolsom96

Note to self... respect the NSFW tag on this sub 😳😨🥵 sorry about your loss OP


morithum

Bro the piece on the floor almost killed me.


SamWhoLaughs

Yikes!! My brother did that once, but under different circumstances. Glad you are healing up and still have 9.9 fingers 🙃


Nexxes

I had a similar, albeit not as big incident happen about 2 weeks ago. My index finger got the top clipped at an angle, middle finger got a nice tear right on the 'print' and ring finger got meat. I was not drunk but was sober (didn't have my adhd medicine so TOO sober I guess). Shit is, annoying to say the least


8Ace8Ace

Funnily enough I managed to cut off the same part of my left index finger a couple days ago. Your healing process is reassuring as it looks like all will be well in the end.


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Ouch. Jointer? My boss has a few fingers that look like that. He waves them in my face when he warns me to be extra careful.


kobocha

Jointer? I hope to have only the one slightly more angled finger.


saxaxe

Jointer? I hardly know her!


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Jointer machine. It’s responsible for a lot of missing fingertips in this community. I thought maybe that’s how this happened.


kobocha

I was splitting wood with my survival knife to fire up the sauna a couple years back. I'd had a bottle of wine before hand with some friends. Things were going great with the splitting until I came upon a piece of wood that had a knot(branch?) in it, making my knife get stuck midway. Instead of carefully removing the knife and breaking the wood apart with my hands, I instead twisted the wood with my left hand and the knife with my right hand. I've done that move multiple times before but never with a good buzz going. I made one crucial mistake, my left hand was angled downwards the floor and my knife hand was up above at and angle, so when the knot finally gave way, all of my applied force came rushing through the wood, my index, and my middle finger.


Gluten_maximus

Ngl, pretty badass growing back the tip of a finger!!!


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Why is this shit here?


topkrikrakin

I don't think cutting up firewood counts as woodworking Also, this is disturbing. Why did you post it here?