Lost Toenail Squick!

[rejectomorph]

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My right big toe nail finally came off- well, most of it did. There's still about an eighth of an inch of it clinging on. This was the nail which was ingrown when I was a kid and had to be cut out, and then never fully returned to normal. It was always a bit disconnected on the side where it had been ingrown. A couple of years ago, it apparently picked up a nail fungus from the toe next to it, and since then it has gradually lifted up and gotten a bit gross. I've been expecting it to drop off for several days now. When I put my socks on after showering tonight, I felt the nail slip in between my toes. It didn't really hurt, but I'm totally squicked. I don't want to examine it too closely. I know there was a bunch of stuff under the nail, and I'm sure it's going to look disgusting.

Nails are supposed to grow back, right? I suppose I should put something on it, like disinfectant or something. I'll probably get gangrene and die, if I don't. My hypochondria is making me very queasy. Stupid toenail.

Comments

[carbonunit.livejournal.com]

Lucky this didn't happen to me, or you'd be looking at a close-up photo.

Nails do grow back, but your case might be different. If it's taken decades to fall off it might be permanently gone.

You don't have diabetes do you?

[myasma.livejournal.com]

Yes, hmmmmmm.

Maybe you should consult the podiatrist. I think nails should grow back normally, unless the nail bed itself has been damaged.

Is it still blazing hot there? I am about 70 miles from the Atlantic ocean, and the weather is lovely.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

i had a toenail violently yanked off a year or so ago in an accident involving a rug. it was diseased, too, with fungus. the doctor removed it, painfully, cutting away where it was anchored at the cuticle. it has finally grown back, but it takes a while. you are putting something like polysporin on it, and a dressing, i hope?