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hang nails suck

furcalchick

furcalchick

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Dec 19, 2006
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great, i have another hang nail on both of my big toes, and they hurt so much (this is the second time this has happened in three months), and actually cut some skin on the left toe. i've used witch hazel and the anti hang nail treatment with the cream, but i haven't gotten much in relief. is there another natural way to relive this? it really hurts.
 
Hangnails on your toes?! Wow. I only ever get them on my fingers. :eek:

As for ways to deal with 'em, just what you mentioned already-- I cut off the excess skin, make sure it doesn't get infected, and if it's really really sensitive, I'll "protect" it for the time being with a bandaid.

Hope your ouchies heal soon.
 
furcalchick said:
great, i have another hang nail on both of my big toes, and they hurt so much (this is the second time this has happened in three months), and actually cut some skin on the left toe. i've used witch hazel and the anti hang nail treatment with the cream, but i haven't gotten much in relief. is there another natural way to relive this? it really hurts.
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Clean it out really well. Clear away dead skin. Keep your feet clean.
 
Hang nails do indeed suck. I've got a nasty one on my right pointer finger. It's all like ... inflamed or something.

But toe hangnails, eh? This is new to me. And sounds ... dreadful. My grandmother would have told you to use some Epsom Salt, and, come to "research it" it seems to fix ... everything. Would stay away from the intravenous Epsom Salts, though -- sketchy.

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I get them on my fingers occasionally. I cut off the excess skin, and usually leave it alone. It heals in a few days. If it hurts pretty bad, I'll put on something like Neosporin.
 
old army trick was to use a bit of superglue to hold the skin together. acted as a quick patch, durable bandaid. on a long road march, you don't get to stop and worry about things like injury, pain, missing skin. :eek:

on the other hand, lots of vets dying of strange diseases, so use at your own risk!
 
I get them once in a while, I just rip them off, and then it's sore for a couple of days. Didn't now about it's vulnerability to infection, I've done it so many times and never had it infected.

On theoe that sucks.
 
Toe nails shouldn't be long enough to get hang-nails. :eek: Good suggestions on treating it now but in the future, keep those damn things trimmed! <shudders>
 
Yeah, I have no idea what it is (and yes, I did try Google Images).


Is it similar to an ingrown nail? I don't know why people complain about those. I literally just dig them out of my big toes. Sure, my big toe bleeds on occasion, but this happens only 2-3 times per year, and I don't need to do it often anyway.
 
iBlue said:
Toe nails shouldn't be long enough to get hang-nails. :eek: Good suggestions on treating it now but in the future, keep those damn things trimmed! <shudders>
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i don't think it's cause they're too long. i get the occasional hangnail near a fingernail cause i bite my nails.

Not saying that the OP bites toenails (wtf yuck lol), but I don't think it's because they aren't well trimmed. I like to do nail art on my toenails, and prefer slightly long toenails (not very, though) to something too trimmed and have never had a hangnail on a toe nail.
 
4JNA said:
old army trick was to use a bit of superglue to hold the skin together. acted as a quick patch, durable bandaid. on a long road march, you don't get to stop and worry about things like injury, pain, missing skin. :eek:

on the other hand, lots of vets dying of strange diseases, so use at your own risk!
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There is super glue packaged for medical use, called Dermabond, if you're squeamish about using the hardware store stuff. The consumer version is sold as Band Aid somethingorother liquid.
 
I just had one yesterday, caught it early and ripped it off. No blood, it's a little sore but better than the other times where there's bleeding.
 
Markleshark said:
Superglue was invented to stick skin together, for the Second World War IIRC.
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Darn, I though it was invented to hang construction workers from steel beams by gluing their hardhat to the beam with a single drop.
 
Get it taken care of, it can get much worse.

I do know somebody that avoided taking care of it until the infected big toe turned gangrenous and the doctors took care of the hangnail by removing the big toe.

Of course this was also the kid that got injured kicking an arcade machine, and his mom tried suing a friends place of business -- so karma may have played a part. ;)
 
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