I bruised my toe when the cabinet door fell on my foot. The surrounding skin area around the toenail is badly bruised including the base of the nail. How long will it be till my toe and toenail go back to normal? Will Hirudoid cream help heal it?
2007-02-11 01:52:21 · 7 answers · asked by R.sakura 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
If you didn't break it, the damaged area of the nail will grow off in about 3 months. The same thing happened to me when I was serving my self a drink in the mug I leave in the freezer. I put ice in it and I heard a crackling sound and I just thought the ice was settling. When I removed the mug from the table the bottom of the mug fell off onto my big toe. And it hurt like a %#%#! But it wasn't broken and the bruised area grew off in 3 months. And that's what will happen; it's not going to fall off with no nail there. It will simply grow off.
2007-02-11 02:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by quillologist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went skiing years ago and bruised both of my big toes in the first week[shoes did not fit right]in the second week I could hardly walk,and had to have them lanced,[right through the nails]and that hurt,eventually both by nails fell of.But they never came back the same,they are much thicker now and that was years ago.If I was you I would go and see the Dr. or nurse.Just in case.Best of luck hope you feel better soon.
2007-02-11 10:26:01 · answer #2 · answered by stella F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cream won't help.
Depends on whether you killed the nail. Just take good care of it. Keep it clean. Could be a month or long before it looks perfect again.
Remember healing is nature. Your body does it for you.
2007-02-11 09:58:35 · answer #3 · answered by PeaceNow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shut my thumb in my car door last year, and it took a full year for the nail to completely grow out.
There is a natural remedy which does actually work, get some Arnica from a heath store or pharmacy and soak some cotton wool in it.
2007-02-11 10:03:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the nail is blackened it needs to grow out - period. Sometimes if injured badly enough it will fall off and regrow. This will take a long time, certainly more than a month.
2007-02-11 10:01:36 · answer #5 · answered by fanci 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cream won't help, just use ice. you may loose your toe nail, depending if you damaged the nail bad enough
2007-02-11 10:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by Domino's Mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my friend was ice skating and her shoes didn't fit correctly. She figure skates so she was wearing them once a day. Her toe turned all blue and it still hasn't gon back to its original colors... I would say ..... 2 months... but ur nail might fall of if its that bad......
2007-02-11 10:00:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋