I know it's disgusting, but I do bite my toenails and pick at them, but today I noticed that I picked at it a little too much and the nail is practically falling off the toe. I want to rip it off but I'm afraid it won't grow back - should I wait for it to grow and then rip the broken part, or do I just rip now and wait a year or so for them to grow back?
I'm very scared.
2007-03-21 13:45:35 · 12 answers · asked by not! at the disco 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
How long will it take? And if anyoen wnats to know, it's the toe next to the littlest toe.. =(
2007-03-21 13:53:05 · update #1
When I rip it off, how can I take care of it so I don't develop fungi or anything?
2007-03-21 13:54:45 · update #2
1, 2, 3......RIP!!!!!
do it fast and it won't hurt as much.
it will take about a month for them to grow back, i think.
put a bandaid and some anti bacterial ointment on it and it shoudl be fine.
if it bleeds, press a tissue/ cotton puff for a while until it stops
good luck,
E
2007-03-21 14:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by Bright Eyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last summer I accidently ripped off a toenail while I was sleeping. We were sleeping in a small cuddy on a boat and my toenail got caught on some trim around the door while I was turning over in the night. OUCH! What a way to be awoken. It was pretty sore for quite awhile. Any way, it did eventually grow back but really deformed, but as time went on I just trimmed it from time to time and the deformed growth is gone now.
2007-03-21 13:57:37 · answer #2 · answered by Terri 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rip it off. The toenail will grow anew. It takes less than a year. I've had a fingernail fall off because I smashed it in a doorway. The pain goes away within a month.
2007-03-21 13:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Steve B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your toenail will grow back. On occasion, the nail may grow back a little differently or deformed.
Please try not to chew on your toenails.
2007-03-21 13:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by Solo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not worry, toe nails won't stop growing. I also had my toe nail removed completely but now i have a better nail than I had before.
2007-03-21 13:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by T S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will grow back. But it can get very bad. So the better thing to do is w8 and then pick it off. Otherwise it will get all fungus on the skin and everything. But either way it will grow back.
2007-03-21 13:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by Alexis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See a vet for beneficial! My dogs had a similar concern ensue, besides the actuality that it became no longer his dew claw. We took him to the vet, and that they got rid of the broken area of the nail and wrapped his paw up. He in basic terms needed the bandage for twenty-four hours and now, a number of months later, his nail is exceptionally much thoroughly back.
2016-10-01 07:28:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes in about 4 months
2007-03-21 13:53:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea sometimes it takes a while but mine came back
2007-03-21 13:53:15 · answer #9 · answered by TheOneNOnlyTK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it will grow back.
stop biting on your toenails. that is sick.
2007-03-21 13:49:20 · answer #10 · answered by Samantha 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋