advice for unusual finger injury?

[Daradon]

Did they died?

[malcolmk14]

I fumbled a razor the other day too and cut a few layers off the pad of my ring finger on my right hand. Hurt quite a bit and bled for a while.

/coolstorybro

[Daradon]

Wasn't going to mention this earlier cause I was a day late and the OP probably has it looked at already, but it should be fine. I once had to bore a hole through the nail of my thumb right in the center of the nail to relieve the pressure on a particularly nasty under nail blood blister. The kind caused by very localized, very strong blunt force. Forget what caused it actually, it wasn't a hammer or anything like that. I actually wanna say it was a hockey puck. Anyway, I remember my self surgery more than the incident. It actually wasn't that bad and really helped. Anyway, as long as you keep it clean every day, there should be no problems. It'll grow out, shouldn't snag or cause further pressure. Won't even be able to tell in 4-6 weeks.

/coolerstorybro

[annasuave]

Thanks for all the advice. It was fresh, 5-blade razor and I cut myself under hot running water - so infection or grime wasn't a concern. I'm not even worried about a blood blister under the nail - it has an enormous hole to escape through if needed.

I figured there wasn't much a doctor could do for me since the wound was clean and there was nothing to stitch back together - just chunk missing. So I slathered it in polysporin, wrapped a big ole bandage around and went camping for the weekend, as is good right and proper.

I've since found out that depending on the extent of the scar tissue that forms, that the nail might not look normal when it grows out, but it will grow back and shouldn't be too terribly hideous. It's not like I was on my way to being a top hand-model any way.

No pictures - first because I'd have to learn how to embed them, and second because, eww!

[Buff]

Don't get a fungal nail. That is why I told you to go to a doc. I have a fungal toe nail that needs treating and it is a pain to deal with. The nail went fungal after some sort of injury that ripped the entire nail off. Even though I cleaned daily with peroxide and doused with polysporin, it still went fungal.