TheManWithoutFear
#1 reason not to join UC
Seriously, I don't know any podiatrists down here and I rarely ever go to the doctors (good, right?) Should I man up and rip this sucker out myself or do you think my toe will turn black and fall off?
Victor Von Doom said:Man up.
Wearing boots, weekly 10 mile long ruck sack hikings, jumping outta planes, and countless other activities for the last decade have caused me many a foot problems.
At one point I got tired of going to the doctor for every little problem. So when I got my last 3 ingrown toenails, here's what I did:
- Soak my foot for about 40 minutes in hot water/iodine/epsom salt mix
- Get a "sharp" pair of toenail and fingernail clippers (sewing scissors help too)
- Clip the ingrown out and down to the root so it won't grow back
- Be prepared for blood....have some gauze and band-aids handy
- Wrap the clipped toe up ovenight---try to take it easy the next day due to tenderness
- Soak your foot in the mix above everynight for a month
Are you sick? You never talk like this.TheManWithoutFear said:You're so cool. Jack Bauer's got nothing on you.
There wasn't sarcasm.Victor Von Doom said:
Your extreme-ness overwhelms me. Seriously. I've got some sort of phobia about toenails. I have this crazy, irrational fear that my big toenail is going to get caught on something and be torn off. Honestly, its one of those "I'd rather die" phobias. Just reading your comments above make me want to pass out.Victor Von Doom said:Man up.
Wearing boots, weekly 10 mile long ruck sack hikings, jumping outta planes, and countless other activities for the last decade have caused me many a foot problems.
At one point I got tired of going to the doctor for every little problem. So when I got my last 3 ingrown toenails, here's what I did:
- Soak my foot for about 40 minutes in hot water/iodine/epsom salt mix
- Get a "sharp" pair of toenail and fingernail clippers (sewing scissors help too)
- Clip the ingrown out and down to the root so it won't grow back
- Be prepared for blood....have some gauze and band-aids handy
- Wrap the clipped toe up ovenight---try to take it easy the next day due to tenderness
- Soak your foot in the mix above everynight for a month
TheManWithoutFear said:There wasn't sarcasm.
moonmaster said:Your extreme-ness overwhelms me. Seriously. I've got some sort of phobia about toenails. I have this crazy, irrational fear that my big toenail is going to get caught on something and be torn off. Honestly, its one of those "I'd rather die" phobias. Just reading your comments above make me want to pass out.
I know that it'll grow back, the pain is what scares me.Victor Von Doom said:It's not that big a deal. If your toenail does come off.....it WILL grow back. I speak from experience. I've had 95% of my right foot's big toe torn off. It only left a little piece of the base. The old nail never grew back. It just lay there. A new toenail grew back OVER the old piece so I have an uneven dent in my toenail.
Ummm...After you do some in-field surgery everything else is just so whatever. I think the worst injury I've ever seen in person was a guy jumping out of a plane and his chute cables got entangled around his neck without him knowing it. The chute wouldn't open properly so he decided to cut it loose and release the emergency chute.
That's what would've happen...........in theory.
Instead the cables wrapped around his neck and when he cut them.....he decapitated himself. The paramedics/forensic team found his head about 3/4 mile away from his body.
Way to kill the thread Vic. Way to kill the thread.... :?
Baxter said:Its not that bad. Worse case senario (and I know this one first hand) the nail will grow through the tip of your toe and at that point it'll slide out the divit it bore into your toe. Pretty easy at that point, but the layers of skin flaking off can be a bit gross.
Aw hell no, man up and rip that ****er out. I'm just letting you know what'll happen if you don't. What I did took about 8 months to happen, and every time you hit your toe the ingrown nail digs in a little more. Hurts like hell.TheManWithoutFear said:So you're saying I should let it grow?
TheManWithoutFear said:So you're saying I should let it grow?
moonmaster said:Ummm...
Awesome?
Baxter said:Its not that bad. Worse case senario (and I know this one first hand) the nail will grow through the tip of your toe and at that point it'll slide out the divit it bore into your toe. Pretty easy at that point, but the layers of skin flaking off can be a bit gross.
Aw hell no, man up and rip that ****er out. I'm just letting you know what'll happen if you don't. What I did took about 8 months to happen, and every time you hit your toe the ingrown nail digs in a little more. Hurts like hell.
I think I'm going to throw up...Iceshadow said:A couple months ago a vacuum fell on my toe, and there was a black bruise (or dired blood) under the nail for a few months, then recently the nail fell off, and a new one was about half grown underneath it.
So you can always try a blunt object.
Ultimate Houde said:
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Victor Von Doom said:At one point I got tired of going to the doctor for every little problem. So when I got my last 3 ingrown toenails, here's what I did:
- Soak my foot for about 40 minutes in hot water/iodine/epsom salt mix
- Get a "sharp" pair of toenail and fingernail clippers (sewing scissors help too)
- Clip the ingrown out and down to the root so it won't grow back
- Be prepared for blood....have some gauze and band-aids handy
- Wrap the clipped toe up ovenight---try to take it easy the next day due to tenderness
- Soak your foot in the mix above everynight for a month
The awesomest stories line starts behind you! I guess that's what happens when you're a soldier though. I've also heard some great stories from parametics I've known.After you do some in-field surgery everything else is just so whatever. I think the worst injury I've ever seen in person was a guy jumping out of a plane and his chute cables got entangled around his neck without him knowing it. The chute wouldn't open properly so he decided to cut it loose and release the emergency chute.
That's what would've happen...........in theory.
Instead the cables wrapped around his neck and when he cut them.....he decapitated himself. The paramedics/forensic team found his head about 3/4 mile away from his body.