Will My Nail Grow Back?
Question:
A month ago, I accidentally slammed my finger in the car door. It hurt like a mother, the nail got all filled up with blood and eventually, a scab formed underneath the nail. The scab has been pushing the nail up for about two weeks now, and the nail is obviously dead, so I removed what I could of it. There is still a small piece of nail that is attached to the finger and is not dead, so I have no idea what'll happen to that piece. My question is, now that most of the nail is gone, will it grow back?
Answers:
Yes it will definitely grow back (I know this for a fact) however next time do NOT remove the nail manually, even if it goes black and is dead-allow it to drop off naturally as it's protecting you from infection and further injury. Just be careful not to catch it in netting or anything that may pull it off. Trim if necessary with a clean nail clipper. The small piece that is not dead will either be pushed up by the new nail and eventually fall off or, in a few cases I've seen it adhere to the new nail causing it to be uneven. It's hard to say what will happen in your case.
Yes don't worry your nail will grow back normally.
they almost always grow back, i am clumsy and am always dropping things (like picnic tables) on my foot, I've lost toe nails before to the the point where there was nothing i could see left of them, i don't know how it actually works but it always seemed like the skin would get hard and become a new nail. It just takes time.
see a doctor
The same thing happened to me (scab and all). I slammed my finger so hard I lost feeling to the tip for almost a month. It will grow back but, its gonna be ugly for a while. It was months before mine looked normal again.
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