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Bruised Toenail

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jp_draves
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I bruised my big toenail pretty badly playing soccer, and I wanna know what your supposed to do to like relieve pain and shit and make it heal faster. I know your supposed to get a doctor to poke holes in it or something to drain the blood but I dont really want to go to the doctor (long waiting time just for something minor).

So my question is what can I do, soak it in like ice and shit? I want to get this better faster because i have a lot more soccer to come (practise monday, wednesday, friday, game thursday and saturday) And it continues like that for the next few weeks. Anyways just help me ns

Aug 5 2007 5:25PM
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JazzyJ
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i remember someone posted a picture of how their toe looked after they poked holes in it to drain the blood. but they did it with a heated up paperclip, i think
Aug 5 2007 5:26PM
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jp_draves
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yes that is an option, if anyones done it with a paper clip does it hurt/how easily can it be done. Because it hurts to but pressure on it and i dont really want to stab the shit out of it and force a paper clip in. so yeah someone with experience help me out

Aug 5 2007 5:29PM
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Bini.
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this has happened to me a few times, and ive never poked holes or anything. i just wait it out, and yeah it hurts like a bitch but eventually the toenail will die and you can rip the whole thing off and its just skin underneath and then it eventually grows back.
Aug 5 2007 5:47PM
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jp_draves
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Alright i've decided to just fuck it and do the paper clip thing. But i have a few questions for people thats done it. How hot does the paper clip have to be and do i need to like sterilize the paper clip or can i just give er?
Aug 5 2007 5:48PM
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pbandj
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well hen you heat the paper clip up with a flame it sterilizes it duh, and secondly you don't have to go through your toe nail unless it is far back if it's close to the front take a needle and just go under the front of your toe nail, but yes eventually it will fall off anyway
Aug 5 2007 5:52PM
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1080ski
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sounds like a bad idea man. if you do it, defiantly sterilize it. i did the same thing to one of my fingernails on a rope swing. i just let it heal on its own. its fine now. i would suggest just wrapping your toe in a shit load of athletic tape, maybe tape it to another toe as well.
Aug 5 2007 5:52PM
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jp_draves
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i think i might need to just get a doctor to do it because im looking up treatments and they said the blood needs to be drained and if you do it yourself it can be painful and you might risk infection. I've had this shit before and i've waited it out but I have a lot of shit coming up so I need this better. well thanks for the help anyways
Aug 5 2007 6:07PM
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grapesoda
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i bruise both my toes every ski season really badly and they pretty much stay bruised all year..the pain just goes away after a day or two..or your toenail might fall off but its nothing worth going to the doctor for.
Aug 5 2007 6:09PM
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jp_draves
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yeah i just want the blood drained right, the thing is if i dont drain it i have soccer again in two days and for like everyday the next week so its just gonna get worse if i wait it out. im gonna attempt to poke holes with a paper clip.
Aug 5 2007 6:15PM
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FrostyBro
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get a small drill bit from the hardware store (1/8 inch or less) -you want a new one so that it is nice n sharp- burn the end of it to make sure it is clean, then drill a hole over the blister holding the bit just with your fingers, or if you are not a pussy put the bit in a drill... if you go slow it won't even really hurt
Aug 5 2007 6:40PM
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Microcosm
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if you use the paper clip sterilize it first, probably not a good idea in the first place though. when I had an ingrown toenail that got cut off I was told to soak it in water and epsom salt for about a week.
Aug 5 2007 6:43PM
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jp_draves
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fuck this is pissing me off, its not really going throught the nail because the nails really thick because last time this happened i cut off like a quarter of the nail and then a completly new nail grew over the whole thing. I think i might just go from the top of my toe and poke a hole in the skin where the nail meets the skin.

anyways end of thread.
Aug 5 2007 6:49PM
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