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Black toenails

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JeremyClarkson
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who gets these? worse than shinbang in my opinion.

Jan 6 2011 7:33PM
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Piste.Off
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If you can, pull them off. They wont hurt as bad skiing and they will grow back good as new.
Jan 6 2011 7:40PM
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DUKES
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its toe bang, it could be problems with circulation in your toes
Jan 6 2011 7:42PM
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SkiThe603
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mine are like half black and won't pull of and it is super painful
Jan 6 2011 7:42PM
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jahblesstheday
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cut your toenails before every time you go skiing. like shooooort.
Jan 6 2011 7:44PM
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DUKES
Posts: 5150 - Karma: 691
quick solution cut yer toes off, reduces risk if frost bite and no toe bang........probrem solved
Jan 6 2011 7:45PM
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chicken
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Apparently salomons new park boots has a rubber toe cap which is genious. I get them every season, then again I used to have race fit boots and now I am a size up so I hope I don't get them this season.

Custom footbeds help a lot, super feet are like super slippery so you always are hitting your toes. It doesn't really matter if you land backseat or not from my experience (like it does for shinbang).

Go get your liner molded with neoprene toe caps, it doesn't really prevent them but hurts way less to ski with them. Also don't rip them off, let it happen naturally. You can drill through to let the pressure out but it is super nasty just warning you.

They look nasty but at least they don't suck as much as shinbang
Jan 6 2011 7:46PM
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Piste.Off
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Its caused by your foot being able to move back and forth in the boot and then your toes bang the front of your boot. Lots of runners with too big of shoes also get black toenails.
Jan 6 2011 7:47PM
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A.Eberhard
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That sucks man, they are so gross and painful too. If you can't get it off I would just cut it really really really short before you go skiing. Might help if not get a big sharp kitchen knife out or axe and....
Jan 6 2011 7:49PM
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DUKES
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i foogot to put an or in there its either toe bang or circulation problems
Jan 6 2011 7:53PM
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MothaHucker
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i had this.

now my toenail is only attached at the very bottom and could be yanked off at any given moment. my aunt (whos a doctor) told me that my toenail roots go far down into my toe so it will hurt like a bitch if i yank it out now so im going to her house sunday night so she can numb it for me. not fun. yank it out early before this happens to you.

Jan 6 2011 8:03PM
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bob_ham
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POST PICS. ive only heard of this never seen it or had it
Jan 6 2011 8:04PM
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cum
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happened to both my big toe toenails last year...fucking sucked. They were barely attached to my foot so I went to a doctors and they numbed my toes and took them out but it didnt really hurt at all
Jan 6 2011 8:06PM
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[J_Gasper]
Posts: 2983 - Karma: 1,594
i get it to. 100 times worse than shin bang
Jan 6 2011 8:15PM
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.nasty
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lost both my big toenails last year, but they never actually hurt that bad... only looked nasty.
Jan 6 2011 8:18PM
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Kevski
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2 years ago I lost both big toenails. They grew in funny and I had surgery 3 times, had part of the nailbed killed. Then last year I got frostbite on it and damaged some nerves, and now it's like yellow and red and blue but it doesn't hurt any more!

They're such a bitch when they get ingrown though...
Jan 6 2011 9:15PM
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snowaddict91
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I'm confused. whenever I've had black toenails, I've just waited for it to grow out/fall off, and it falls off with NO pain (not yanking it out, new nail on bed pushed out old one). just happened yesterday, as a matter of fact haha
Jan 6 2011 9:26PM
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HeyGuy
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never had this but get shin bang :( full tilts haha
Jan 6 2011 9:41PM
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skichicky3
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I get them all the time too because I have race fit boots as well. Its from lack of circulation, but I would honestly rather deal with this than sacrifice fit
Jan 6 2011 9:47PM
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MothaHucker
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it got infected.

Jan 6 2011 10:01PM
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Lemuel
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Am I the only person who has never gotten black toenails or had any sort of issue? I was too scared to read the thread about stories haha. I have never had toe bang or anything in the 15 years I have been skiing.
Jan 6 2011 10:11PM
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.frenchy
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yea bro me neither...

heheh

Jan 6 2011 10:14PM
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SlimDunkin.
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Happened to me last year, peeled em off and one year later I finally have my toe nails back. But now it's starting again fuck!
Jan 6 2011 10:15PM
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Abc567def
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haha yea just keep your nails cut short. Oh and tighten up your boots so you won't get toe bang
Jan 6 2011 10:16PM
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gombo8
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your boots are too big. or not tight enought you get toe bang from your foot sliding forward. get thicker socks? or full tilts. they are medically proven to cure all types and forms of shinbang and toebang.
Jan 6 2011 10:31PM
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simplesteezy
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I got a nice black toe this year and i have fulltilt kons, i wear a 13 shoe and they put me into a 29, I also got the custom footbed. They feel too small almost and the footbed is shit, i can't stand more than 2 runs with it in. And my toes still bang the front of my boot all day long. What should i do?
Jan 6 2011 10:43PM
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Capernicus
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After 19 years of skiing without this problem, I finally got 'toe bang' last week. Both big toenails are black and both of my toes felt numb for 4 days (still feel off). No pain though, just a weird sensation. I'm blaming it on a recent boot adjustment that I probably didn't need. Now waiting for toenails to fall off. Fun times.
Jan 6 2011 10:46PM
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Che~
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I get them every year, but this year I got it early on one of my toes from climbing. Took a huge lead fall, then when the rope got shock loaded I kicked the wall. I hate climbing shoes
Jan 6 2011 10:57PM
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MothaHucker
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ther a pain in the ass
Jan 6 2011 11:12PM
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SlickRick.
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its a seasonal occurence for me. my right big toenail is completly black right now. its only painful for like a week however.
Jan 7 2011 1:40AM
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emilyskis
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I just recently got a pair of properly fit boots from boot-fitters in Stowe and they skied perfectly the first two days but on my third day i came home with a frostbitten right toe and a half bruised left toe. I didn't quite have the funds to get the custom foot bed and settled for the superfit liners, bad idea? dragggggg
Jan 7 2011 1:49AM
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Shifty540
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Used to get this problem a lot. Gotta love heating up the paperclip and jamming that shit through the nail!

Haven't had it in years luckily though. I think having custom foot beds and less park skiing has helped a lot.
Jan 7 2011 3:18AM
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aaron@summit
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its so weird when they fall off!
Jan 7 2011 3:22AM
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robtheslobonacob
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I'm still trying to grow my right big toe nail back after it turned black and fell off in april
Jan 7 2011 6:37AM
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zues
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i get this... for me it happens when my toe slams against the front of my boot when i land short on a jump. it sucks, now i've been wearing double socks because i've realized my boots are a bit big.
Jan 7 2011 1:12PM
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Heart
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I used to get pretty bruised toenails, but after i stopped landing really backseat they went away.
Jan 7 2011 1:54PM
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little_ey
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usually puncturing the top of the toe nail to drain the built up blood underneath does the trick for me.  I just heat up a sowing needle in a flame until it's white hot then slowly drill it through the nail.  It'll immediately release the pressure and pain.  It's kind of gross though when it starts to spurt blood.
Jan 7 2011 3:36PM
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Dustin.
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I lost both big nails every year until I tried Intuition liners. They molded to my ankles perfectly so my foot doesn't slide. The single best purchase I ever made on ski gear, others might have luck to if they fit you!
Jan 7 2011 3:52PM
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cfox
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I lost both of my big toe toenails last season. Probably will happen this year too. Has to do with shitty boots. SPKs next year, fuck a nordica supercharger
Jan 7 2011 3:56PM
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Rparr
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super old bump, but will I lose my toenail if it is a light blue throughout vs black? It's pretty much the whole big toenail
Jan 28 2017 6:00PM
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skistupid
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It could be your boots are either...

-Too small.
-Too big.
-Or you are using too much tail pressure to regain balance after getting in the backseat. You can still get black toenails with properly fitted boots, due to generating enough force when loading the tails with to much backward pressure.

Make sure your boots fit, and practice fore/aft balance techniques.
Jan 28 2017 6:47PM
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Erikaaa
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i have this currently - it hurt like fuck the first week and the sharp pain eventually fades but then only hurts when pressure is applied - its definitely slowly getting blacker every week haha. I also tightened my boots a bit more and its helped with pain when I was skiing - even if I do end up landing backseat.
Jan 28 2017 8:09PM
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patagonialuke
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Rparrsuper old bump, but will I lose my toenail if it is a light blue throughout vs black? It's pretty much the whole big toenail


Probably too late at this point, but using a heated paper clip to poke a hole into the nail to release the pressure (blood buildup) helps. I had a day in poorly fitting boots that turned my whole nail blue and didn't do this. After turning black it eventually fell off and the new nail that had been growing underneath was ingrown real bad to the point where I had to have the whole thing removed and start from scratch. Not fun. So, yes it will probably fall off if it's all black (this means there's a layer of dried blood between your toe and the nail), but hopefully it grows back in normally.
Jan 28 2017 8:21PM
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LawrenceOfALabia
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I used to lose my toe nail every year, and hurts like a bitch every time. But last year I decided to give SPK's a go with rubber toe, and holy damn, I haven't experienced a toe bang since.

So everyone who has this prob, GET SPK'S!
Jan 28 2017 9:23PM
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Zypher
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LawrenceOfALabiaI used to lose my toe nail every year, and hurts like a bitch every time. But last year I decided to give SPK's a go with rubber toe, and holy damn, I haven't experienced a toe bang since.

So everyone who has this prob, GET SPK'S!


Or get your boots fitted correctly and stop landing backseat...
Jan 28 2017 10:11PM
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The.Fish
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I get these from cross country sometimes except its always on the 2nd toe. The nail turns purple and bruises, then the blood dries and turns black, then my body tries to grow a new nail under the messed up one so I have a giant toenail pretty much all the time. I have to pull it off with force to remove it. It doesn't even hurt or is even noticeable so I don't worry about it.
Jan 29 2017 12:03AM
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Rparr
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patagonialukeProbably too late at this point, but using a heated paper clip to poke a hole into the nail to release the pressure (blood buildup) helps. I had a day in poorly fitting boots that turned my whole nail blue and didn't do this. After turning black it eventually fell off and the new nail that had been growing underneath was ingrown real bad to the point where I had to have the whole thing removed and start from scratch. Not fun. So, yes it will probably fall off if it's all black (this means there's a layer of dried blood between your toe and the nail), but hopefully it grows back in normally.


I got super baked and drained that bitch tonight, it's a much better color now and doesn't hardly at all so I'm hoping I did it early enough to save my toenail. Draining it wasn't fun
Jan 29 2017 12:49AM
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