Fingernail: healing well

[redbird]

I bruised my right index finger badly some weeks ago.

Last Sunday, the damaged nail detached itself most of the way. I pasted it down with a band-aid, both because I didn't want to deal with it right before getting on an intercity bus, and because I thought there was almost no new nail there.

It's been getting looser, when not pasted down, since.

I just detached the last bit, and then rinsed the finger and patted it dry. To my pleasant surprise, there's a good deal more new nail there than I'd thought. There's not much exposed nailbed.

I have the cloth bandages papersky suggested, and will keep using them for a little while--but I no longer expect to use them up and need more. (I bought two boxes of 30, but that was mostly to have one home and one at work.)

Comments

[ala-too.livejournal.com]

Fingers heal at an amazing rate. I took off the top of my finger a few years ago in an accident. It was back within days and fully healed shortly after. Who knew how effective the body could be at self-repair?

Good luck with the nail. Sounds like self-repair is proceeding well and you are protecting it meanwhile.