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Posted: 6/21/2002 12:10:36 PM EDT

How long does it take a lost toenail to grow back?

How great is the discomfort/disability until it does?

Posted: 6/21/2002 12:22:48 PM EDT

[#1]

I think toenails grow at about half the rate of finger nails. AFARR could answer this better, if he checks in. For sure, it will take several months. There is little, if any, discomfort. Trim any rough edges so they don't snag.

When you said you "lost a toenail" I was afraid you were wanting us to help you find it. [;D]

Posted: 6/21/2002 12:24:35 PM EDT

[#2]

Big toe, left foot: Hurt like hell until a blister underneath the nail popped. After that, did not hurt at all. Once the nail fell off(ok, was pried off) the "skin" underneath was tender until real skin grew back, a few days. Keep covered with bandaid and 1st aid creme.

Took a little over a year to grow back completely.

Posted: 6/21/2002 12:31:43 PM EDT

[#3]

Let me count the times....

I've lost 4 toenails all at the same time before. Booth big toes, the one next to the right big toe, and the little toenail on the left foot.

I'm currently regrowing the little toenail on the left foot...again...from stubbing it on a rock while in Hawaii.

For me, there hasn't ever been any discomfort while they were growing back. Now doing the damage to make them come off, that's another story.

Posted: 6/21/2002 1:13:44 PM EDT

[#4]

9 to 12 months.

Be careful not to damage the nail bed area, or it will remain loose in that area. Only about 10% or less of the nail growth comes from the area under the nail, the majority comes from the nail matrix under the "cuticle" and skin at the back of the nail.

If you have Athletes foot, now is the time to treat it, and keep your feet clean and dry (especially between your toes), as the new nail and bed area can pick up a fungal infection very easily (makes for a nasty looking nail later on).

Minimal discomfort once the nail is gone--as has been said before, the initial trauma is what hurts.

AFARR

Posted: 6/21/2002 6:37:48 PM EDT

[#5]

I've lost 4 toenails all at the same time before. Booth big toes, the one next to the right big toe, and the little toenail on the left foot.

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How did you manage to mangle four toes at once?
[BD]

Posted: 6/21/2002 6:53:52 PM EDT

[#6]

Geez, funny you should ask.
I woke up the other morning and my leg hurt like hell; so did my left big toe...[rolleyes]
I had cut the toenail a little short and I guess I missed a corner and it grew a tiny "spear" that had grown into the flesh, causing a painful infected area and apparently it had spread up into my leg.
YOWWWeeee! [shock]
I went in later that night and dug in to release the pus (pussy?) pressure. Great, huh?
THAT is pain.
Since I'm currently on medication for the 'abcessed tooth'...I slammed a couple of Amoxicillin caps and some Ibuprofen.
What a freakin' mess I am this week.
Wait'll you guys get the 'mid 40's' breakdowns. [;D]

Posted: 6/21/2002 7:02:20 PM EDT

[#7]

Ran over my big toe with a 2500# (loaded) solid wheeled towmotor.. Nail took years to look anything like normal and is still "different" after 24 years... OUCH!!!

Posted: 6/21/2002 7:59:17 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
How did you manage to mangle four toes at once?
[BD]

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Guerilla Ball! a.k.a a basket ball game. Seemed I had a knack for being under the goal when someone went up for a rebound, coming down and landing full force on my toes. The first one got the two toes on my right foot, and then twice more to talke care of the ones on my left foot.

Sad thing is, twice it was a guy on my team!

Posted: 6/21/2002 10:18:09 PM EDT

[#9]

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GROSSED OUT, DON'T READ THE REST OF THIS!!

DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!!

I lost a toenail once. The circumstances are unimportant. It was about to fall off for a while, but when it finally did in the shower, I took it back to my room (in the barracks), and slipped it into an open bag of potato chips that my roommate had.

Now, the gross part is not that he crunched on it and puked or something. The gross part is, he finished the bag of chips, and never even noticed.

Dude ate my toenail. If he woulda chomped it and spit it out, I woulda told him, and laughed my ass off. But he chowed it. How the fuck would you explain some shit like that?

Posted: 6/21/2002 10:20:42 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GROSSED OUT, DON'T READ THE REST OF THIS!!

DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!!

I lost a toenail once. The circumstances are unimportant. It was about to fall off for a while, but when it finally did in the shower, I took it back to my room (in the barracks), and slipped it into an open bag of potato chips that my roommate had.

Now, the gross part is not that he crunched on it and puked or something. The gross part is, he finished the bag of chips, and never even noticed.

Dude ate my toenail. If he woulda chomped it and spit it out, I woulda told him, and laughed my ass off. But he chowed it. How the fuck would you explain some shit like that?

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At least you didn't talk about your ass again [BD]

Posted: 6/21/2002 10:22:04 PM EDT

[#11]

Not yet, anyways.

Posted: 6/21/2002 10:58:54 PM EDT

[#12]

Lost a toenail??

Make up a flyer with a picture of your mangled toe and a picture of the opposite toe for comparison.

Hang them around town. Light poles, street signs, grocery store bulletin boards etc.

Seems to always work for lost dogs.

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[b]LOST TOENAIL!!

Last seen here: [picture of mangled toe]

Looks like this: [picture of same toe on opposite foot]

Answers to the name "This Little Piggy".

If you find it, PLEEEEEASE do NOT mistake it for a potato chip!!

Call the number below.

555-867-5309
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Posted: 6/22/2002 2:24:26 AM EDT