Toenail injury from bball

Ewwwwwww. Peroxide the hell out of it and put a bandage around it. I wouldn't try to pull the nail off yet.

 

Clip it off (not the whole nail, just the broken part), disinfect it, and put a bandage of some sort on it.

If you don't break it off, it will most likely fall off anyways...so you might as well get it over with in a cleaner and more controlled way.

 

That's why I said don't pull it off because it will just fall off. It will hurt if you pull it off. It won't if it falls off.

 

I just edited above. I didn't mean to pull the whole nail off, just clip the part that is already broken. He won't even feel it if it's bent like I think it is.

 

I still disagree. I woulld fingers caught between facemasks in football in high school. The fingernails would break and eventually fal off. I cut the first one off and it's jagged edges were annoying and would hook on everything, including the inside of a bandage.

The second one I let it fall off natually and it was a lot better.

Either way, it's not going to be fun.

 

worthless without pics

am i doing it right?

 

It's a damned double edged sword.

 

I did this with my toenail twice before. Just be careful for a couple weeks not to hook it on carpet, socks, or whatever.

As soon as it grows out a bit you can trim it so it's less jagged.

 

Had the same thing happen to me a while back and I didn't know it had happened and played about 4 games with it like that. When I took off the shoe I noticed the blood.

I just bent it back down and taped it up and let it basically heal it self and grow out.

 

I've lost big toenails before playing b-ball. You just have to wait until you can pull it out. It's a "pain", heh heh.

 

Walk it off sonny.