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Post  kissmenow9 Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:51 am

I've just razored my pinkie finger right now the middle Sad I have no idea how. I was just shaving my legs when BAM! Razor + fingernail contact happened. It's about a cm long (which on my pinkie means a good third of it).

I've teabagged it (lol) three times over and wrapped a plaster around it - carefully, so none of the 'sticky' bit is on the nail at all - but it feels really tender and like the plaster is pulling on it. No 

What can I do to make it grow superfast? Anything special I can eat/drink? Long shot I guess but you never know. My job is very very hands on and now I'm terrified I'll get into work and rip half my nail off Sad
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Post  starrystarry Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:52 am

Do you mean the razor has sliced the nail vertically? affraid 
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Post  ninjablossom Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:54 am

woe I hope your nail grows quickly, that sounds sucks Sad

but I did giggle alot when I read tea bagged Smile
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Post  kissmenow9 Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:14 am

starrystarry wrote:Do you mean the razor has sliced the nail vertically?   affraid 
Yes. Yes it did.

My boyfriend told me off for shrieking Sad
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Post  Geordie Nails Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:41 am

Owwwwww! Lesson: never shave your legs!!!
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Post  Laura Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:47 am

Grim affraid 
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Post  LoolaBeanbag Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:01 am

I wish I had the answer kissme. My teeth are on edge reading this and I feel your pain. Have you sliced right through the nail to the flesh underneath?
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Post  starrystarry Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:31 pm

pale 

All you can do is cut it as short as possible and keep it covered until it grows out. Teabag + superglue should protect it well enough. Use the rim of the teabag rather than the thin middle bit, it's thicker and the patch will last much longer.

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Post  HanSpan Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:26 pm

affraid 
Owowowowowow.  Feel a bit sicky having read that.
VERY large G&T and cut/file it down as far a you can so it doesn't catch on anything then teabag & superglue, then ridge filling topcoat and buff it a bit to try and make it as smooth as possible - again so it doesnt catch.
then more G&T.  
Ugh.  I'd have shrieked too.

Oh & take to waxing, an electric razor or leaving the legs wild and wooly for the winter Wink

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Post  kissmenow9 Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:11 am

HanSpan wrote:affraid 
Owowowowowow.  Feel a bit sicky having read that.
VERY large G&T and cut/file it down as far a you can so it doesn't catch on anything then teabag & superglue, then ridge filling topcoat and buff it a bit to try and make it as smooth as possible - again so it doesnt catch.
then more G&T.  
Ugh.  I'd have shrieked too.

Oh & take to waxing, an electric razor or leaving the legs wild and wooly for the winter Wink
I don't normally drink on a work night but two glasses of rose wine helped ease the pain!

I'm planning to keep it covered with a plaster for at least a week to see how it goes, I'll then file it down a bit I guess and repeat. Sigh.

Loola, I don't *think* I cut the nail bed, it bled a little but not for long - about 3 minutes and that was because I was freaking out and touching up, once I'd washed it and calmed down a bit it wasn't bleeding at all and there's no blood under the nail. My dad joked tonight that it'll turn black and fall of Sad
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Post  Muffy Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:30 am

kissmenow9 wrote:

I've teabagged it (lol)
Lol when the page first loaded 'teabagged' was the first word I saw and I thought hello! Laughing Embarassed 

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Post  Babafette Tue Oct 15, 2013 4:47 am

How's your poor finger doing kissmenow? pale  I hope it's healing well and that the nail is growing out quickly.
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Post  kissmenow9 Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:11 am

Nearly a month later and it's still split, but not too much any more - I've taken all the teabandage off and have trimmed it right now so there's just a 2/3mm split in the top now, but still too much to trim all the split off completely :/ Past caring now I think, I get bored easily Laughing 
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Post  Nail Luxxe Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:58 am

Catching up now and it was all a very intense read! Glad to hear things have calmed down and it lasted all this time. You must have a great technique when it comes to teabagging
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Post  Babafette Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:04 am

I got fed up with patching the splits on my thumb nail so I tried to file them away this morning. My nail feels really short now though. Neutral 
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Post  Nail Luxxe Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:40 am

The first couple of days after filing down always feels so weird
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Post  Babafette Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:35 pm

Nail Luxxe wrote:The first couple of days after filing down always feels so weird
Yeah, but it is really short though. It's not quite level with the top of my thumb. Neutral 
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Post  Nail Luxxe Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:50 am

Oh Sad

Put on a few of your favourite nail varnishes over the next week or so to distract you from it.
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