Blood under the Toenail
About two months ago, I was standing in the bus next to a pretty big guy. We were both holding onto the metal railings when the bus jerked to a sudden stop. I managed to stay on my feet but the guy lost his balance and flailed in my direction.
Unfortunately, when he landed, he also stomped right on my big toe. I was wearing covered shoes that day but they were soft so they didn’t offer any protection whatsoever. Getting stomped hurt like hell so my reflexive “OW!” came out pretty loud. (In fact, I might have yelled it out. ) Anyway, he apologized like the decent guy he was and I went on my merry way when it was my stop. Merrily limping, that is.
The pain was pretty bad, but still I was surprised to find fresh blood pooling under the toenail when I got home. (It looked pretty gross, so of course I showed it off to a few friends the next day. But that’s another story.)
Two months since that bus ride and the blood is still there. Mocking me. Its brown and dried and will stay under my toenail until it grows out. Of course, I did a quick search online, to discover that this “growing out process” might take one year. If you’ve stumbled onto this post looking for helpful tips because you’ve also got dried blood under your toenail, then I am sorry. Because there aren’t any solutions.
My advice is simple, learn to love that brown smudge under your toenail. It’s a part of you now, and will be for some time. That bit of desiccated hemoglobin tells a story. And it sets you apart from the people who have no blood under their nails. You are unique, my friend, so learn to like it.
If not, try nail polish.
Thanks for sharing, very interesting, funny and explained what i have going on. Summer is right around the corner…bloody toe nail and flip flops….i shall be bringing sexy back…
haha i agree, someone stood on my toe with football boots on sop i don’t have the fun story to tell! flip flops here we come!
haha i got runners toe and my 2nd toe is bruised!
some how, it was seperating from the nail bed, and now i have half a nail. nasty party is that the half i cut off, there was dried blood there and it came rite off when i wiped it… gross
The same happened to me twice, dried blood under my large toe. Like Kim, the nail separated from the nail bed. I used nail clippers to cut off the part of the nail that was no longer attached to the bed, applied antiobiotic and was good to go. There was no pain during or after the cutting of the nail.
I got my big toe stomped on by a girl wearing heels. It cracked the base of my toe and took about 2 months to grow the slightest bit. 8 months later and I still have dry blood under my toenail about half the size the nail itself. The crack is also growing with the toenail and is at the mid way point so I’ve got a long way to go… bitch
Also – I went to get it checked out by the doctor. She said that there’s nothing I could do about it but she did say that if I got it checked out ASAP when it happened then they could’ve poked a hole in the nail to release the blood before it dried. If this happens make sure you get it checked out asap or else you’ll have an unattractive toenail for a VERY long time
That makes sense, thanks for sharing. And I definitely feel for u!
Yes, my solution has been nail polish. I was hoping there was another way.