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Toenail update + Sick!
Mar. 4th, 2014 09:41 pmFirst off, ingrown toenail update!
So the pain on my toe was even worst the next day after my post on it. The tiger balm didn't work as expected. So I went ahead and tried to cut it after organizing laundry. Really hard since it was really short and less space to grasp the edge of the nail.
I had like 6 tools out to perform my self surgery XD Toe bled quite a bit that I would have to wait for it to stop bleeding and go back cutting. This was happening the whole day -_-;; There was no pus this time, which I was waiting for since the last time it relieved the pain immediately. The problem was that I cut bits instead of one whole chunk since I didn't have proper grasp...so there was left over nails that were hiding under the swollen skin. I got almost as far as the root, but not quite, since it was hard to reach and sensitive. I filed what I could down to smooth the nail. It was really purple haha. After some icing and heat compression the pain subsided for a bit. I decided to not touch it anymore for the night. I showed it to my mom and she said that I'm just like my dad orz;; Spent the rest of the night sneak watching some ingrown toenail surgery and even dreamed about it haha.
Here was a video I watched that explain how even if it looks like I cut a piece all the way out, I might have made it worst.
The next day (Day 3), toe wasn't hurting anymore. But I was still bothered that I might not smooth out any jagged edges, so after showering went back to start cutting and filing. This time, the skin wasn't even sensitive so I could dig a bit deeper and straighten the cut. Found a jagged piece that might be the culprit. The swollen part of the skin was now hardened so I was also cutting it out so I could see the edge of the nail more.
After that toe felt a whole lot better! So lesson:
-DON'T CUT NAIL SHORT!!
-Clean straight cut. Avoid unsmooth edges.
-Soak nail in water helps...
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Over the weekend I got sick for the first time in a while!! Probably overworked myself -_- I still had to work over the weekend to finish deadline orz;; It's not a terrible cold/flu, but very drowsy and lots of sniffling (even without medicine). Hope I get better soon. I have other deadlines to work on.
So the pain on my toe was even worst the next day after my post on it. The tiger balm didn't work as expected. So I went ahead and tried to cut it after organizing laundry. Really hard since it was really short and less space to grasp the edge of the nail.
I had like 6 tools out to perform my self surgery XD Toe bled quite a bit that I would have to wait for it to stop bleeding and go back cutting. This was happening the whole day -_-;; There was no pus this time, which I was waiting for since the last time it relieved the pain immediately. The problem was that I cut bits instead of one whole chunk since I didn't have proper grasp...so there was left over nails that were hiding under the swollen skin. I got almost as far as the root, but not quite, since it was hard to reach and sensitive. I filed what I could down to smooth the nail. It was really purple haha. After some icing and heat compression the pain subsided for a bit. I decided to not touch it anymore for the night. I showed it to my mom and she said that I'm just like my dad orz;; Spent the rest of the night sneak watching some ingrown toenail surgery and even dreamed about it haha.
Here was a video I watched that explain how even if it looks like I cut a piece all the way out, I might have made it worst.
The next day (Day 3), toe wasn't hurting anymore. But I was still bothered that I might not smooth out any jagged edges, so after showering went back to start cutting and filing. This time, the skin wasn't even sensitive so I could dig a bit deeper and straighten the cut. Found a jagged piece that might be the culprit. The swollen part of the skin was now hardened so I was also cutting it out so I could see the edge of the nail more.
After that toe felt a whole lot better! So lesson:
-DON'T CUT NAIL SHORT!!
-Clean straight cut. Avoid unsmooth edges.
-Soak nail in water helps...
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Over the weekend I got sick for the first time in a while!! Probably overworked myself -_- I still had to work over the weekend to finish deadline orz;; It's not a terrible cold/flu, but very drowsy and lots of sniffling (even without medicine). Hope I get better soon. I have other deadlines to work on.