In a dance related injury I lost my toenail, the podiatrist to expose to as much sunlight as possible and that "it should grow back in 6 months." 6 months!
Has this happened to anyone else?![]()
In a dance related injury I lost my toenail, the podiatrist to expose to as much sunlight as possible and that "it should grow back in 6 months." 6 months!
Has this happened to anyone else?![]()





Yep.
It does grow back, don't worry. I know it hurts like a bitch right now, but the skin will eventually desensitize. I would paint the skin so unless you were really looking closely, nobody could tell I was missing a nail.
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Yeah I have....Had a manhole cover dropped on mine. 6 months sounds about right. Kittys right it will stop hurting and desensitize soon.





Not the big one but,I lost my baby toe nail about 2 months ago, its growing back nicely though. It turned black and hurt like hell before it finally fell off, i was too chicken to pull it off myself. I've been taking supplements that have helped it grow back. Like the other ladies said no one even notices.
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I've lost a toenail too, it grew back pretty quick actually, probably less than 6 months for me.
From the days of pointe shoes for me, oh yeah. Not the big one, but the little piggies hurt too! Eww eww eww, just thinking about it now squicks me out.
Happy healing to you!
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Yeah I lost both of my big toe nails at different times from soccer. I just wore cute girlie socks or stockings. It did take forever for mine to grow back..




I remember my car broke down one night and I kicked this huge rock..and a week later I notice my big toe nail was split across from left almost the right side, in the middle. Ugh it was so nasty.It eventually grew out after i clipped it off, but it did hurt white the skin was exposed! eww


Yep. I've lost a big toenail before too. It's really not that big of a deal. It's quite a shock when it happens, but after a while, you'll get used to it, and once the nail falls off, no one will really notice.
In fact, often, by the time the old nail falls off, the new one has already started to grow back in. Before you know it, you'll have a new toenail.
Don't stress...just take care of your peds![]()
This sounds kinda like a rite of passage. I haven't had mine fall off, but it cracked down the middle while I was doing stage work. It took a while to grow back, but it's ok now.
Poor lil toenails.
Wow! Awesome, thanks for the encouragement and advice. I am gonna stock up on stockings!





My big toenail fell off two months ago after I stubbed it really hard, and only a tiny bit of it has grown back. I usually wear boots at work, so no one sees it anyway. But when I do wear heels, I paint the skin with a little bit of nail polish so that you can't tell my toenail is missing. No one has noticed so far.![]()
god bless nail polish!
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when i was 5 years old my cousin accidentally droped a cement block on it and ut turned purple and fell off. I dont remember how long it took to grow back though.
Mine did and I had my nail lady give me an acrylic toe nail.. I kept it on until my real one grew out!! LOL!!




Toenails? I've lost nails as well. Lost both my thumbnails in door jamming related incidents, lost my left index fingers nail (and had to get half the finger sewn back on!) in a rather nasty door related incident.
And stubbed my big toe on a door and lost that too.
doors hate me
Nails grow back in about a month but toenails take that much longer.
In my experience nobody notices, dont even notice the big scar on my finger unless i tell the story![]()
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