Ponyh8r
New Member
I'm in need of some hope/advice here.
I wear acrylic nails. I always have them done AS SHORT as physically possible. This being said, I was about a week after my last appointment. I was moving furniture. Heavy, quite solid furniture. My hand slipped and I jammed my pinky (right/main hand). At first I thought I had just jammed it badly, then I noticed blood was coming from both sides and the end tip.
The bleeding stopped fairly quickly. I've followed all the advice I've managed to scour off the internets. It's been about 5-6 days since I jammed it, I've left the nail alone under a bandage (loosely on). I don't believe it's infected. I guess my problem/worry is: I can feel the nail isn't 100% attached to me, however the acrylic nail is very much attached to the real nail. I cannot see how much is attached, or how much to cut off, I cannot see what's going on under there. Also: my finger is swollen. I'd call it very swollen. Not too tender, but it does throb every once and awhile.
I don't have health insurance, I'd like to avoid any unnecessary DR/ER visits.
What should I do? Should I be worried? Halp!
I wear acrylic nails. I always have them done AS SHORT as physically possible. This being said, I was about a week after my last appointment. I was moving furniture. Heavy, quite solid furniture. My hand slipped and I jammed my pinky (right/main hand). At first I thought I had just jammed it badly, then I noticed blood was coming from both sides and the end tip.
The bleeding stopped fairly quickly. I've followed all the advice I've managed to scour off the internets. It's been about 5-6 days since I jammed it, I've left the nail alone under a bandage (loosely on). I don't believe it's infected. I guess my problem/worry is: I can feel the nail isn't 100% attached to me, however the acrylic nail is very much attached to the real nail. I cannot see how much is attached, or how much to cut off, I cannot see what's going on under there. Also: my finger is swollen. I'd call it very swollen. Not too tender, but it does throb every once and awhile.
I don't have health insurance, I'd like to avoid any unnecessary DR/ER visits.
What should I do? Should I be worried? Halp!