my first stupid poll

[fern]

 

I am going through a traumatizing experience for the first time in my life. I need community support here. Please respond to my poll.

[joblo7]

i dont lose them , i eat them or use them as tooth picks!!

[dmuja]

 

First year of hiking in mountains I lost my big toe nail because I ignored the pain and thought it normal for my foot to jam into the front of the boot- its not and should be corrected.

 

First year of climbing I lost my big toe nail learning to jam cracks because I ignored the pain and thought it normal to keep wearing tight fitting climbing shoes for hours on end - its not...

 

Clip em short as you're able and size your footwear properly.

[AlpineK]

I almost never loose my toe nail. On the other hand one of my big toe nails is three times the thickness of a normal toe nail. It bugs me and I wish it would go away. It's a major pain to trim it; I feel like I need to buy a special cutter to deal with it.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

I've lost only one toe nail... banged my foot coming down from muir on the stupid asphalt-covered trail.

 

[snoboy]

I dropped a cannon ball on my foot when I was little, that lead to the separation of my toenail from my toe.

[fern]

I am heartened that the "rare" and "NEVER"s are leading the poll. I think what is happening to my right foot big toe is revolting.

 

My lesson taken to heart is: "Overweight baggage be damned! Bring the big sturdy boots for long alpine ice routes, not the fruity lightweight ice craggers"

 

Despite many thin crack toe crushing pitches I have never had such a violation to my delicate and beautiful lower extrema. I look forward to the day that this nascent grey bloom forms into a proper and righteous toenail and the nightmare is behind.

[ZimZam]

I feel like I need to buy a special cutter to deal with it.

You could always use one of your chainsaws.

[whirlwind]

thats what the trim saws are for

[Off_White]

You might need to be patient. When I was 13 I had an ice skate fall from a storage bin in the rafters and land blade first on my big toe. I never fully lost the nail, but it was partially detached and funky for a long time, and would accumulate nasty smelly bits that could be scraped out. However, it did fully recover by the time I was 39.

[Dechristo]

...one of my big toe nails is three times the thickness of a normal toe nail. It bugs me and I wish it would go away. It's a major pain to trim it; I feel like I need to buy a special cutter to deal with it.

 

I paid somewhere around a Grand a few years ago to have four toenails removed permanently. They were all fucked-up (thick, semi-attached, discolored, etc.) making it hard to trim/maintain them, and giving me trouble inside climbing shoes. Due to the scrambling and damage to nerves from frostbite, it was an extremely painful procedure; a nurse and my ex had to hold my leg and foot down while the physician injected the anesthetic after I bent one needle from the first attempt. Even then, the anesthetic was partially affective only. Three months later, the bastards grew back anyway.

 

A tip for ease and efficacy in nail-trimming: do it immediately after showering or bathing. The nails are softer and more pliable.

[AlpineK]

I ask my doctor. He basically said, "Suck it up and deal with it." I guess there are expensive procedures that might work, but it doesn't seem worth it.

[jordop]

I ask my doctor. He basically said, "Suck it up and deal with it." I guess there are expensive procedures that might work, but it doesn't seem worth it.

 

I've heard good things about this place:

[Dechristo]

Yeah, I tried them. I found them a bit too aggressive.

 

[matt_warfield]

Every year I lose most of my big toe nails during rock season. They are painful and purple for a while then mostly die and I trim them back about 3/4 and then are fine through the season. Then they grow back over winter. This process has repeated annually for many years.

[G-spotter]

I remember back in the early 90's hearing about sport climbers getting their ring toe amputated for a better and tighter fit in the Boreal Ninja

[StreetBoss]

Feet are so disgusting. I hate when I see & hear people trimming their toenail at the gym...yyyyyyyyuuuuck or when they step on the machines, boulder with bare feet..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[fenderfour]

[archenemy]

The nail is gross, but the little knife is cute.

[sirwoofalot]

 

With all of that hair on your toe i guess you are part Hobbit.

 

[spicoli11]

I ripped my big toenail clean off the toe when I lived in hawaii. I was walking on volcanic rocks to access a surfbreak and gently brushed it over the surface of the rock when I jumped off into the water. So painless it was that I didn't notice it till I was surrounded by a pool of my own blood floating in the water around me. It grew back but it has been "different" ever since...maybe even tougher.

[matt_warfield]

 

A picture is worth a thousand words (or at least the number I used in my previous post to describe my yearly process). Note the completely dead nail but not before previous injury has thickened it, probably with the help of some fungus. The extra thickness exacerbates the pressure, accelerating the process until removal is of the utmost importance. And by leaving a live stub we save even worse pain and the price of a medical procedure.

[fenderfour]

Sasquatch is more likely

[lance]

best thread ever ................

Edited November 20, 2007 by lance