My wife lost her toenail after backpacking for ~2 weeks straight. It's the big toe. She was told it might take 6+ months for the nail to grow back.
What should she be doing to take care of this during the time it takes for the nail to grow back? Anything she should or should not be doing?
Thanks.
You're putting the cart before the horse. She can't take care of it until she finds it, so right now all of your energy should be directed at finding the missing toenail. Once you find it, let me know and I'll tell you how to take care of it.
Nothing to be concerned about. No need to live life any different. It will just grow back.
She can use Spenco 2nd Skin to cover it until the soreness goes away. This dressing is excellent for burns, blisters, etc.
Second Skin wrote:
She can use Spenco 2nd Skin to cover it until the soreness goes away. This dressing is excellent for burns, blisters, etc.
https://www.spenco.com/category.aspx?catid=59
Thanks for that link.
Keep it clean those first few weeks. When it grows back over those six months it will look pretty gross, but rest assures that after a year or more it will again look like a normal nail.
How would you take care of a toenail if it is missing? I would instead focus on taking care of the toe itself, which is left vulnerable by the lack of a toenail.