This Gigantic blister under my big toenail is killing me.. Help!!!

A friend of mine had just such a blister after Grandmas in 1999 and we got a hand drill with the smallest bit and drilled through the nail to pop the blister. Blood came spurting out and he said the easing of the pressure help immensely.

You can heat up the end of a straightened paper clip, and push it through the top of the nail, to releave the pressure. no nerve endings or pain sensors in nail.

kritter wrote:

You can heat up the end of a straightened paper clip, and push it through the top of the nail, to releave the pressure. no nerve endings or pain sensors in nail.

Although I've read about that procedure, I've never successfully performed it. I always pop these things by sticking the needle in under the nail, like the old torture technique with bamboo slivers.

Dude,

If you heat up the end of a pin it is even better or a straightened safety pin. If you heat it up and touch the nail right away, the heat will melt through the nail and the blood will come shooting out and it will clear the problem quickly. I have done it at least 20 times in the last couple of years.

Thank you all for your quick and informed opinions/advice/experiences. Actually, my wife had mentioned going in via a small drill bit, but I wanted to run it across the boards to see if this was common practice. Since basically all of you mentioned it as an option (pushing a pin through seems to be about the same thing.. by the way thanks for the info about the lack of nerve endings in the nail... wheh.. jk), I decided to go for it. Of course, I was initially hesititant... something doesn't quite seem right when you are going at your two with a drill, but the results were excellent. The fluid did a very good job of telling me when to stop, and when I did hit paydirt, I felt as though I might as well have struck oil due to the immediate relief. So, going forward, I would advise the procedure, but 1) I can nopt stress how important it is that the afflicted person be the one to handle the drill (I had horrific visions of my spouse drilling to the floor, asking if that was deep enough); 2) I did the epsom salt thing before the procedure and I think it helped soften things up.

Another day, another success story on the Letsrun boards. Thanks again from me and my toe.

Toenail finally came off. I very nice specimen if I say so myself. If any of you have collections, let me know and I'll gladly send it to you. Maybe you future geneticists could use it to clone me... to make the world a better place.

AMPUTATE!

Thanks for the update. Glad I'd already finished my dinner. My wife's halfway through losing a nail off one of the smaller toes. Pretty gory sight. Don't know if I'd have married her in the first place had I known things would work out this way... ;-)

Wish the nail a fond farewell for me.