Toenail fell off and there was another one underneath. WTH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 weeks ago my daughter’s toenail was just hanging on by the corner. She pulled it off and a new half nail was underneath. Tonight 2 more were the same way, she pulled them slightly and they came off and little half nails were already in place. No injury, no infection. She does wear sneakers and is very active. I’m hoping this is a non-issue.

Probably hand, foot & mouth. My kids had very few other symptoms other than all of their nails falling off. Freaky.

[Anonymous]

lol

[Anonymous]

You are apparently not a runner, or this would happened to you 20 times already. lol. In the 30+ years I've been a runner, I've lost most of my toenails at least once, despite buying running shoes a full size larger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are apparently not a runner, or this would happened to you 20 times already. lol. In the 30+ years I've been a runner, I've lost most of my toenails at least once, despite buying running shoes a full size larger.

Your experience but not normal for all runners.

[Anonymous]

I want my toenails to fall off! Not fair!

[Anonymous]

Same thing, same toe. I was checking length to see if my toe nail needed filing and bam! My pinky toe nail came of in my hand! It scared the crap out of me! I expected the burning, stinging pain to start and nothing. I had a little toe nail, about a 1/3 of the length of my nail. No injury at all. I had just buffed my toes and repainted a few days before. No fungus no injury. It didn’t even mess up the polish on the lost nail. Weird!

[Anonymous]

This runs in my family on just our pinky toes. We have no idea why. There is no pain or fungus. It happens once or twice a year for us.

[Anonymous]

You should immediately escape to some wilderness! You are regenerating your own body! The whole medical community will be after your now! Don't you know that government captures people like you and experiments on them!?

[Anonymous]

OP... Phone .. .. Home...

[Anonymous]

OP, you are the chosen one. We just don't know yet what is it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happens to me all the time. I'm a runner, and the constant impact of my toenails against my shoes causes them to fall off. It doesn't hurt. Most runners have similar stories.

Buy better running shoes, with roomier toeboxes (Or maybe up half a size. This should not be happening

Same here. I had the same problem, purchased shoes (Brookes) with roomier toebox. No more toenails falling off or blisters between toes.

[Anonymous]

All of these descriptions are pretty much the same thing that happened to me literally just now and now that I know it’s normal I’m not worried but what am I supposed to do when it comes off? Do I just leave it or do I need to wash it or bandage it? It may not be completely grown in yet and I don’t want to ruin the process or make it worse! Any suggestions? Thanks In advance!

[Anonymous]

I have nothing to contribute to the OP's issue but I certainly wanted to congratulate to the OP and their toenail in question.

It is not every day occurence that you see 40 000 people reading about your toenail!



That must be ONE lucky toenail. I can only imagine how much attention the other parts of the OP's body must get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of these descriptions are pretty much the same thing that happened to me literally just now and now that I know it’s normal I’m not worried but what am I supposed to do when it comes off? Do I just leave it or do I need to wash it or bandage it? It may not be completely grown in yet and I don’t want to ruin the process or make it worse! Any suggestions? Thanks In advance!

Don't touch anything. It will grow out nicely. Leave be. Ask your doctor if you need to but normally those things take care of themselves. Without any intervention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing to contribute to the OP's issue but I certainly wanted to congratulate to the OP and their toenail in question.

It is not every day occurence that you see 40 000 people reading about your toenail!



That must be ONE lucky toenail. I can only imagine how much attention the other parts of the OP's body must get.

Not to mention this thread is 4 years old and keeps getting bumped.