Sanded nail off!!!

[DarkWingedAngel]

ok well in wood shop I was on a sander and my finger got caught in the sanding belt and well long story short, i now have no nail
so it really hurts
it's all sore when anything touches it



How long will it take to heal?
and what can i do to sorta numb the pain without using meds?

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

Owch! Without taking ibuprofen or something like that, all I can really recommend is to ice it. Also, keep a band-aid on it until it starts healing up. The extra layer might help so it hurts a little less when it bumps things.

It's going to take a while for the nail to fully grow back, because they grow so slowly, but it should start hurting less soon enough.

[Suicune]

How did you get in the sanding belt? lol. Well it's not as worse as this girl in my school got her sweatshirt in the drill press- yeah let's skip to the point.
Your nail is going to take awhile. Maybe a month or so. I don't know.... all I can recommend is ice if you don't want to take any pain medication.
What did the instructor say to do?
Well anyway be careful next time.

[Commander Thor]

Eh, not as bad as when this kid let his hair get in the grinder in metals class. Insta-scalp.

Anyway, the pain should disappear within a week or two, the nail however, will take at least a month to fully grow back, maybe longer.

[DarkWingedAngel]

How did you get in the sanding belt? lol. Well it's not as worse as this girl in my school got her sweatshirt in the drill press- yeah let's skip to the point.
Your nail is going to take awhile. Maybe a month or so. I don't know.... all I can recommend is ice if you don't want to take any pain medication.
What did the instructor say to do?
Well anyway be careful next time.
well theres a metal thing right next to the actual sandy part
and my finger got caught


anyways
I didn't tell the instructor because well no blood just pain
and he would have just told me to let it be

[Suicune]

well theres a metal thing right next to the actual sandy part
and my finger got caught


anyways
I didn't tell the instructor because well no blood just pain
and he would have just told me to let it be

Hmm I see. Was it like a um... I think it's called...well I don't know it's some kind of high powered sander with like the belt is like really wide and it spins at like about 400 RPM I think. Or 4000 I don't remember.

[sebbie]

Paracetamol and Ibuprofen should both help to get rid of any pain, you might want to consider applying some antiseptic cream/lotion to it to reduce the chance of infection. Other than that it will just take time to heal.

[DarkWingedAngel]

Hmm I see. Was it like a um... I think it's called...well I don't know it's some kind of high powered sander with like the belt is like really wide and it spins at like about 400 RPM I think. Or 4000 I don't remember.
yea
it was fresh new sand paper too

[AllThatIsLeft]

that brings back my days in the shop class <3

Desi just make sure you keep it disinfected and covered.
the rest had been said.

[Suicune]

yea
it was fresh new sand paper too

:eek: Ouch!

[Sammi13]

Ouch! >.< Well, I don't know how long it will take to heal, but I would use antibiotic ointment and a band-aid so it doesn't get infected.