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Old 30-07-2006, 05:22 PM   #1
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Default I think my pinky is broken

I was just out side washing and chamoising (sp?) the car, we have a rare cloudy day here in the Alice, perfect for washing a black car. Anyhow I was wiping down the rear spoiler and I somehow caught my pinky and bent it right back and at the same half pulled out my finger nail...... I want my Mummy!!!!

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Old 30-07-2006, 05:48 PM   #2
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That sounds a bit nasty, you better find that naughty bloody cloud, it was its fault for distracting you!!
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Old 30-07-2006, 07:08 PM   #3
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Do finger nails grow back? I just took the ice of my finger and the nail just sort of fell off. Do these things grow back...... ?
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Old 30-07-2006, 07:14 PM   #4
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Yeah they do. I slammed my middle finger in a door once, the nail came off but grew back.
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Old 30-07-2006, 07:18 PM   #5
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Ouch ... lol ... i think it takes maybe 1 or 2 months to grow back, that's what happened when i slammed my toe in a car door and the nail fell off ...
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Old 30-07-2006, 07:20 PM   #6
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Have had my finger slamed in a car door too, imagine a car door shut, flush, with typical new car sound, except with my right index finger mushed inside.
To make things worse, it was my first day starting my architecture degree the next day.

Nail fell off and all. Yes it will grow back, but will take 3-4 months sorry!
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Old 30-07-2006, 08:28 PM   #7
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Ow ow ow ow ow ow!!

My fingers are clenching involuntarily just reading it.

You might want to go to a medical centre and get it looked at.
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Old 30-07-2006, 08:37 PM   #8
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I broke my pinky in the summer of '97
I beat my bro in a game of pool and he went to attack me with the cue, i go to block his shot with my hand and the tip of the cue collected head on with the tip of my pinky...ohh the paaaainnnn
My advice splint it as soon as possible...otherwise yours will end up slightly munted like mine
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Old 30-07-2006, 08:41 PM   #9
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Its amazing how sensitive the skin is under the nail, at least it used to be under the nail. Worst thing the car only got half dried off...... Time for some celtic crossing. Cures everything. Tastes good too.
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Old 30-07-2006, 08:45 PM   #10
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doesn't sound like neought force to break it.
Go get an x-ray if your worried about though.
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Old 30-07-2006, 09:21 PM   #11
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doesn't sound like neought force to break it.
Go get an x-ray if your worried about though.
Yeah, I dont think that it is broken, it still seems to line up. I broke a couple of ribs back in May. I could actually move one of them and make a clicking sound. Really freaked out my wife and kids. Turned me a bit green at first as well. Its been a tough couple of months.
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Yeah, I dont think that it is broken, it still seems to line up. I broke a couple of ribs back in May. I could actually move one of them and make a clicking sound. Really freaked out my wife and kids. Turned me a bit green at first as well. Its been a tough couple of months.
Neat party trick though!! :
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Old 30-07-2006, 10:15 PM   #13
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yeah know how it feels, kicked the leg of the dinning room table last week, ripped off the little toe nail and a big chunk of skin with it!
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Old 30-07-2006, 11:30 PM   #14
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Damn finger injuries. That's gotta hurt. I'm still recovering from an incident a couple of weeks ago in which I accidentally cut my index finger very deep on a metal blade. The cut has healed up (leaving a nice scar) but the swelling hasn't gone down yet. I'm also having trouble bending the end of my finger because of the swelling.
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Do finger nails grow back? I just took the ice of my finger and the nail just sort of fell off. Do these things grow back...... ?
Yep, I have lost a few in my time, and they grow back fine (well at least they did with me anyway)
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...this thread is useless without pics! : j/k


Ouch, hope it gets better soon. Keep the antiseptic up to it.
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Lucky for you it wasn't cold and frosty, now that makes it hurt even more.
I've broken my fair share of broken fingers, knuckles and the odd black finger nail. When mine grow back they come back with a big lump or low spot in the nail but that usually grows out, The worst pinky injury i've had was when i cut 1/3 of the nail and finger tip meat off with a 'ring' knife at work. It bled and bled and bled some more. I wrote my name on the concrete floor in droplets of blood.
Hittin finger tips, smackin the shin bone, kickin the little toe when runnin to the dunny in the niddle of night and wacken the funny bone...they all hurt..

Here's a piccy of what to expect your finger to look like when u loose a nail. One of mine from a couple of years back..
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Old 31-07-2006, 05:19 PM   #18
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About 15 years ago I was playing cricket. Was fielding in slips and went for a catch and landed on my little finger. Knew immediately that I had done some damage but wasn’t to keen on looking. Guy standing next to me starts freaking out so I look down to see that my bone had pierced the skin……looked bloody shocking but it didn’t hurt that much.

Still got the scar where the bone went through the skin……gets sore especially when its cold.

Got some nice happy snaps if you want to see !!!
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I was just out side washing and chamoising (sp?) the car, we have a rare cloudy day here in the Alice, perfect for washing a black car. Anyhow I was wiping down the rear spoiler and I somehow caught my pinky and bent it right back and at the same half pulled out my finger nail...... I want my Mummy!!!!
What a bugger eh! Now your going to have to use your thumb to pick ya nose
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Old 31-07-2006, 05:20 PM   #20
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i lost half a nail recently from a tonneau strap letting go on the ute and ripping half my thumb nail off ... that was painful ... and a hell of a lot of blood as well ... poor guy at the loading dock at the time went white when i walked back in asking if he had a first aid kit .... LOL.

I have broken a pinky before ... when at school ... tried catching a softball and it managed to lodge between my pink and ring finger ... the result was my pinky was aat right angles to my pinky finger ... NOW THAT HURT LIKE HELL.
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... the result was my pinky was aat right angles to my pinky finger ... NOW THAT HURT LIKE HELL.
you pinky was at right angles to your pinky?

i'd like to see that :hihi: :P
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ooops ... sorry ... pinky was at right angles to my ring finger.
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i broke a toe yesterday

it was bent at a 90 deg angle in both the wrong direstions

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Old 31-07-2006, 06:10 PM   #24
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Yeah they do. I slammed my middle finger in a door once, the nail came off but grew back.
When the nails brake they usually if still attached grow underneath till it grows back, But in your case if it's off it will be very itchy, Try and cover it up with something that wont stick to it.
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outbackjack.........bite the the bullet get over it your in the Centre!!!!!!!!!!!!

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