Re: Drilling a hole in daughter\'s toenail
 

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The doc told you to drill the hole?

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No!

Sorry if the OP was unclear; I just edited it. He said to bring her in so he could do it.

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it was pretty clear from the original pre-edited post that you weren't going to be doing it yourself.

in the future, dumb it down a little for the OOT crowd

Re: Drilling a hole in daughter\'s toenail
 

it's not a huge deal. basically a blood blister that forms under the nail. as others have suggested, heat up a needle and poke it through the nail. blood will come gushing out and relieve the pressure. then the nail will die and fall off. eventually a new one will grow back.

Re: Drilling a hole in daughter\'s toenail
 

Good idea. Ignore the doctor's advice because it's a little unfamiliar, and instead of addressing her toe that's about to fall of, just hug her.


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I had this done by a doctor once. All they do is use a device that burns a tiny hole. It's totally painless and once the hole is made, blood spurts out relieving the pressure.

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AWESOME!

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That's disgusting. Trim those toe hairs.

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I'd do it myself, no big deal. But I've had some first aid training. It shouldn't hurt since you have no nerves in your toenails, just be sure to stop before hitting the skin beneath.

Also, I cant beleive that some people have never heard of this before, seems pretty common to get toes/fingers smashed.

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When I was a kid I slammed my thumb in a car door. Luckily we were right in front of a small doctors office and i got rushed in there and he drilled a hole in my thumb. I don't know why no one else here seemed to feel pain while doing it, it definitley felt like a drill going through my nail.

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I would just do it myself with the smallest drill bit I had. You DONT use a power drill for this, you just spin the drill bit between your fingers and it 'drills' through the nail rather quickly. Don't waste the money going to a doc.

Its better than the 'hot needle' trick, especially for a small child. Dip the drill bit in peroxide or alcohol (not the drinkin kind!) and then go to work. Don't use a rusty ole drill bit either.

Hugs, kisses and a band-aid afterwards will be all the little tyke needs.

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I shut my hand in a door in college (not a morning person) and went 3 days before going to get it checked. They burned a hole in the nail to drain the blood. It hurts a little when the needle gets through and hits skin, but not bad. I know it seems like a harsh thing to do, but it'll hurt worse overtime and can get infected.

It's a move with positive EV.