If you can spell "eponychium" you know more about the subject than anyone else



Yes , IME normal

cuticle grows back slower than nail growth rate. typically does grow back to its normal position ( or close to )
Can accentuate a ridge down the nail surface at the infection site for the rest of your life.

In another 2 weeks you will have forgotten what the original was like

( the responder is not a doctor, just someone who has had numerous damaged fingers that got infected cuticle areas).

 

my guess is #1.
I get 'em all the time on my toe. Ingrown nail (no, I don't know the fancy
latin doctor-speak)
Process is as follows:
Wipe off pocket knife, dig out nail, cut off flush.
if it bleeds, pour alcohol on it till it gets numb, slather a little neo on it
good to go. I have to do this once a month. last infection- 4 years ago.
what did I do? opened it up, squeezed it, pour alcohol on it till.......

 

were gonna need a picture.

 

thank you Doctors! I feel better already

I usually don't get stuff like this but this old age has made me
sensitive in all the wrong places

JiggaWatt,

I'll post several pics tonite

 

lol

 

NO DOCTOR HERE but...I almost just lost my left pointer finger from a bad fish spine in the tendon sheath from a deep water yelloweye, got infected bad, swelled then decided to go into urgent care and let PA carve on it 2x. Not the best choice and would not reccommend to others.....after had to see a hand surgeon and after hand shake promise I would not do the ugent care thing again he fixed the finger. Doc was a cool guy and turned out to be the Hand guy for the OSU beavers. If it is anything like mine might want to put a warning on the post before the pics. Mine scared the x ray tech, LOL.... Hope you get better soon. Soaking in warm epsom salt and small soaks in hydrogen peroxide worked well along with antibiotics so strong I did not function for 10 days. The problem is finding what bacteria it is for the RX. Request a swab so they can find out what anti is best suited for the job. Hope you heal up soon.

 

here are the pics

1. is the top view of said thumb

2. is sideway view, note the "indent" caused by missing tissues

3. is of normal left thumb

4. is another view showing exposed nail bed and more
missing tissues

 

NO DOCTOR HERE but...I almost just lost my left pointer finger from a bad fish spine in the tendon sheath from a deep water yelloweye, got infected bad, swelled then decided to go into urgent care and let PA carve on it 2x. Not the best choice and would not reccommend to others.....after had to see a hand surgeon and after hand shake promise I would not do the ugent care thing again he fixed the finger. Doc was a cool guy and turned out to be the Hand guy for the OSU beavers. If it is anything like mine might want to put a warning on the post before the pics. Mine scared the x ray tech, LOL.... Hope you get better soon. Soaking in warm epsom salt and small soaks in hydrogen peroxide worked well along with antibiotics so strong I did not function for 10 days. The problem is finding what bacteria it is for the RX. Request a swab so they can find out what anti is best suited for the job. Hope you heal up soon.

X2 with a flounder tooth in the thumb a few years back! Thought I was going to lose it...Hey Kev...(wadefisherman), what do you think...Dale

 

It'll grow back in few months times but will somehow thicken abit, got it previously on my toe. If you're worry on the look, apply some eproxy on it to look better LOL. J/joking. Get well.

 

San
That crossways ridge will grow out with the nail.
What you can get from a sort of scaring from the infection is ridges that run down the length of the nail