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Mar 9, 2009 4:08pm
Member since 2007 23599 posts |
Help I have cut my finger and it went straight through my nail as well, and it is way too far down to break off. How can I keep it together until it is long enough to break off? Home remedies please if anyone has any ideas cause I can’t get out and buy a special product for it at this stage!! |
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Mar 9, 2009 5:12pm
Member since 2008 11074 posts |
Youchies!! Oh you poor thing Mel! I’m sorry I can’t help much. Whenever I’ve done that I’ve plastered the finger up and kept it like that until the nail grew longer. I’m sure many other beauties have much better remedies than that! Owwww. |
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Mar 9, 2009 6:08pm
Member since 2007 894 posts |
There are a few options, depending on what you have on hand at home. You can paint over the break with nail polish to reinforce it a bit, you can glue it back together with acrylic nail glue if you have some, you can wind a band aid around it. Is the nail very long? If so, trim it off as best you can so there is less to tear off if you catch it on something! Then, use a buffer on in to remove any rough bits. Then either use the glue or the nail polish. Good luck, I know how much it can hurt!! |
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Mar 9, 2009 6:10pm
Member since 2007 1099 posts |
My Mum used to get a tissue, and separate it, so that you’ve just got a 1 ply (if that makes sense). Then she’d cut it to size, put it over the tear, and then put a coat or two of nailpolish over the tissue. That’d keep it strong until it got long enough to cut. |
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Mar 9, 2009 6:18pm
 1627 posts |
Yup I have done what GQ mums does…..works really well! |
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Mar 9, 2009 6:20pm
1627 posts |
I did that to my big toe the other day stubbed it on a sharp object…lifted my nail right up and its split in the middle…still hurts right now…I had blood everywhere! Mines wrapped up with ALOT of bandaids…lol |
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Mar 9, 2009 9:16pm
Member since 2007 23599 posts |
Thanks guys, I’ve had the bandaid on all day and I will keep that on for tonight coz when I just took it off for a shower it is catching on things (ouch) will definately be giving the nailpolish and tissue trick a go in the morning, thank you beauties I knew I could rely on you xxx |
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Mar 12, 2009 9:50pm
Member since 2007 23599 posts |
I have tried it but it kept comming off, lol, I will try it again tonight with a different polish and see if it works any better :) |
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Mar 13, 2009 6:03am
Member since 2008 11074 posts |
Good luck Mel, still sounds really sore. Ouch. |
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Mar 13, 2009 7:31am
Member since 2007 23599 posts |
Yeah I hate it when it is beneath the top of the nail, anything down there is really painful, but it would be worse if it catches on something and rips off, ooooouuuuuucccccchhhhhh, lol, I have goose bumps thinking of it. |
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Mar 15, 2009 7:03pm
 13 posts |
ooo i really like that acrylic nail glue idea AND the tissue one too my nails are all soo pretty and long atm but one has started to break from the side pretty far down…. lets hope it gets fixed soon |
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May 11, 2009 7:50pm
51 posts |
yeah, i would keep a bandaid on it so it doesn’t get caught. but when it does grow long enough you should cut it as soon as you can |
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May 12, 2009 6:38am
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I was going to say BANDAID! but the tissue trick sounds really good. That’s clever. |
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May 19, 2009 9:51pm
 132 posts |
This happened to me at a wedding and the photographer suggested I use superglue… its a must try! Who knew superglue helps us too.. hehe |
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Aug 16, 2010 8:00am
Member since 2007 23599 posts |
Here I just found the perfect solution for a DIY at home mani repair :) |
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