Don't keep going if you might get grossed out by my ugly toe.
Back in December, I was reaching in my pantry and reached behind a jar of peanut butter. It was about four and a half feet up. I knocked it over and it toppled down and landed on the big toe on my right foot. I said some pretty colorful words and the longer I stood there, the more it started to just hurt - and it hurt bad. I started to just sob. Ted and KayeLynn just kept trying to figure out how to deal with me. Once the tears stopped, I just started to shake and shake. Ted told me I was in a form of shock, because the pain had been so intense. I thought the toe was broken, but it wasn't. It bled a little bit - over the next couple of days. The day I did this was the day I had just had a pedicure - so I just left the polish on and left the toe alone.
When I went four weeks later for a new pedicure, the polish was removed and my toe was half black underneath. The toenail was still attached and the girl who was doing my toes said it appeared to be just a big blood blister underneath. I've had pedicures every month since then - that would be three more - and the toe looked the same. So, I figured it was just a matter of letting the blood blister work it's way out.
The other day, as I laid in a hot bath letting my body soak up the warm, I noticed that my toe seemed a bit strange. It was "wriggly" a bit. After I got out, I took the polish off. The toe looked nasty. The nail was loose and still black underneath - but it had a dead looking white tinge to it, too. I was planning to go on Tuesday to have a pedicure. So, I left my ugly toe hang out, unpainted.
Today, when I went to get the pedicure, I showed the girl doing my toes my nail. I told her I didn't know what she could do with it, but to just paint it as best she could and leave it alone. She started looking at it and before I knew it, she was chopping away at the nail and taking it off. I expected it to hurt, but it really didn't. She was amazing. The only place it hurt was where it was connected to the quick of the nail bed. And even there, it wasn't bad. What we noticed after she got the nail off, is that the nail had broken completely straight across at the bottom of the nail when the peanut butter fell on it. So, the new nail was growing up under the old nail. That's why it was suddenly starting to come off. The new nail was pushing it up. We just left the nail like it was and didn't add any paint.
When the girl who was doing my nails noticed the toe, she asked if I wanted her to fix the nail. So, I said sure. She took acrylic and made me a new toenail!! I don't have the ugly toe left over!! It's awesome.
I left both girls a huge tip. Taking that nasty toenail off couldn't have been fun. And making my summer toes not look gross and disgusting. They both deserved it.
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| What it looked like when it happened. Bloody ugly toe. |
Back in December, I was reaching in my pantry and reached behind a jar of peanut butter. It was about four and a half feet up. I knocked it over and it toppled down and landed on the big toe on my right foot. I said some pretty colorful words and the longer I stood there, the more it started to just hurt - and it hurt bad. I started to just sob. Ted and KayeLynn just kept trying to figure out how to deal with me. Once the tears stopped, I just started to shake and shake. Ted told me I was in a form of shock, because the pain had been so intense. I thought the toe was broken, but it wasn't. It bled a little bit - over the next couple of days. The day I did this was the day I had just had a pedicure - so I just left the polish on and left the toe alone.
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| One month later Ugly blister! |
When I went four weeks later for a new pedicure, the polish was removed and my toe was half black underneath. The toenail was still attached and the girl who was doing my toes said it appeared to be just a big blood blister underneath. I've had pedicures every month since then - that would be three more - and the toe looked the same. So, I figured it was just a matter of letting the blood blister work it's way out.
The other day, as I laid in a hot bath letting my body soak up the warm, I noticed that my toe seemed a bit strange. It was "wriggly" a bit. After I got out, I took the polish off. The toe looked nasty. The nail was loose and still black underneath - but it had a dead looking white tinge to it, too. I was planning to go on Tuesday to have a pedicure. So, I left my ugly toe hang out, unpainted.
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| When she started cutting away at the nail. |
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| Old dead nail gone New live nail coming in |
Today, when I went to get the pedicure, I showed the girl doing my toes my nail. I told her I didn't know what she could do with it, but to just paint it as best she could and leave it alone. She started looking at it and before I knew it, she was chopping away at the nail and taking it off. I expected it to hurt, but it really didn't. She was amazing. The only place it hurt was where it was connected to the quick of the nail bed. And even there, it wasn't bad. What we noticed after she got the nail off, is that the nail had broken completely straight across at the bottom of the nail when the peanut butter fell on it. So, the new nail was growing up under the old nail. That's why it was suddenly starting to come off. The new nail was pushing it up. We just left the nail like it was and didn't add any paint.
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| Prosthetic toenail Looks amazing!! |
I left both girls a huge tip. Taking that nasty toenail off couldn't have been fun. And making my summer toes not look gross and disgusting. They both deserved it.
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| In honor of my new job - - Delta colors!! Love my job!!! |
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