Any self-surgeons out there?

[Pucky Freak]

Podiatrist could have done a much cleaner ingrown nail removal, but what’s the fun in that?

 

[elkantlers]

I have a friend that had is toenail removed because it kept getting ingrown. He said it was the best thing he ever did for his feet.

 

[Beignet]

I smashed my finger pretty good working in a wood shop in college. Knew they “drilled” through fingernails to relieve that pressure and decided to try it myself with the Dewalt and a tiny bit. That drill bit had a bit of grab when it got through the nail. Probably one of the dumbest, most painful things I’ve ever done to myself.

 

[mtmuley]

Dug a Plantar wart out of the ball of my foot with a razor blade once. Fun time. mtmuley

 

[kansasdad]

Hope you spit on your tools real good ‘afore you started.

#rednecksgettingitdonebytheirselves

 

[mtmuley]

I smashed my finger pretty good working in a wood shop in college. Knew they “drilled” through fingernails to relieve that pressure and decided to try it myself with the Dewalt and a tiny bit. That drill bit had a bit of grab when it got through the nail. Probably one of the dumbest, most painful things I’ve ever done to myself.

Hot paperclip works better. mtmuley

 

[Hem]

I removed the nail on a pointer finger lickty split with a brand new waffle hammer once.

 

[Gellar]

Hope you spit Hawk Tuah on your tools real good ‘afore you started.

#rednecksgettingitdonebytheirselves

 

[Dave N]

Get them once in a while and dig them out myself. I don't use any pain killers, though! Just got in there and dug it up until I could rip it out! It's not always as fun as it sounds.

 

[Gellar]

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Podiatrist could have done a much cleaner ingrown nail removal, but what’s the fun in that?

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Now is when your kids will leave all their toys in your path, the coffee table leg will jump out and you’ll kick it, the dog will come running into the room and jump u and down on your big toe.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Dug a Plantar wart out of the ball of my foot with a razor blade once. Fun time. mtmuley

I did one at age 15. My first “procedure”.

Another time I had a few too many beers and decided to remove a mole from my back…Surprisingly it healed up OK.

 

[Pucky Freak]

I have a friend that had is toenail removed because it kept getting ingrown. He said it was the best thing he ever did for his feet.

Last time it happened was 2001. This time around there was a loose piece of my old nail that rolled under the new one growing over it since I ruined my big toes last October.

I knew a guy that had both big toenails permanently removed to make hiking easier - he didn’t miss them.

 

[Gerald Martin]

I smashed my finger pretty good working in a wood shop in college. Knew they “drilled” through fingernails to relieve that pressure and decided to try it myself with the Dewalt and a tiny bit. That drill bit had a bit of grab when it got through the nail. Probably one of the dumbest, most painful things I’ve ever done to myself.

Did that myself once… the pressure felt better after the pain of the bit going into smashed flesh wore off.

 

[Gr8bawana]

 

[Beignet]

I've done this many times, WITHOUT the electic drill. Just spin the tiny drill bit better your finger tips.

I was afraid your story was going to be that the bit grabbed and went right through the finger

Oh man, I just died a little inside imagining that.

First paragraph makes total sense, but sure didn’t compute in my 20 year old brain at the time.

Did see a guy send a trim nail through the tip of his finger once. Popped that finger nail right off the other side.

 

[mtmuley]

I removed the nail on a pointer finger lickty split with a brand new waffle hammer once.

Vaughn? mtmuley

 

[Forkyfinder]

Vaughn? mtmuley

The good stuff. We agree again.

 

[mtmuley]

The good stuff. We agree again.

Nope. My framing Hammers are Hart's. mtmuley

 

[jt13]

Been doing the same procedure once every few months for my entire adult life

 

[mtmuley]

There was that guy that cut his own arm off. mtmuley