stanchart's over and my souvenir - a throbbing painful right big toe. post run day 1 - hurt like a bitch but thought pain after was normal, acknowledged it and that was that. post run day 3 - still hurting badly, worse in fact, and my nail's starting to wobble in the nailbed! damm!!
googled for solutions. got these:
black toenails are a part of ultrarunning. If you don't like the color, try nail polish. Your toenails may loosen and fall off. That is OK. Toenails are useless appendages that you can do without. When mine get loose I pull them out with pliers. They eventually grow back, but they are never as pretty as the originals.
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you can lessen the internal pressure from the hematoma by drilling (with a small drill bit between your thumb and fingers-not a power drill!) a small hole through the nail.
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if they become persistent, get them removed permanently.
NOOOOOO!!! it is NOT okay! i want pretty toenails ))):
oh nice..i can now see signs of a developing blue bruise....
