By FitnessFirst - 25/11/2015 00:38 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I painfully watched my doctor burn a hole in my nail to drain the blood underneath. This is the prescribed treatment for the injury of hammering your thumb. FML
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CruelGuy 19

The pain sucks at first, but it'll be much better than the pain the swelling would have caused.

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the_real_dvd 21

It's not that bad. I've actually performed this procedure on myself. The pain is way worse left untreated.

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Aaron610 2

My dad is a roof carpenter, he smashed his thumb pretty hard once and I watched him drill through his own nail to relieve the pressure

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AggieMike77 12

Very common practice which I do both in clinic and ER. It'sa very old but very effective treatment unless the digit is fractured.

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keleseye 5

I've had it done that part actually doesn't hurt it just sounds like it would!

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Weasely 11

This is so common I wonder why it's an fml. Though when that happened to me the nail was already dead and the blood was too dry for that to work, so the nail just fell off and grew back.

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Deathfaith 0

Had this done when I was 10. It really wasn't that bad. Not physical pain as much as the idea of it happening. Best part was it squinting like a fountain.

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MrZsDad 19

Grow a pair, and let it grow out.

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jeepers_1 21

It's not really that bad. I slammed my fingers in a door when I was a kid, no doctor, just my dad with a lighter and a sewing pin. it looks more painful than it actually is, and it feels about a thousand times better after, plus it heals faster.

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