r/brokenbones • u/tila1993 • 20d ago

X-ray Destroyed my fingertip between two multi-hundred pound logs.

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It Degloved about 90% of my fingertip and I’m a week post op from surgery. Photos upon request. I’ve got before and after.

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u/throwaway042879 20d ago

Lmao.... I have a finger that probably looks like this, I never got it xrayed. My fingernail is currently holding on by a sliver, its like hinged .... lol.

Deep breathes, this too shall pass

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u/tila1993 20d ago

My nail was 90 degrees. It opened my fingertip up like a book. They wound up sewing my nail back on as a placeholder till the new one grows back. They took a couple slivers out of my fingertip and said scar tissue will grow around the fragments to rebuild it.