Have You Ever Painted Your Stubbed "Nub"?

May 24, 2009

It's happened to my mom, it's happened to me, and it's happened to my grandma. Each of us, at some point or another, has experienced toenail loss. In my particular situation, it occurred in college, when I was sprucing up a hand-me-down sofa, and accidentally dropped a can of upholstery cleaner on my tootsies. Ouch.

Eventually, my injured toenail slipped off, and to fill the void left by my absentee nail, I fashioned up a faux nail by making use of some cheery polish, along with a steady hand. Have you ever had to create your own makeshift toenail, or have your nails remained intact?

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3 years 38 weeks

Haha ya I've done this before - I lost my big toe a couple years ago due to a tragic incident with a can of diced tomatoes. I am a flip flop finatic (and of course this happened in the spring just as the snow was melting) so I just painted it up and you wouldn't know unless you looked really close up to it. I just stubbed my toe so bad today which it how I came across this. Its bleeding and I think its probably gonna happen again :( Its such a gross/painful experience. Thank gawd for cute nail polish :)

fifthdaughter 3 years 50 weeks

Well I dropped a grilling spatula on my toe and it turned black right at the cuticle. It took about six/eight months to completely grow out. But I never lost it, fortunately. I did paint it all the time though.

arihm 3 years 50 weeks

I never have, but my mom has never had a nail on her left pinkie toe so she just paints it a little to blend in.

aimeeb 3 years 51 weeks

Ewwww no-infection!!

aimeeb 3 years 51 weeks

Ewwww no-infection!!

Sariko 3 years 51 weeks

I have creepy stubby little pinky toenails naturally, they're miniature and point straight up. They're about the surface size of a pencil tip. I usually just dot them with whatever color I'm using and move along. On an unrelated note, for some reason I wear fingernail polish off REALLY quickly, whereas toenail polish can stay for months if I don't change it (and I wear flip flops regularly, too).

Sariko 3 years 51 weeks

I have creepy stubby little pinky toenails naturally, they're miniature and point straight up. They're about the surface size of a pencil tip. I usually just dot them with whatever color I'm using and move along.On an unrelated note, for some reason I wear fingernail polish off REALLY quickly, whereas toenail polish can stay for months if I don't change it (and I wear flip flops regularly, too).

robinlh912 3 years 51 weeks

This article was too gross, but I have like freakishly tiny toenails (thank God because I hate toe nails), and I never paint the skin around. It just peels off or flakes off so quick.

3 years 51 weeks

Oh man, how appropriate for me. I broke my dominant thumb in two places a couple months ago and the nail has only halfway grown in. I think it's now long enough for me to go get a fake. I'm tired of wearing a bandaid to cover up how weird it looks!

ivygreene 3 years 51 weeks

I might have to have a toenail removed because of a possible melanoma, and after reading these posts I'm relieved because it sounds like I have options to make it blend in!!

3 years 51 weeks

oh yeah i had to get my big toenail surgically removed due to an injury n boy wuz that painful u cant even touch the wound for a month only when changin the dressing ehh..but its growin back n i do use nailpolish on it lol it looks funny

weffie 3 years 51 weeks

I've never had a nail fall off, but last summer we painted my roomie's big toe bandaid with a fake nail... you couldn't really tell in sandals, but it looked kinda hilarious close up.

Autumns_Elegy 3 years 51 weeks

I've never had this happen. But I live in the land of Chuck Taylors so if it did, no one would know! :)

thetoneishopeful 3 years 51 weeks

LoL, uhm...yeah i just kept my foot in a sock until my nail grew out to an acceptable length!!!!

HORSEYJUNIOR 3 years 51 weeks

I had given myself a luxurious pedicare before vacation and noticed my 3rd toenail was coming off!! I actually used glue to keep it on for a beach vacation and it didn't fall completely off until I got home! So, yes, I am now painting a nub!

kia 3 years 51 weeks

I painted the gross nail before it fell off as it turned black, but didn't care once it fell off and a new one was growing back. I lost it from a marathon where my shoe rubbed on my toe box too much.

mehollowell 3 years 51 weeks

I've never had one.

mehollowell 3 years 51 weeks

I've never had one.

Happsmjc 3 years 51 weeks

ALL THE TIME! I have very short toe nails (as I'm always told when I get them done) so I'm always painting outside them, and I also have lost quite a few for various reasons--its actually not as bad as it sounds to paint, mine weren't wounds per se, they more so grew a hardish layer while the nail grew back that I painted! (I think I have one painted right now actually!)

FrogsOblivious 3 years 51 weeks

one time my whole toenail ripped off the middle one, and I.. xD used some Halloween latex to make a fake nail, and painted over it! it uhh didn't work LoL

poptart princess 3 years 51 weeks

i hate feet so extremely bad that aside from keeping mine sanitary and all the disgusting dead skin off and nails trimmed i have NO idea why women paint their toe nails, at least not in attention grabbing shades. where did this crap start? in Egypt just like the rest of make-up/body adornment history? i think that unless you live in a coastal/beach area, sandals and flip flops should be banned from being worn by both men and women.

lizlee89 3 years 51 weeks

I have never lost a nail, but I've on more than one occassion cut my pinkie toenail way too short and, to compensate, painted the little bit aong with the skin in front of it. it didn;t hurt at all, and it looked so much better than leaving it blank...

mariserin 3 years 51 weeks

oh gosh this made me squeam. ew.

3 years 51 weeks

I've never lost a toenail. When I was in first grade, though, my super-long pinky nail (I needed to clip it) got stuck on the carpet at school and was pulled off. It hurt so bad. But I was really too young to be painting it over with nail polish. I don't think that sounds like something I would do now either.

smartiez 3 years 51 weeks

Losing a nail sounds very painful. If I ever lost a nail though I would probably paint it!

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