My first black toenail (no pics)

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Zeb Apr 2011 9:58pm, 24 Apr 2011 412 posts	0 Zeb Thanks for the advice (maybe not the eating bit). Will try to see a podiatrist this week to see if it needs draining, or whether it will sort itself out.
Dave A Apr 2011 10:18pm, 24 Apr 2011 18,667 posts	0 Dave A We need pictures
Mrs mjb Apr 2011 5:39pm, 27 Apr 2011 168 posts	0 Mrs mjb It might be cheeper to by a bottle of dark coloured nail varnish and paint your toe nails so they are all the same colour! My mum has done this for years - she has not got a single toe nail that has not gone black and dropped off at least twice in the last 20 years:-(
Pootle Apr 2011 5:53pm, 27 Apr 2011 7,254 posts	0 Pootle File the top of the nail down until it is really thin, helps releive the pressure a bit but as others have said this should pass itself in a few days. I always burst my blisters and remove the skin as I am too imatient to wait around for them to heal before I can get back out for a run.
Zeb Apr 2011 12:04pm, 28 Apr 2011 416 posts	0 Zeb Saw my friendly podiatrist yesterday, and she said although it's bruised and is likely to fall off at some point it doesn't need draining or trimming at the moment. She's given me a gel cover for it, and cleared me to run on the proviso I stop if it really hurts, and has said she'll clip it / file it as necessary. So I did a little four mile jog yesterday without any problems.
Kimbles67 May 2011 12:20pm, 13 May 2011 111 posts	0 Kimbles67 Don't know what the hell happened but I have just lost yet another toenail. That's four I've lost since the ADT Edinburgh half waaahhh!