I burnt my finger cooking and now the area that was burnt is VERY smooth.  Is it possible that i many never have a full finger print on that figer or will it grow back?
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If the burn is deep enough it may not. Old time criminals would burn off their fingerprints to avoid being arrested. Some used heat and some used acid.\n\nMy suspicion is in a few weeks yours will be back. It takes a very deep burn to remove the skin so deep only a scar is left.
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Let's think about this...I have a navel ring. Once I used the wrong kind of lotion on my skin and it got infected (for three weeks). Luckily it healed and had no ill effects remaining. However, while it was infected it was red, pusy and oozing yellowish mucus as well as smelling rancid. Would you ever chance looking down and seeing your nipps having any or all of the same attributes? Seriously, think about it!
462716
I have probably 6 pr. of gloves on this tiny piece of turf. IF I put them on, they come off within 5 minutes...my nails are a mess in the summer!\nJust today (Nov 15) walking out to my car to go to work, I pulled up a weed and tossed it...there was mud under my fingernails, and that's how I showed up for my first appointment. I only see the weeds and plants needing a little help, not the repucussions to my fingernails.
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First off I hope your OK. Second, you really should never use ice to cool down a burn. You can "burn" yourself just as bad by using ice.(frostbite). Its too late now, but as soon as you realize you are burnt you should run cool, to cold water over the burn. This will remove the heat. If you don't remove the heat, you will just continue to cook. Once it has cooled off, and you believe it will just be a minot burn, redness or a slight blister, aply aloe. If it will become a bad blister or the blister breaks, you really should get it checked out by a doctor. You can get infected very easily if it is not taken care of properly.
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I've heard a few things about that:\n1. could be an injury; did you injure/bump it in some way? Is this ongoing. If you stop picking at it, will it go away?\n2. Vitamin deficiencies. Are you low on iron or other vitamins. Go to your yearly physicals to rule those things out and always take at LEAST  a multivitamin daily. B complex vitamins (mainly biotin) are for hair/skin/nails. Get a bottle!\n3. Are they moisturized? Get some nail cuticle oil. No you don't need to spend a lot of money, but you can try rubbing jojoba oil into your cuticles and nail area every day. \n4. A disease, have you ruled that out? Thyroid disease; I've noticed others with thyroid problems describe this. Diabetes, maybe, too. Like I said before get your regular yearly check ups and if you suspect thyroid or diabetes, get checked for those, too. \n\nGood luck!
662232
This is perfectly normal.  A tatoo is just that - a scab.  So it is perfectly normal for it to flake the way a scab does.  When I got my tatoo I was really worried when it started flaking, too.  I thought it was somehow just going to flake right off.  It didn't of course - that thing is there forever. The point is this is a perfectly normal part of the healing process - nothing to worry about.
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Don't worry it'll grow back. I think nails grow about 1/4 inch or so a month. I lost two finger nails when I was younger after I got my finger slammed in a car door. It may grow back a little mishapped, depending on what exactly happened. My friend crushed his thumb and his nail has been mishapped since, but he still has the nail.
642902
Let it heal by itself and the redness will disappear. It's still fresh that's why it's red.
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If your young it's a common childhood problem , don't stress, there are great products out, like the bandaids that you leave on a few days and then take off, they go away, or have them removed.\n\none of my boys had one or 2 on his finger and he always touched his face never got any one his face etc, you'll be ok.
432275
I'm not sure...if I had to guess I'd say no..but there are lots of crazy things out there.  I once lost my fingernail and wondered the same thing...but it grew back...thank GOD!!!
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When our son was in middle school he had the very same surgery on both toes. Three weeks later he was wearing hiking boots on a Boy Scout trek and back packing up the side of a mountain. The skin under where the toenails used to be is tender right now because it's used to being protected by the toenail, and suddenly the toenail's not there. It will take a few days for the skin to toughen up a little. It will get better rather quickly. I know it won't seem quick to you, but it will be over soon.
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well i dont know much... but since nobody has answered and your probebly freaking out..... cheack and see if his nail are sharp...plus if you got yout cherry popped then there still might be residue left...dont freak, just give it a while and if it still occurs....well a doc might be good to go see..oh and if it seems as though your bleeding more each time then you might have a cut and he might be making it worse...as bad as it may sound, dont let him do it for a while to see if it was a cut and it healed...best wishes :)
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You don`t put any pressure on it, unless you don`t care if it heals properly. Moreover, it might heal in such an inppropriate way, that you will never be able to use it at its full as you could before.\nThe best is to leave out all physical pressure for your hands until it is fully recovered and some time afterwards.
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my first time was completely painless.  why?  cause the guy was tiny, i'm talking pinky finger.  so it wasn't a problem for me.  good luck!
504651
if it doesn't really hurt and it's not red and bleeding, it is more than likely just the skin trying to grow back in that area...the same thing happened to me when I got my navel pierced, and it was not infected
483309
I'm a paramedic; trust me, that's not too serious!\nYes, the nail will grow back. Keep it clean and dry. You might want to check with a doctor, just to be sure.\nI did that to a toe nail about a year ago, and it grew back just fine.
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Once the nail is removed, a new one usually grows back. But, it could take up to one year for a toenail to completely grow back.\n\nMy daughter injured her toe and the nail lifted off the bed and was only connected at the bottom of the nail to her toe.  The doctor cleaned it up and wrapped it, but did not remove the nail.  Eventually, the nail came off completely, without medical assistance.  The only pain she endured is while the nail was still attached...and the nail pulled on the skin.  The only scabbing occurred at the site of initial injury when the skin was torn toward the top of her toe.  By the time the nail came off, the scab was there and she no longer needed a bandage.  Her nail grew back aproximately 6-8 months later.  It's very ridgey/bumpy, but it's a full nail.  During that time her nailbed did not harden.  After the injury healed, but before the nail grew back, it wasn't gross to look at -- in fact, you really didn't notice when she was barefooted...the skin of the nail bed was the same color as the rest of her toe.\n\nGood luck!