In the process of lifting a large potted shrub in my thongs (read: flip flops), I’ve somehow managed to tear my large bulbous twoonie sized (read: walnut) callous off my big toe in a flap. Gushing blood and cursing Jesus’ Uncle I ran it under cold water, dabbed some polysporin, and wrapped it nicely in gauss and hockeytape. I know the skin flap isn’t live and won’t participate in the healing, but I wouldn’t trust my T3-Kokanee induced self to remove the flap at this time. That and my carpenters knife is out of blades. Anyone else experienced this and have some advice?
OW! Mutherf***er!!
I recommend tequila. In large doses. Repeat as needed.
I’ll have to make do with microbrew for now, Kokanee ran dry.
Yow, it was hard just reading about it. I have a smaller one on my big toe and just bonking it on something hard hurts like a mo’fo.
No help for your current dilemma, but get a pumice stone. Make filing down your callus part of your routine. Perhaps a pedicure b/c they have some better implements. However, be sure they’re using sterilized equipment…there are horror stories out there, wicked staph infections IIRC.
Leaving the flap intact until you are more sentient won’t harm anything, and it won’t add to your pain. I hope yours heals up better than mine did.
On April 12, on a vacation to San Francisco, I got a big fat bleeding blister including 4/5 of the ball of my left foot. Despite application of bandages and lots of antibiotic goop, the foot got infected, and the swelling rose nearly to my knee. When I got home and saw my doc, he put me right in the hospital, where I stayed for 5 days. The hospital pumped me full of antibiotics, and I got more to take when I went home. Despite that, and daily applications of silvadine, the healing has been slow. Today, I finally had a day without any seeping of partly bloody liquid. Maybe I’ve turned the corner. I sure hope so.
Leave the flap intact until the skin underneath has healed some more and isn’t so raw.
I’m not sure, but I think you should leave the flap intact.
(I’ve drinks with umbrellas right over here, should the need arise…)
Leaving the skin there will help prevent more pain in the next few days,when the raw flesh would otherwise likely get injured more.
Jayzuz! That’s just all kinds of wrong!