Mending a Smashed Fingernail

John Fowler
John Fowler
Mending a Smashed Fingernail

smashedfingerFingernail trauma must certainly be a fairly common hazard in construction work. The following presentation shows you how to mend your own finger when it’s been on the receiving end of a hammer blow. It’s a relatively painless and effective treatment, but as it says on the first slide: “CAUTION: the following procedure is not recommended in all similar cases of injury to the fingers. Significant damage to the nail bed or fracture in the finger bone may require may require the services of a physician.”

  • 1/30/2016
  • by Dan Futoran

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