The reason nail holes are a problem is that they're deep and thus not exposed to air, not because of the metal itself.
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Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2005 11:49:39 am PST #1149 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Ginger - Jan 04, 2005 11:50:11 am PST #1150 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Advanced Healing Bandages are amazing and they stay on forever. Regular bandaids take one look at me, then curl up and crawl away to die. Target and Walgreens both sell knockoffs now.
Susan W. - Jan 04, 2005 11:52:03 am PST #1151 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
It still stings like hell, and the whole hand kinda hurts. Is that normal?
It's a fairly deep cut, but more like a knife slice than a nail puncture. I'm assuming that's why it was slow to clot--the depth, and the sharpness of the object.
Ginger - Jan 04, 2005 11:53:47 am PST #1152 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's normal, Susan. There are more nerves in the hand, plus you keep moving the wound, which keeps it from scabbing well.
Steph L. - Jan 04, 2005 11:54:12 am PST #1153 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
It still stings like hell, and the whole hand kinda hurts. Is that normal?
Yeah. Your nerves, et al., are going "WTF?!?!? What did you DO to me?!?!?"
P.M. Marc - Jan 04, 2005 11:55:11 am PST #1154 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It still stings like hell, and the whole hand kinda hurts. Is that normal?
Yep.
When I sliced open my hand in '01, it hurt like hell for a really long time, and I think the spot I opened wasn't far from the spot you just sliced.
(Mine *was* a fairly deep knife wound that left an icky scar, but palm wounds tend to hurt like a motherfucker.)
DavidS - Jan 04, 2005 11:55:26 am PST #1155 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's a fairly deep cut, but more like a knife slice than a nail puncture. I'm assuming that's why it was slow to clot--the depth, and the sharpness of the object.
This is really not the kind of cut that cries for a tetanus shot.
It will leave a nice long white scar, however.
Ginger - Jan 04, 2005 11:56:42 am PST #1156 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If it keeps bothering you or keeps bleeding, I can speak for the virtues of stitches, which cause things to heal almost immediately. I have eight stitches in my palm because of a wine bottle.
Susan W. - Jan 04, 2005 11:56:53 am PST #1157 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, y'all. I figured I was being a little paranoid about the tetanus thing, but better paranoia than a pointless and and agonizing death!
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2005 11:57:32 am PST #1158 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Keep it elevated, Susan. That makes especial difference to the pain, especially in a hand.