Well, I had to cut the finger nail off today.  it was getting caught on things and I didn’t want it to tear.  Now, I’m worried that the edge of the cut will catch and tear, but there’s no way I’m trimming that.  Maybe a bandage will help, but then it keeps everything kinda moist, which I don’t like too much.

Well, it’s been a while since I posted pictures of my finger.  But, since I just got the stitches out, here they are.  Unfortunately, the images a bit blurry and overexposed, but it’s what I got.

I definitely have some dead skin that’ll fall off.  If you look at the first set of photos, you’ll see a whitish ridge near thye nail where the stitches went.  I have no feeling there at all, so it’ll scab off in awhile.  The rest of the finger tip, however, feels pretty good!

I don’t see too much difference today from yesterday.  I’m considering leaving it out of the bandage for the rest of the evening, and maybe put it back in for the night (just so the edges don’t get caught on sheets, etc).  I think I’ll also soak it in warm, lightly salted water.  Hopefully that will get rid of the dry crusties.

Well, things are starting to look better.  It’s actually quite amazing how fast the body heals.  I’m still about a week away from getting the stitches out, but things look better already.  I’m almost ready to say it looks like I won’t lose the part I cut.  It’s color looks good to me.

I’m not going to put a new bandage on right away.  I figure some air will do it good.  I just hope I don’t accidentally bang it anywhere.