By FitnessFirst - 25/11/2015 00:38 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I painfully watched my doctor burn a hole in my nail to drain the blood underneath. This is the prescribed treatment for the injury of hammering your thumb. FML
I agree, your life sucks 20 181
You deserved it 3 278

Same thing different taste

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The pain sucks at first, but it'll be much better than the pain the swelling would have caused.

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Oh wow. The exact same thing happened to me except they didn't really drill a hole in it. They just left it alone for 3 days until the skin came off on its own along with the dried blood. Sucks to hear that you had to go through such pain.

So it wasn't really the same thing, just similar in that you smashed an appendage with something.

originalunicorn 20

my dad uses a tiny drill bit & drains them himself when he hits his thumb (he's a mechanic), it's not that bad..

dragoongirl90 34

Or you could just let the thing heal.

writergirl1029 17

In many cases you can't. Too much pressure can build up under the nail after a minor injury like that and cause further issues.

I've done that numerous times (quite sadly) and i just let it grow out, it corrected itself for me.

Makaze 12

I don't see how this is an FML. This is quite normal. People in my job drill holes in their nails themselves when this happens. The fact you went to a doctor means it was bad enough to need attention and I'm willing to bet your finger felt a million times better after. Stop whining to get posted on FML.

Pretty sure that injuries in general suck, and having a procedure like that done can be really stressful to people who don't injure themselves in such a way on a routine bases. especially since the human brain would literally be blaring alarms about how a hole is being put in a body part.

I had this happen to me, except I got a hole drilled in my nail, not burned

I slammed my middle finger in the car door. I had to reopen the door to get it out.