My friend has like this black tar stuff in his fingernail?

My friend dropped a hammer on his finger but he didnt break it. A few day later there was this gross tar stuff in his fingernail. He is really weird so he took a safety pin and tried to put a hole in his fingernail. He barely had to push and it just collapsed and there was this hole in it. It was very gross to look at and thank god he finally put a band aid on it. Whats up with his finger and how should he fix it?My friend has like this black tar stuff in his fingernail?
He can't fix it, it will repair on it's own. In time the gross part of his nail will, as it grows will come to the end like the rest of his nails and he just keeps trimming it until only fresh nail is there. Finger nails and toe nails are calcium. They continue to grow and you cut them, yet they still grow.


The reason it looks tarrish is due to dried blood that was not absorbed by his finger. When he hit his finger with the hammer he broke the tiny blood vessels; they bleed under his fingernail and had no where to bleed out due to the tightness of his fingernail upon his finger. The blood caused the nail to rise a bit. When the majority of the blood was absorbed by his finger there was still remnants left that dried. The nail where it rose became a hollow, thus the nail collapsed as that part of the nail had been decayed.


Had your friend heated up a sewing needle and gently touched the surface of his fingernail over the spot where he hit it and the blood pooled, a small hole would have occurred and blood would have spurted out relieving the pressure. He'd have no caved in, tar looking finger nail now. The great thing about the needle trick . . . is it is totally painless and once the pressured is released his finger starts to not only feel better right away, but heals quicker. You can do this with toe nails as well.My friend has like this black tar stuff in his fingernail?
You are most welcome.

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It's really not a big deal. It's pretty normal for a traumatized finger(toe)nail to that. But tell your friend next time (hopefully it will never happen again) to use a hot needle and clean it afterward to cut down on infection.
That's dried up blood. He should just let the nail grow out. It will go away.