Why is my toenail coming off?!


Question: Okay, last night when I was taking a bath I looked down and I saw something on my big toe. I tried to rub it off, and the I looked closer and realized that it was actually my nail lifting off of the nail bed! What is causing this? It was not like this the day before , I am positive of this! And it does not hurt at all and I havent injured it.

Any help?


Answers: Okay, last night when I was taking a bath I looked down and I saw something on my big toe. I tried to rub it off, and the I looked closer and realized that it was actually my nail lifting off of the nail bed! What is causing this? It was not like this the day before , I am positive of this! And it does not hurt at all and I havent injured it.

Any help?

No Pain, and no warning. Only thing I can think of is a bacteria of some kind...see a physician. That's my advice.

did it hit something.

Damn,I hate it when that happens!!
J/K

Usually that means you may have bumped it or something.
Runners get this when they have shoes that are too tight.

fungus

Yuck..maybe you have some sort of fungus you are not aware of.

because it couldn't take that funky smell anymore!

herpes maybe

You could have an infection under your nail. Does it look funny?

Ohhhhh ... groooosssss!!!!

i used to play volleyball and it used to do this a lot.
my coaches told me i was wearing small shoes.
maybe that's what's wrong.
try getting a little bit bigger shoes.
hope i helped and good luck! :]

You maybe did hurt without knowing or it could be the shoes that you wear. Dont worry its winter so you dont have to show your toes and its going 2 grow back.

maybe you were wearing tight shoes, one time i did, and my nail fell off, it didnt hurt or anything, i just think the shoe just put too much pressure on it

you could have hit it a while ago and not remember, you could also be growing a fungs, do you paint your toe nails often, it's a good idea to let them go without nail polish for a few days out of the month. Have it checked out by your doctor.

u are sick dont ask that

It's not "coming off" thats a very negative pharse, it's actually just not coming on, so to speak



I know im an ***

You rubbed too hard!

Actually that little piggy was going to market and tripped along the way.

If it is the only nail that is coming off, chances are you actually DID bump it on something. It doesn't always come off immediately- just gets partially detached and then after a few days decides to just ditch the toe so it can grow a new one. :-P

The new one may look a little bumpy at first...

you may have a nail fungus and need to get med. !

The loss of a toenail, also called onychoptosis (which literally means "falling nail" in Greek), can be largely blamed on two major culprits



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