Comments on: How I Treated My Black Toenail

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:14:09 +0000

I am so happy to come across your blog! I think I have the exact same problem you had. It happened two days ago after playing a very long game of Ultimate frisbee. It is SO painful right now. I can't put a shoe on and I can hardly walk! I love your common sense approach to this! I have already begun doing the things you recommended, I'm just glad they worked for you! It gives me some hope! I am also fearing the loss of my toenails, at this point it's not looking good for me. Thank you for your advice!

By: Skiiergurl

Skiiergurl — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:35:10 +0000

OMG! Thank you for understanding this pain that I'm in right now! I'm not a runner, but I'm a skiier, and my new ski boots are absolutely killing my feet. The other day, both toenails were completely black, and now one is swollen and raised about a quarter of an inch. I also looked at sites that say to pierce it, but that just sound 100% awful to me. I almost want to throw up thinking about it. I saw my toenail just a little bit a go, and it really really started to stress me out. I'm going to try your method in hopes that it works quickly for me. If not, I'm due for a trip to the foot doc. Thanks for calming me down a bit!

By: Heathyr

Heathyr — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:02:06 +0000

Thanks so much for this post! I climbed Mt. Fuji a few weeks ago and when I went to the doctor about my severely swollen foot and black toenail, all he did was look at it, flick it with his finger (inflicting serious pain!), and then gave me some toothpaste-like junk to slather on it. Worse than that, he wrapped it tightly and when the toothpaste stuff dried, it became like a cast. My instincts told me that there was something wrong about that course of action, but like a fool I trusted the doctor and kept wrapping my foot like that for nearly two weeks. Finally, I stopped because it was obvious that it was not getting better and I felt that it was, in fact, getting worse. Now it has been exactly a month since I climbed Mt. Fuji and although my foot and toe are better, my toenail is still completely black and I noticed this morning that the bottom of the nail is separating from the toe! I wish that I had done a web search for a remedy and found this site a month ago... I don't see how I can possibly save my toenail now!

The moral of the story: DON'T bother going to a doctor in Japan! And, always do your own health research.

Thanks again for this great site!

By: JOJO

JOJO — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:58:17 +0000

yea, thanks for everything. all the other websites i have been to were like do so many harmful things and your toenail is going to fall off. But my bruise wasn't even that bad. Your cure is truly the answer to my prayers

thanks so much.

By: nik21

nik21 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:18:57 +0000

4 months ago i went skiing, my boots were a size to small and i tried to tough it out. the pain was so bad i was crying in the lodge and stayed there the rest of the days…unfortunately i didn’t do any research on bruised or injured toenails and now they are a white color and falling off! i wish i would’ve found this site months ago! most of the research at this point says it will grow back within 10 months.. just in for sandal season…

By: lynsey

lynsey — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:39:13 +0000

i took my son who is 6 to the doctors as both his big toe nails are black ( he started playing football about 6 monts ago)the doctor said it was 'talon noir' having looked up talon noir, it is black spots on the heels (doctors wrong again) so i typed in black toenail on google and what do you know, all the info i need, who needs doctors eh? so thankyou for the pics and info i feel better knowing exactly what it is and how to treat it.

By: malcolm starling

malcolm starling — Sat, 19 May 2007 02:54:11 +0000

just came across this today 5/18/07 my right toe look like the pictures have started with the espom salt and triple ointement will up date. malcolm

By: danielle

danielle — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:21:00 +0000

i saw your toes, they look alot better than mine does. i dropped a pallet across the top and my toenail is fianlly growing out and all the blood and bruising are alot more visible. i just hope i get a new nail.

By: Vincent B.

Vincent B. — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:22:07 +0000

I came back from a weekend of running in the desert with a black toe yesterday and I started limping because of the pain in my foot. So last night when I got home, I got out my drill and the smallest drill bit I have which is a 1/16 and proceeded to drill into my toenail close to the base. When I finally got through, a burst of fluids-which looked like blood and water came spurting out. I pressed on the sides and on top of the nail to squeeze out more fluids. It drastically helped to relieve the pressure and I was able to walk without a limp.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:52:20 +0000

I found your website through a Google search.

Thanks for your information and photos about your black toenail. It's better advice than I have found anywhere else on the internet after a half hour of web browsing on the subject.

I currently have a white swollen big toe with a pushed up toenail after walking at a brisk pace for an hour or so the other day and then I (stupidly) walked on my treadmill last night and exacerbated the problem.

The advice I saw on About.com that said to poke a red hot paper clip in your toe to drill through and relieve the pressure made me cringe too...it sounded too drastic.

Instead, I'm going to try your advice to treat my swollen toe. It makes sense, and I see it is working for you. Glad you are feeling better.