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slamming my finger in the door.
I was getting out of my sisters car and I slammed my finger in the door mow my finger nail is blue, will I lose my finger nail? or will the bluish color eventually go away?
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It really depends on a lot of factors.
If there is swelling, bleeding under the nail, or you've cracked the nail itself then you can expect it to fall off. If the blue mark is fairly large in comparison to your fingernail then it will probably, eventually, fall off.
It has to do with the damage to the flesh underneath the fingernail and how severely damaged it is.
I lost a toenail recently because I dropped an aerosol can on it and it instantly bruised, hurt, and swelled. Later the nail turned black and when it was time to pull the rest of the nail off you could see that it had bled through the flesh part of the skin and under the nail.
When I lost my fingernail on my left hand I was about 10 or so and noticed the same thing. The skin had broken under the nail and was too damaged to survive so it withered away off of the nail so the nail could drop off and it could regrow healthy.
We can't really answer if you'll lose it or not because we can't inspect it. I'd have to guess it's just a 50/50 draw right now. You'll probably notice within the next few days of how much damage it took and if you will be expecting to lose the nail. Look for swelling, increased pain, and signs that it has bled under the nail itself.
If there is a lot of swelling you can see a doctor and they will actually remove some of the nail and drain the fluid (blood) so that you won't have so much pain in it. Feel free to use ice packs on your nail to help reduce the swelling too. Treat it as if you were treating any other bruise on your body.
If the nail falls off then don't worry. If you take care of yourself, take you vitamins, and are in relatively good health then you will both lose it and regrow majority of it within the next 6 months.
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