how do i live with a permanent disfigurement

my thumbnail on my right hand, is deformed looking and has grown back mostly with skin covering not nail, as i used to bite my nail off due to bad nervous problems, so it's my own fault really....but i was always vain and this disfigurement makes me down at times, as nothing can be done cosmetically to fix it, i don't think..

anyone else have a permanent disfigurement?

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HootyTheNightOwl

I had both my big toenails permanently removed about seven years ago.

Now, I have bits of nail that grow to a certain length, then keep getting snagged on socks, blankets and things until I rip them off.

I need to get the same surgery done n both second and third toenails, too.

MoonlightLullaby · 41-45, F

There are far worse disfigurements to have; amputees, muscle contractions, spina bifida, arthritic joints, scoliosis, ect....

darkmere1983 · 46-50, M

@MoonlightLullaby i suppose you're right, it is all about keeping it in perspective.

LeopoldBloom · M

Both of my thumbnails have lines on them from old infections that damaged the matrix.

darkmere1983 · 46-50, M

@LeopoldBloom damaged the matrix? what do you mean?

LeopoldBloom · M

@darkmere1983 The part of your finger that the nail grows out of is called the matrix. Nothing to do with the movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_(anatomy)

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