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hartfire · 61-69
I don't regard any part as ugly - each serves its function.
I know most people have specific ideas of beauty based on fashion, media, culture, etc - but that seems so arbitrary to me.
If beauty equals "form follows function" then even the bits that are most hidden have a kind of beauty in that they serve life and well-being.
If I had to pick, I'd say probably my left big toe's nail.
When I was 14, my horse, Shaz, fell off the loading ramp of a truck. His 450kg landed via one back foot on my foot --
broke five metatarsals and permanently damaged the left big toe's cuticle.
The bones healed but surgery didn't fix the cuticle.
The nail grows in a whitish, ridged, 3mm thick curve like a cancerous parrot's beak.
Shower water gets trapped with shedding dead skin cells, impossible to scoop out.
My only option to prevent nail fungus is frequent applications of Dactarin anti-fungal liquid, or Tee-Tree or Neem oils.
There are no scissors or clippers that can cut it.
So I use an electric dremel to file and shape it so it doesn't catch on socks, trouser cuffs or furniture skirts.
The vibration of the machine is so intense it's hard not to flinch.
But nothing can fix or disguise the deformed shape.
I know most people have specific ideas of beauty based on fashion, media, culture, etc - but that seems so arbitrary to me.
If beauty equals "form follows function" then even the bits that are most hidden have a kind of beauty in that they serve life and well-being.
If I had to pick, I'd say probably my left big toe's nail.
When I was 14, my horse, Shaz, fell off the loading ramp of a truck. His 450kg landed via one back foot on my foot --
broke five metatarsals and permanently damaged the left big toe's cuticle.
The bones healed but surgery didn't fix the cuticle.
The nail grows in a whitish, ridged, 3mm thick curve like a cancerous parrot's beak.
Shower water gets trapped with shedding dead skin cells, impossible to scoop out.
My only option to prevent nail fungus is frequent applications of Dactarin anti-fungal liquid, or Tee-Tree or Neem oils.
There are no scissors or clippers that can cut it.
So I use an electric dremel to file and shape it so it doesn't catch on socks, trouser cuffs or furniture skirts.
The vibration of the machine is so intense it's hard not to flinch.
But nothing can fix or disguise the deformed shape.