
Originally Posted by
Souj
When it happened to my fiance, she cut off the part that as visibly broken/hanging off but I guess the majority of the nail was actually dead too and it took the better part of a year to fully heal and grow back. For the first month or so it seemed like the nail wasn't growing at all.
New nail started growing under the old nail and she had to sometimes wedge a bit of cotton in the corner to stop it from becoming ingrown.
As for bandaging it, she didn't. It didn't hurt her so bad she couldn't wear shoes but I know sometimes she'd complain that it hurt when the top of her toe was touching her sock or even a blanket.