Okay, here's my horror story: On Tuesday, I smashed my left pinky nail in the door of the car where the glass meets the rubber seal. It cut my nail completely in two. The cut goes down through the nail bed and into the flesh to either side of the nail and ripped up the nail plate from the nail bed almost all the way to the free edge. It also shattered the very tip of the fingertip bone. I nearly passed out! I work with nothing but men, so I was suprised when they came to my 'rescue', flushed it with peroxide and my boss made an excellent bandage with a tongue depressor, antibacterial ointment and gauze. I called my doctor at home and he said to soak it for a few days in cold water to help the swelling go down and keep it bandaged. As soon as enough of the pain went away, he wanted me to cut as much of the free edge away as possible to prevent further injury from downward tip pressure - I did that last night. I wear nail an acrylic overlay on my nails as well and he knows this. Just leave it alone until it is totally healed and then you can safely soak off the remainder of the acrylic. There are instructions for Product Removal on my website.
My nails grow really slow - it's genetic. I am figuring it will take at least 6-8 months for the damage to grow off and for a completely new nail to reform the damaged nail bed, so I am in for the long haul. No artificial nail on that one for me for a long time
Fingernail cracked halfway down nail bed horizonally 
It bled a little, right in the middle of the red line it left. I put ice on it. It barely hurts, but I do see the red line. Is there anything I can do? What should I expect in the upcoming days or weeks? It is on my left hand and I am very left handed. 
I had been doing just that for the past 2 days. I had neglected to state that I had acrylic nails at the time of the injury and it bled through that. Anyway I must have read everything to do with a nail injury and acrylic nails. I also went to your site to make sure I was armed with the proper info and materials to remove the acrylic. I did everything you said ( including going to Sally's for tree oil, but because I had 2 refills, I have this one layer that just won't buge. I spent the last several hours trying to remove it. Any suggestions? Should I just admit defeat and go to the nail salon. I know they are going to try to talk me into getting another set of acrylics. Should I, or do the nails need a rest? They are now short, pinkish with this smaller layer of acrylic that will not go away on 7 of the 10 nails. Thanks !
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