Runners

Monroe121

Any runners loose any toe nails? Or experience black nails? Gross I know, but it happens. Any home remedies?

mkakids

Your shoes are too tight in the toe box! I don't have any home remedies, but to buy new shoes, sorry!

William4MVP

It must be your running motion or your shoes imo. I use to run a lot and I never experienced this. I've heard of it happening but never to me since I invested in a good pair of shoes at a running store which is key if you want to run a long time..

ThickMcRunFast

Shoes. Unless you are an ultra runner doing some serious downhill.

scorpio516

Yes. Worst was playing soccer in too small shoes in big school... But even marginally too small will kill my "ring" toe nails.

autumnblade75

I am short both the toenails from my big toes right now. I am training for a marathon, and I have been doing much more downhill running than usual. I am glad to have lost them before the race, so that I won't have to worry about losing them on race day.

In my case, it's a symptom of the nail of my big toe hitting the inside of the shoe. I'd rather lose the nails periodically than run in a larger shoe. I've looked up toenail removal, and I don't quite have the guts to ask a doctor to pry a healthy nail off and dump chemicals on the nail matrix, but I won't be upset if they don't grow back.

Once you've lost a nail, I think the only remedy is to wait for it to grow back. If there's a blister behind the nail, and the toe feels swollen, I am not above draining it - but I Am Not A Doctor, and I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night (it's probably not recommended...) I'm not sure if the nail would recover if you leave it alone, because I haven't got that kind of patience. But I've made my peace with losing the nail, anyway.

hyg99

I find I'm okay but have issues if nails get too long so I try and keep them trimmed.

briggsykim

It always happened to me too. I never found a solution other to stop running. My toenails are still damaged and it's been 5 years or more since I stopped. It's from your foot jamming forward against the toe box of your shoes. It's bruising is turning them black.

lisa_lamb

It's supposed to help if you lace up the top 2 holes on your trainers and pull them tight and downward. I think it has helped me but hard to tell as my toenails were already knackered!