Sliced off my fingertip...

years ago I worked in a deli & was cutting some thick liverwurst, turned my head to ask the customer a question, and at thae same time i sliced the tip off my index finger. Since it happened at work, they were obligated to send me to the emergency room. When I got there, they put my finger in a cup of some kind of antiseptic, which i think made it bleed more! I actually fainted from blood loss. Anywho, they did not give me stitches, just wrapped it up with gauze and sent me on my way.

So i think you will be fine

Keep it clean and covered if your out doing anything. Okay to let it get some air to help with healing when ur at home, but still try to keep it clean and dry. When you have it bandaged u can use a little antibiotic ointment but u dont need to use it too much. If the wound doesnt get time to dry and scab it wont heal as quickly.
Watch for signs of infection, redness around the area, red streaks leading away from the wound, swelling, puss, inflamation, heat.

Also, dont do that again....its not good for you.

years ago I worked in a deli & was cutting some thick liverwurst, turned my head to ask the customer a question, and at thae same time i sliced the tip off my index finger. Since it happened at work, they were obligated to send me to the emergency room. When I got there, they put my finger in a cup of some kind of antiseptic, which i think made it bleed more! I actually fainted from blood loss. Anywho, they did not give me stitches, just wrapped it up with gauze and sent me on my way.

So i think you will be fine

but did they reattach it and /or did it grow back? oh my god i can't beleive this is so interesting to me. it reminds me of the planarians we dissected in high school.

I worked as a prep cook when I was young and cut the tip of my thumb off like that. Of course they sent me straight to a med center and they used 17 stitches to stick it back on. Gotta watch out for those sharp knives!

I didn't cut the finger off, but I had just bought new knives a few months back. Was chatting w/ hubs as I was cutting an onion - oops, went thru the side of my thumb & nail till it stopped to bone. Never once hurt, bleed some. I just kept it super clean. wrapped in anti-bat bandages and it healed back together in about 2 weeks. Have a scar and there is a small part of the side of my thumb that has no feelings (calusus up too).

Way back in my early 20's, was working and sick w/ flu. Manager was also out w/ flu - so I was doped up on cold meds and working. Customer asked for me to cut a frozen block of squid in half. Normally, that's a no-no... but I wasn't in the mood to GAF, so I went in the back to do it. Side note - worked in seafood/meat dept, they have SCARY singled sided carving knives. One side (backbone) isn't sharp, so you can pick up the knife by the tip and slide your hand down the edge to the handle. Sadly this day, I was so out of it (flu + cold meds) that I picked up that knife THE WRONG way and slid (the same) thumb down the whole blade. Got a nice deep cut...... no pain either.... but i was so out of it, I just wrapped my hand in a towel and wondered out to my mother (who worked as a demo lady on the floor) and asked for a band-aid.

A band-aid... the rag I had wrapped around it was SOAKED and dripping, and I just needed a band-aid.

Long-story short - sent to Urgent care - they cleaned it up & put something in it to stop the blood, but told me to not to work for 3 days. Went back to store, told As Manager who told me if I wasn't there the next day I was fired. So yeah - had to wear 2 sets of those yellow dish gloves to protect (myself & the product). My manager (and the store manager & my mother) were PISSED.

**edited cause i no spell**