split nail - can i do anything?

[skyrocket]

my thumbnail just bent back as i slammed the washing machine shut - ouch!
it has a crack in it now a few milimeters under the skin line.
is there anything i can do to keep it like that until the nail grows?
do 'nail bandages' etc work?

[sandy2]

Ouch painful....I've tried lots of things but in the end the only thing that works for me is cut the nail as short as you can, protect nail with a plaster for a day or so, then keep trimming nail back til it grows out. Usually on a finger nail it won't take too long by next week I expect.
My OH always says it's a hospital job when I break a nail.....

[donteatthat]

ouch!!
Trim it back, and try some nail glue to seal it up to let it grow a little before you have to cut it. I often split nails and manage to ward off the inevitable by using glue which makes it less painful too:)