Hangnails
I’m sure all of you have had a hangnail before. Unless you’ve got perfectly moisturized hands. If you haven’t had a hangnail, then I HATE YOU.
Just kidding. Probably. Anyway, if you’re not sure what I’m talking about, a hangnail is that little piece of skin sticking out on the side of your nail.
Now, if you’re like me, your first thought is, “Hm I have a little piece of torn skin. I DO NOT LIKE IT. It’s all…sticking out and stuff. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED.” But you’re probably not like me, because I’m weird. However, you might agree that your first reaction to a hangnail is to rip it out.
Let’s take a moment to talk about how ripping out a hangnail is probably the worst decision you can make in your life. It’s such a tiny piece of skin and it looks like it can just be pulled out seamlessly with no consequences. But instead of no consequences, you get PAINFUL consequences.
The amount of pain caused by ripping it out is so disproportionate. I ripped one out the other day and the entire area on that side of my fingertip hurt at the slightest contact. Just from ripping off a tiny piece of skin! It is awful! And cruel! It’s like the hangnail is trying to trick you. “Oh look at me, I’m just a little hangnail. I’m soo innocuous. I bet you can’t rip me out!” And then DISASTER.
If you ever learn anything from my blog, let it be that you NEVER rip out hangnails. Just cut them and moisturize your hands. Avoid the horrible pain and suffering. HEED MY WORDS.
Hello, my name's Josh and I might be a hipster (you decide!). I've been blogging and designing in some form for the past eight or so years and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it (once again, you decide!). I love indie music, coming of age stories, sarcasm, video games, and aesthetics. At the moment I'm working part-time and going to college with hopes of being a web designer. 
Posted by Clem — Friday, October 22nd 2010
I rip them out and they bleed and it hurts a little, but it’s no big deal. :P I can deal with the pain.
Posted by Nellie — Friday, October 22nd 2010
Man up, Josh! Hangnail pain has nothing on PERIOD PAIN. Lol.
Posted by Manda — Friday, October 22nd 2010
Rip ‘em out, it doesn’t hurt that bad :P
Posted by Josh — Saturday, October 23rd 2010
You guys must not get it as bad as I do! :P I rip them out, they don’t bleed and they get infected! And they hurt! A lot!
@Nellie: Alright, I’ll give you that much. :P
Posted by Zaphiie — Sunday, October 24th 2010
While I definitely agree with Nellie – period pain is bad, I’m going to stick on topic and say that hangnails are ridiculously painful. As in super-mega-totallyunfoxy-and-notsome-ly painful.
I have a bad habit of ripping it off, and then noticing a tiny stub left, which I then worry at with my thumb until I’ve finally managed to destroy my whole fingertip.
Fortunately for me, no hangnails at the moment :)
Posted by Maggie — Sunday, October 24th 2010
Oooh, I do get hangnails too, quite often as well. It’s pretty annoying but haven’t gone so far that it gets infected >_< hope your side of the nail recovers soon~
Posted by Ashley — Sunday, October 24th 2010
They are ouchie, but I yank all of them out like a boss.
By which I mean, I’ve lost my nail clippers and can’t be bothered to buy another pair because I KNOW THEY’RE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
Posted by Josh — Sunday, October 24th 2010
@Ashley Phoebe probably hid them because she is a little trouble maker!
Posted by Kristin — Wednesday, October 27th 2010
I try not to but… they get so annoying and catch on things!! You just gotta get rid of those little buggers!
Posted by Vera — Monday, November 1st 2010
Do I know what a hangnail is? The question should be: did I ever NOT have a hangnail? :P
I used the rip out hangnail a lot, mainly because it annoyed me that they’d get “stuck” into all sorts of clothes. I don’t remember it being overly painful (ok, perhaps a little prick), but I do remember I always bled like crazy after that… :\