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Closed my thumb in car door a7bout 2 weeks ago. now it is black and red underneath nail bed. does the fingernail need to be removed and what doctor?

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Dr. Jason Hess answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Subungual hematoma: When a nail is crushed or injured, sometimes a hematoma (blood collection) forms beneath the nail. This can cause pressure on the nail sterile or germinal matrix (the region where nail growth and adhesion occurs). When doctors see a subungual hematoma (blood beneath the nail), it should be drained through a small hole in the nail. However, at two weeks, it is too late, and may simply be bruised

Answered 1/16/2015

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