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From: Nik Rim on 24 Dec 2009 09:18 "D from BC" <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote in message news:bbp4j5l913a2rh5dvirpq8nerein214mbr(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:48:02 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com > wrote: > >>On Dec 23, 9:08 am, F Murtz <hagg...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Tim Williams wrote: >>> > "Robert Baer"<robertb...(a)localnet.com> wrote in message >>> >news:DsqdnXVJALlhfazWnZ2dnUVZ_upi4p2d(a)posted.localnet... >>> >> Try Clorox (diluted, natch)... >>> >>> > Vics Vapo-rub. >>> >>> > Tim >>> >>> Ti tree oil >>> (melaleuca oil. >> >>Yeah, tea tree oil. Safe, cheap, mild, and potent. Trader Joe's has >>it in the cosmetics area. >> >>There are a few tricks to using it. The infection lives in the nail >>and nail bed itself. For success, treatment must continue until _all_ >>the infected material grows out, i.e. totally a new toe nail grows >>in. That means from 9 months to almost a year. >> >>I cured a toe nail by >> a) filing the exposed flat of it almost paper thin. That doesn't >>hurt, removes a bunch of infected material, and leaves a porous >>surface that the tea tree oil can penetrate. That's important, so it >>can get to the bed. >> b) one tiny drop applied with a toothpick, once or twice a day. >> c) when the filed, infected part of the nail has grown out and is >>fully replaced with clean new nail, you're done. Enjoy. >> >>Beats the heck out of taking a systemic poison, a pill to poison your >>whole body just to zap that one little nuisance under your nail. > > Maybe UV works faster. > I'm guessing that if the UV light is powerful enough it can penetrate > through the nail to the nail bed. > > If the toenail UV exposure is comparable to the amount of UV a person > gets from being in the sun, then imo it's a matched risk. > People get their face blasted by UV from the sun but toes are often > covered by shoes. > imo skin cancer on the face is more probable than skin cancer on the > nail bed. > At the skin cancer doc the other month, overheard him telling an asian lady that the main area of concern for asian complexions was melanomas on the palms / soles and under the nails / beds.
From: lurch on 24 Dec 2009 13:16 On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:55:19 -0600, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >Nails are simply biological leftovers that are no longer useful, much >like body hair You're an idiot. Dumbfucks like you are a vestigial remnant that should be culled from the gene pool.
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 24 Dec 2009 14:29 lurch wrote: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:19:39 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com wrote: >>> On Dec 23, 9:08 am, F Murtz <hagg...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> Tim Williams wrote: >>>>> "Robert Baer"<robertb...(a)localnet.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:DsqdnXVJALlhfazWnZ2dnUVZ_upi4p2d(a)posted.localnet... >>>>>> Try Clorox (diluted, natch)... >>>>> Vics Vapo-rub. >>>>> Tim >>>> Ti tree oil >>>> (melaleuca oil. >>> Yeah, tea tree oil. Safe, cheap, mild, and potent. Trader Joe's has >>> it in the cosmetics area. >>> >>> There are a few tricks to using it. The infection lives in the nail >>> and nail bed itself. For success, treatment must continue until _all_ >>> the infected material grows out, i.e. totally a new toe nail grows >>> in. That means from 9 months to almost a year. >>> >>> I cured a toe nail by >>> a) filing the exposed flat of it almost paper thin. That doesn't >>> hurt, removes a bunch of infected material, and leaves a porous >>> surface that the tea tree oil can penetrate. That's important, so it >>> can get to the bed. >>> b) one tiny drop applied with a toothpick, once or twice a day. >>> c) when the filed, infected part of the nail has grown out and is >>> fully replaced with clean new nail, you're done. Enjoy. >>> >>> Beats the heck out of taking a systemic poison, a pill to poison your >>> whole body just to zap that one little nuisance under your nail. >> My toe nail just dropped off eventually. >> Got a new one growing out now. >> Any particular reason we need toenails? > > > Because often broken toes hurt worse than occasional nail issues. Toe nails will not stop your toes from breaking. And if they did, why just the tips? -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show
From: D from BC on 24 Dec 2009 15:52 On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:18:31 +0800, "Nik Rim" <querty(a)kbd.com> wrote: > >At the skin cancer doc the other month, overheard him telling an asian lady >that the main area of concern for asian complexions was melanomas on the >palms / soles and under the nails / beds. > Maybe these tissues are more prone to mutation by UV. Dunno..
From: D from BC on 24 Dec 2009 16:23
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:55:19 -0600, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:36:20 -0800, D from BC ><myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:17:34 -0600, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >> >>>The theory I've heard was that man was the best (long distance) runner >>>in the jungle and could run any other to death. If so, it would also >>>be difficult to eat with an ingrown nail. >> >>Maybe caveman used long toenails for running traction??. >>Say in sand, mud or soft earth. > >Not possible. They're too fragile. > >>Perhaps as an experiment, I'll let my toenails grow about 1" and go >>running on the beach to see if it's easier.. :P > >They'll likely ingrow so you won't be running anywhere. These don't look ingrown. May not be real though.. http://media.photobucket.com/image/toe%20nails/turquid/toenails.jpg > >Nails are simply biological leftovers that are no longer useful, much >like body hair. Primates have human-like finger nails. http://yourfingernails.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/five-differences-between-the-primate-hand-and-the-human-hand/ I get the impression that toe nails have been an annoyance for people for roughly 500 000 years. Clipping..sanding..clipping..sanding..clipping.. |