good news! here is an article on nail problems and injuries that contains the following statement along with a lot of other great information: " separation from the nail bed. once your nail separates from its nail bed for whatever reason it will not reattach. nails grow back slowly. it takes about 6 months for fingernails and up to 18 months for toenails to grow back attached to the nail bed. " the webmd answers staff usually but you had quite a crush injury. the body has a remarkable ability to re-grow a lost or damaged nail assuming the matrix (the base of the nail that has the cells needed to regenerate the nail) has not been damaged. a damaged matrix may cause the nail to grow back somewhat deformed or have a ridge. when we lose a finger we do not grow a new one but when we lose a nail the body likes to replace it. time will tell if your nail re-grows again and comes in normally. my son just had the same accident. so i'm curious since its been a little over a year. has your sons nail grown back?
will a nail grow back if it came out completely due to an injury? . my son smashed his index finger between two dumb bell weights on monday. he nearly severed the tip and now has 11 stiches.