clipped

My daughter, when she was 11, even let me push a glowing hot paper
clip through her nail to release the pressure from the blood after it
got caught in a door.

For 2 days she suffered in pain until she finally let me do it. She
screamed in fear when I first did it, but the relief was so
instantaneous that she started laughing through her tears.

I had a nifty little drill for smashed fingernails. Don't know that I
would/could ever let anyone use one on me. I am a chicken about pain,
more of a chicken about inflicting pain on others....I was always
nervous while drilling nails that it would let go when the nail was
penetrated, but it always went well.

Poor souls from polishing department used to arrive at my office,
speechless, accompanied by supervisor. Skin color usually green to
gray, slightly sweaty. Stainless steel going about 90 mph after it
snags on the polishing belt had that effect on guys...never examined the
alleged injury; just put 'em on the gurney, handed 'em an ice bag and
left 'em alone for a while.