Ask the Doc: Dr. Johnny Benjamin on the surprising dangers of toenails and nail polish

I thought that after more than a decade in the trenches as a surgeon, I had seen or heard it all.

* A person walking and talking with a pair of scissors sticking out of his head.

* A dude riding the trolley to the ER and waiting his turn with a Phillips screwdriver in his chest down to the handle.

* How about the guy whose girlfriend inserted a hard plastic swizzle stick into his penis when he could no longer adequately perform?

* I’ll never forget the Regular Joe Grandfather with a boysenberry syrup bottle lost in his rectum.

I can do this all day.

But in less than a month, there have been two injuries related to toenail strikes to the face. Wow!

In early October, Mike Winklejohn (striking coach) at the famed Greg Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts facility in New Mexico lost an eye to a high kick and toenail to the eye. The toenail actually pierced the cornea, which robbed him of his sight in that eye. This injury occurred during training.

Lightning struck again, fortunately less ferociously, Nov. 6 in Fresno, Calif., on the latest “Strikeforce Challenger” card. During a competitive contest, Zoila Frausto caught Elisha Hellspur just under the eye with a high kick.

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