When you step into the world of parenting, you quickly learn that kids can be incredibly messy. From diaper disasters to constant spills, parents soon develop a strong stomach for the unpleasant. However, nothing quite prepares you for the shocking video of a mother removing chewed fingernails from her son’s gums.
Yes, you read that right.
In a viral Facebook video, Louisiana mother Mia Thompson shared the startling moment when she discovered 32 of her son Max’s bitten fingernails lodged in his gums. Despite the cringe-worthy nature of the footage, it has racked up over 200,000 shares and a staggering 34 million views.
Prepare yourself, because it’s absolutely wild.
Mia posted two parts of the video, showing her using tweezers to extract one fingernail after another from between Max’s teeth and gums. She recounted, “I noticed something white in Max’s gums and grabbed a tweezer to investigate. It looked like a fingernail.” And indeed, it was just that.
Mia continued, “After pulling out 4 more, I searched his mouth further and found another cluster. I ended up getting around 27 from that second spot. The dentist had never encountered anything like this before.”
Now, 34 million viewers have witnessed this jaw-dropping extraction. For those who can handle it, Mia elaborated on how her son managed to accumulate such a grotesque collection. “We figured out that Max bites his nails and then plays with them in his mouth. He pushes them up towards his palate, and they end up getting stuck in the gaps between his baby and permanent teeth.”
If your child is a nail biter, you might find yourself showing them this shocking video as a cautionary tale. Some comments even speculate that the video must be fake, but how could anyone fake something so bizarre? It’s likely easier for people to convince themselves of that, rather than confront the unsettling truth.
The takeaway? Kids can be remarkably gross, but parents have an incredible ability to handle even the most disgusting situations. Kudos to Mia for sharing her experience to help other parents prevent their little ones from hiding nail clippings in their gums.
I think I need to take a moment to recover from this.
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