I have never done this myself, but one teacher once said that until you sewed your finger at least once, you couldn't call yourself a professional sewer. If that is what it takes, I don't ever plant to be a professional. LOL
I did once cut my thumb just back of the nail right down to the bone, trimming a horse's hoof. I thought it would never stop bleeding. And no, I do not call myself a professional farrier.