*sqeamish people don’t read this*
The tip I cut off my finger was still attached by a small piece of skin, so I pressed it back in place and covered it in xeroform gauze (with Vaseline and iodine in it) and then wrapped tight so the piece would have proper contact. If nothing else, it really cut down on pain to have that piece on there. I am hoping it reattaches.
I have done this before, on the same finger, only the cut was to the side and the piece came totally off. I dressed it the same way and it did reattach. The blood flow was back in the cut off piece in about three days, and after a few months the feeling came back too. Huge success! You can’t even see it unless I point it out to you.
Battle Axe, it’s not an automatic retracting cutter, but it wouldn’t have mattered as it happened during use. Finger is not bothering me at all today. Only hurts when I take the dressing off.