I hear that. I think the doc actually placed one of the stitches THRU the nerve when he sewed me up. out of the 5 stitches I had, the one on the very tip hurt like hell, the rest, I could move them around like a piercing with no pain. I do feel sensation when there's a lot of pressure just under the nail, and everything underneath the scar on the pad has full sensation, but I can poke the dead area with a needle and not feel it.