Ingrowing toenails

[mudcow007]

so anyone ever had one?

just been to my Doctors who has said, he will basically cut my nail in two an remove the bit that is "ingrowing" an should be good to go.

he said "its gonna hurt though", without sounding like a girl....im guessing its going to be mega painful for him to say that.

anyone ever had one?

[Ben90]

I was younger when I had one cut out, the only bit that hurt for me is the local anesthetic, sticking a big needle either side of your toe. Nothing there but ligament an bone,
oh and nerves.

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[GeorgeB.]

I've never had one, but my mate was texting me through having his done. The nurse though he was dead weird for taking pictures at my demand

take pics
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[Doovy]

Yes, I've had the operation twice, when I was younger (at about 12 years old / again at 14 years old). One on each of my big toes.

They cut down the side that was ingrowing and removed that half. 10 years later now and they've both been fine, no further trouble.

I remember having my foot bandaged up for a few weeks and it being very sore to walk on, but worth it now
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[map]

Had one and GP refused to treat.
Said it needed to be infected (I got the impression almost gangrenous) before they'd consider treatment.
Told to see a chiropodist (and obviously pay their rates).

However, he did direct me to this site - patient.co.uk, ingrown toenails.

He said look at the section on treatment (if caught early). Might be of some use to you?

A friend had his toenail removed to sort. Was limping about and off work (unable to drive) for a while.
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[mudcow007]

the "hobbling" around bit has me worried though, i either pedal to work or motorbike it - but i've got a cats chance in hell of getting my spd shoes, or bike boots on with bandages!

[nowhere.elysium]

Hah. I used to get them regularly. They tried to send me in for the operation that you describe, but for some reason I got the trainee doctor. As I understand it, they're supposed to give an anaesthetic pretty much directly into the nerve that runs up the side of your toe, but the stupid sod managed to miss the spot.

Thirteen times in a row.

At this point, my toe was a mess, I was about ready to flay the retard, and the supervising doctor had had enough. he produced a set of clippers, cut the offending corner off my nail, and roundly chastised the muppet that had caused me a surprisingly large amount of pain.
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[Ben90]

It's a hell of a lot better than leaving it. It took me a while to get an appointment (being a 15 year old male made of rubber and magic = zero fucks given) and I used to bandage it up every day to protect it.

Then someone stepped on my foot in the hallway and then I had it done..
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[Robster]

Aye knocks to the end of the toe can cause it. One trick I learnt was to file a deep as possible groove down the centre and leave it be - the nail will naturally grow inwards to close the groove back up, pulling the nail out of your skin (in theory)

Also just trim the end off square without going down the sides too much otherwise you'll provoke the nail to grow inwards again.

I knocked my right big toenail completely off after kicking a big rock whilst on a ski holiday once, ripped the whole thing off in one go, it grew back in a few weeks and haven't had a problem since!
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[Hetzer]

As soon as I get the pain in the corners of my big toes I rip the nail off on that side. I have no idea if it's anything to do with incipient ingrowing toenails but it's quite satisfying.
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[Ste]

DIY unless you're a little girl.

[The Artist]

Had both my big toes done.

The most painful part was the local. 3 injections in each toe.
They slid a blade under the nail and sliced off the 2 sides that were dug in and cauterised the nail root so now I have longer narrow nails.

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[mudcow007]

i think i will self medicate them tonight, they aint infected or anything, just the inside edge of my big toe is painful if anything touches it

will give it a whirl

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[Doovy]

This is why I was under general anesthetic for mine. Plus, I was young and was told a general would give me more time off school as I'd have to stay in overnight
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[Slacker24seve...]

I had a toenail smashed up playing rugby. It was ok for a bit, then became ingrown and big, red and angry. Went to the docs, locum have me some cream to draw the bad stuff out (apparently). It did fuck all. I then had the operation to remove both sides of my nail; I swear they times the anaesthetic to wear off as I hobbled out of surgery. Pretty painful, as surgeries go I'd rank it well below appendicectomy and banjo string reattachment. spent a day with my leg elevated then it got better after a few weeks.

Getting it sorted is short term pain in return for not being in unspeakable agony every time you kick a football/stub your toe/get your foot accidentally stood on by a bird in heels. The latter happened to me when it was badly infected before the op, I nearly vommed.
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Razor bladedown the nail, white rum 63%, and thin nose pliers for me

[Ariel Badger]

I took a couple out using electricians side-cutter pliers to split it and some lomg noses to drag the nail out. Stings a bit
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Sounds like a recipe for ulcerated wounds, gangrene and amputation.
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[Ariel Badger]

Not if you flush it with petrol afterwards.
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