Bunion Surgery Pin Removal

Hello, I am 21 years old and I just had a bunionectomy on my big toe and also a Tailors Bunionectomy, and two hammertoe corrections on May 18th. I was wondering if the pin removal is very painful, and how long do they usually wait to remove the pins??

I found the pin removal to be nearly pain-free. After my first bunionectomy I had the pins removed at around 4 weeks post-op. I was completely awake, but they numbed my leg below the knee. They made a small incision, which I didnt feel at all, then pulled out the pin. It felt a little wierd, you can feel slight pressure and pulling, but it didnt hurt at all.

Good luck!

I had a bunionectomy on boht feet over the years and I have had hammer toe surgery on one toe and the bone removed from my big toe and and had it replaced with a screw at the same time. the pin removal was a brees, I wasn't given anything to numb any part, my doctor started telling my a funny story and then began twisting the pin and by the time the pin was out I never even realaized that he was pulling it out, it just felt lke he was tugging on my toe! Pulling the stitches out drove me nuts!