Ingrown toenail removal

I had an ingrown toenail removed yesterday, and feeling extreme pain, only when walking. Is a Postoperative boot the best option????

I HAVE had this done and it is not worth it it took 6 shots in the front of my toe and six weeks later they came back even worse than before.  it is better to soak your toe and take a few pain pills and cut them out your self. Then soak them in salt water every day for two weeks.

i have 2 ingrown toenails on the SAME big toe. iv had them for about 8 months. there both infected, iv had the procedure done twice on the other big toe. and its worked. but i was wandering if you think i should get it done with this toe too. will they take my whole toenail of since its two on the same foot ?

Use scissors to cut the ingrown corner and then down to the bottom of the nail, hurts a hell of a lot less than getting a doctor to cut into your toe.

what kind of scissors ??

what is the cream called and where did she get it

I had both my big toe nails removed the other day and already the pain has gone, my nails will grow back over time I would recomend it to anyone with in growing toe nails. I mean sure the injections hurt (a lot) but it goes numb pretty quick then you can take pain killers later and it's fine. However make sure they put something to stop the dressing sticking to the toe as that hurts. Good Luck to anyone who is about to have the surgery.

hey im a 15 year old girl i have had in ingrown tonail for like 5 years now and yes it does hurt a lot and i have just now decided to go to the doctors and i got it removed it does hurt when the remove it but it will fell so so much better in the long run and the shot they give you to numb it is the worst part by far

Dudes, I'm a 9 year old. Going to the doctor scares me, because of the fact that when I get a shot, no matter what kind of shot it is, it hurts! And in the hurt toe part sounds like complete torture. One time I got a infection, and no one knew about it but ME. So every night I would pull back the skin and pour hand soap in the infected area. BUT before that, you have to soak the skin in warm water for about 5 minutes. It sounds stupid, but I get the kind of ingrown toenail that makes the skin around it swell up and about 2 days later it starts to turn white under the skin by the toe, which is pus. The first time it happened I had my mom pull the skin back, and holy c**p, so much pus came out I nearly fainted (this was when my mom DID know about it). Plus, I have a habit of cutting my nails back too far. And so NOW I'm stuck with the swollen skin and little bit of pus stage. It gets worse, folks, let me tell you that. So now I stuck about ready to go to the Cayman Islands for vacation with a toe, and my mom is going to take me to the doctor. I just hope I LIVE. And I heard there are stitches?!? Oh no. And bandages. Don't mind those. The numbing shot will most likely be worth it, but now I'm trying to decide whether to leave the toe and not have it numbed OR have it numbed.

Both of my toes have had really bad problems for like a year and a half, and my parents always try to cut it out themselves, and they are really killing me.  I seriously don't know what's worst, crying out in pain whenever my toe touches something, or having my toe being poked and prodded and nipped and cut every month.  So, I, being the id**t, left my parents alone and let my toenails grow.  They are really badly infected and they just found out today.  They have been yelling at me about lying and being ignorant, and then dug around trying to get them out.  I finally, in tears, told them that I needed to go to a podiatrist.  They told me that I must think that they were idiots trying to give away money, but eventually, they gave up because I was seriously bawling over my toes.  So now I'm trying to find somewhere to go and when I can go, but I'm really getting sick of the wait.  I am ready for my toes to feel good again.  Seriously, I've had ingrown toenails since childhood, but they are really infected right now.  I have been really worried, but I didn't want to have to go through them murdering my toes.  I really hope that I can get them fixed.  Wish me luck! :)

so i had mine removed well over 4 months, it was about half of it. now its gorwing back. No pain at first, but now closer to my side of the nail it started hurting, and there like a ball type thing, with the swelling. thought hot water would make ti go away, didnt work its like part of my skin, also making puss. no idea what to do.... freaking me out.. is it best to just get it removed again.?? because it does hurt.???

Hello everyone,

 

I was experiencing pain in my right big toe and was concerned that it might be infected, so I went into the Emergency Room yesterday.  A nurse practitioner came into the examination room and she is the one who gave me three injections of lanocaine and tried to cut a part of the ingrown toenail.  It was painful the moment she put the toenail lifter under the tip of my toenail.  I was in pain and it was enough to make me tear up, sweat and I had to take deep breathes.  It felt like, how it would feel when I was using a tweezer and toenail clipper, at home.  I told her to stop, and that it hurts too much.  I didn't think it should feel as though I didn't have numbing medication in my toe.  I asked her to get a medical doctor and have them take a look.  She was insulted, but I didn't care.  She was rude and obnoxious from the moment I entered the room.  When I asked her if she had done this before, she said, "ugh, no...why does everyone ask that."  She never really showed concern about how much pain I was in and was willing to turn me away and recommended I make an appointment with a podiatrist, in a couple weeks.  That's when I insisted that I see a medical doctor and that I was not leaving the ER until a doctor examined my toe.  In my mind, I didn't have a couple of weeks to tolerate this amount pain.  The medical doctor came in and he took a look at it and by this time, my toe was more swollen, red, bleeding and I could feel the pain.  He asked the nurse how much numbing medication she used, where she injected it, and what method she attempted.  The nurse was scared and was totally covering herself.  It turns out that the nurse lied and was being sarcastic in saying, she had never attempted this procedure before, because the doctor said she has performed this many times and is usually good at it.  I told him, "that's not what she said when I asked her if she had done this before."  The nurse tried to recover and make a remark to that and the doctor told her to leave the room.  It was annoying to watch them carry on and try to make everything okay, while I was the patient in pain.  The doctor told me, in the case that the ingrown toenail is very deep, surgical procedures are usually recommended.  Also, he said that sometimes, in rare cases, it's possible that a person may not respond to the lanocaine and that it also depends on the direction of the person's nerve growth around the toe.  That is when placing injections in the toe becomes important.  The doctor decided to give me more injections and planted them in areas other than where the nurse put six injections already.  We waited a few minutes to allow the numbing affect to occur.  The doctor started with the toenail lifter and by the time, he was halfway up the length of my big toe, I was yelling in excruciating pain.  I could feel it and that shocked me.  I was told, I should not feel anything.  He continued and said, he was almost done, as he tugged on the ingrown nail and he rotated the pliers and flipped the ingrown toenail out of the corner of my big toe.  It was hard to believe what I saw happening, and that something like that could be in my toe.  It hurt so bad...I was in tears, breathing deeply and the throbbing pain was horrible!  I do not believe this would be typical for anyone to experience, but based on wisdom and honest advice for the next person: assess your ingrown toenail correctly, know all your options, and make sure an experienced medical professional is handling your procedure.  Deep ingrown toenails are excruciatingly painful and yes, there is a high potential for infection, so make a well informed decision.  Remember, it is your body and you are the one who has to endure the pain and take care of yourself during the recovery period.  I don't feel like, the nurse practitioner was professional and carried any concern for the patient.  She later went outside into the hallway and started ranting to the other nurses about me and complained about my questioning her.  I believe she was breaking confidentiality rules and patient rights rules, but at the time, the pain I was in was just too much to tolerate that this nurse was the least of my concern.  It's always unfortunate when you, as a patient, comes in contact with a medical staff professional who acts like they are a part of, the mean girl clique or in the department gossip club.  It's sad that as a so-called well educated nurse practitioner, makes a bad reputation for others in her field and for many other potentially caring health care providers.  Even when I was willing to cooperate with her and follow instructions, she still had the audacity to go outside to mock the patient and build herself up, with fellow nurses.  I may write a letter of complaint and send it in, just to validate my point, but what's most important to me right now, is that the painful ingrown toenail is out of my toe. :)  Good luck to the rest of you!  

I have had my ingrown toe nail removed twice now. I also have a huge phobia of shots and the anxiety is horrible. The procedure itself wasn't bad however the pain of the shots were horrid. I have a new horrible ingrown toe nail that is red, bloody, and p***y and I desperately need to fix it (it is very infected) I went to the doctors today to have the procedure but when he took out the shots I had a panic attack and started to cry (i'm a 15 year old girl) the doctor told me the other option that would be better for my anxiety is to go to the ER and go under anesthetic gas and have the nail cut out and stitched. At first this idea was lovely considering I wouldn't have to have a shot- but then he told me I wouldn't be aloud to play athletics for two weeks! I have tennis try outs the day of the surgery, then spring break (i'm going away) and then the tennis season, so it's either get it now or wait till summer (ouch ouch ouch i cant wait it hurts too much) at first i planned on ignoring the doctor and play anyway because i thought for some reason the stitches would be inside and dissolve but then he told me they would be coming out and I googled it, IT LOOKED SO PAINFUL. Tennis is so important to me and if I don't try out I won't make it, what do I do? I want to ask him if it'd be possible to have the original procedure except without shots and the gas, HELP

I experienced an ingrown toenail for the first time last month... Thought I'd had them before, but little did I know how painful they can be. Mine first started after a Spa holiday - swimming with the kids for 5 hours a day seemed to weaken my nails & then when I cut them with the clippers I found the nails snapped down the sides. I then bumped the big toe on try right foot on a table leg & et viola! The toe started to swell, go purple & was so painful!

I visited my doctor, after leaving it far too long ( please don't put it off- you're almost sure to need to get it looked at eventually!). By then , it was badly infected & needed to be cut. I had one injection, yes, painful, but you just could not manage without it! The best advice I've read here is to put on some numbing cream first. The surgery lasted about 30 minutes & the anaesthetic had worn off by the time I got to the chemist for pain killers - I was shaking with the pain. My advice would be to take some with you to take just before the surgery, or immediately after. Until they 'kicked in' I was a complete basket case.

The story, unfortunately does not end there... I was just sure something wasn't right as the right side of the tip of my toe was still so painful after the toe began to heal. I was given 2 courses of antibiotics & still ended up back there today for a longer, more painful op- this time 3 injections in the toe & surgery resulting in two stitches to reduce the bleeding & help the healing process. Same need for painkillers - but I made sure they gave me something in the surgery to help immediately.The toe is still bleeding some ten hours later & looks an awful shape,  but my friend who is in the know, tells me it will heal well - I truly hope so!

Take a pair of old sandals with you (Crocs worked for me) so that you keep the pressure off the toe & don't expect to get back on the dance floor for a while! Unless you are happy in mismatched footwear-at least if you take a crutch people don't stare like you got dressed all wrong!

Personally I would rather give birth than have to go through this again, but of course, that's not an option! For me it was a very unpleasant experience, but it had to be done- and I'm hoping this is the last time -just make sure you have your painkillers at the ready & remember to breathe when you get the injection. The outcome should be positive & the pain short-lived ( I hope)!

It is really important to remember when reading these comments that everyone's condition is not the same - there are varying levels of ingrown nails. & infections, so just be brave & go as soon as you feel it happening - at least get some advice from a qualified person!

Hi! I have suffered with ingrown toenails for a long time now. Until recently, I have been cutting the nail myself. It is very painful, so I went to the doctor to see about getting them removed. I had surgery on both big toes on not sides two days ago. I was extremely scared for the procedure, especially after reading the comments over the shots. Believe me I am terrified of shots and have a low tolerance for pain, but the surgery was a BREEZE! Ths shots barely hurt. There was just a tiny pinch which did not bother me at all. I had 3 shots in each toe. Once I was numb it took the doctor 10 minutes to remove the nails. The night if the procedure my toes were throbbing but my doctor prescribed me a drug to help with the pain. So I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Getting the surgery done. I am 14 and it was very easy and mostly painless. I feel sooo much better now living without the pain if having the ingrown toenail!