Is it possible to pull out a ingrown toenail out.
If I take off the entire nail, will it grow back alright?
Is a doctor really neccessary? I don't have medical insurance.
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Hmmm good point...
Is it possible to pull the ingrown toenail, without any after effects than involve cutting off my toe.
Is it possible to pull the ingrown toenail, without any after effects than involve cutting off my toe.
The first God damned hit on Google for 'ingrown toenail' wrote:
To treat an infected ingrown toenail, soak your foot in warm, soapy water several times each day. You may need to gently lift the edge of the ingrown toenail from its embedded position and insert some cotton or waxed dental floss between the nail and your skin. Change this packing every day. If your infection is severe, your doctor may prescribe a course of antibiotics. Learn how to trim your toenails properly. Wear clean socks and open-toed shoes, such as sandals.
If you are in a lot of pain and/or the infection keeps coming back, your doctor may remove part of your ingrown toenail (partial nail plate avulsion). Your toe is injected with an anesthetic and your doctor uses scissors to cut away the ingrown part of the toenail, taking care not to disturb the nail bed. An exposed nail bed may be very painful. Removing your whole ingrown toenail (complete nail plate avulsion) increases the likelihood your toenail will come back deformed. It may take 3-4 months for your nail to re-grow.
Ingrown toenails often recur. If you have a chronic problem with an ingrown toenail, your doctor may recommend another surgical procedure in which the toenail's formative part is permanently removed.
If you are in a lot of pain and/or the infection keeps coming back, your doctor may remove part of your ingrown toenail (partial nail plate avulsion). Your toe is injected with an anesthetic and your doctor uses scissors to cut away the ingrown part of the toenail, taking care not to disturb the nail bed. An exposed nail bed may be very painful. Removing your whole ingrown toenail (complete nail plate avulsion) increases the likelihood your toenail will come back deformed. It may take 3-4 months for your nail to re-grow.
Ingrown toenails often recur. If you have a chronic problem with an ingrown toenail, your doctor may recommend another surgical procedure in which the toenail's formative part is permanently removed.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Sir Sassythief wrote:
Hmmm good point...
Is it possible to pull the ingrown toenail, without any after effects than involve cutting off my toe.
Is it possible to pull the ingrown toenail, without any after effects than involve cutting off my toe.
I've pulled out minor ones with no problems before but its a ***** if you don't get the whole thing first pull. Once you have part of it pulled off it is harder to get a grip and generally bloody/messy after that.
I have a friend that has had his done by a doctor and he says that when a doctor does it they also do something that keeps it from ever getting ingrown again.
I've also heard (have no idea if this is true) that you can cut a V-shaped notch in the end of your toenail and the nail will correct itself.
I had to have a couple cut out when I was a kid. That was the most painful thing I've ever been through, they inject the novocain? right into the infected area. The actual cutting out isn't bad, but then when the numbness wears off the throbbing is almost unbearable.
Go to your local free community clinic. If you've had an infection for a while, you may need antibiotics.
From ingrown toenails to warts to cirrhosis to leukemia to appendicitis, there's not a single illness of the human body that can't be fixed with liberal application of an X-Acto knife and a lot of hydrogen peroxide.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
From ingrown toenails to warts to cirrhosis to leukemia to appendicitis, there's not a single illness of the human body that can't be fixed with liberal application of an X-Acto knife and a lot of hydrogen peroxide.
Does this count when other people are afflicting themselves upon you?
Jophiel wrote:
From ingrown toenails to warts to cirrhosis to leukemia to appendicitis, there's not a single illness of the human body that can't be fixed with liberal application of an X-Acto knife and a lot of hydrogen peroxide.
And it just so happens, I could supply you with about a thousand X-Acto blades, if you need them
Althrun wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
From ingrown toenails to warts to cirrhosis to leukemia to appendicitis, there's not a single illness of the human body that can't be fixed with liberal application of an X-Acto knife and a lot of hydrogen peroxide.
Does this count when other people are afflicting themselves upon you?
Substitute sulfuric acid for the hydrogen peroxide, in that case.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
1. I can't see a doctor.
2. What is a Free Clinic, isn't that only for VD? I'm sorry I don't know what that is.
3. What counts as a "Bad" ingrown toenail? It's in the far back right corner of the toenail.
4. Is it infected when it turns big and red?
2. What is a Free Clinic, isn't that only for VD? I'm sorry I don't know what that is.
3. What counts as a "Bad" ingrown toenail? It's in the far back right corner of the toenail.
4. Is it infected when it turns big and red?
anytime I see what my symptoms may mean on WebMD, Im either dying of a stroke, or I just have a cold
Sir Sassythief wrote:
1. I can't see a doctor.
What, you don't believe they exist?
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3. What counts as a "Bad" ingrown toenail? It's in the far back right corner of the toenail.
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Sir Sassythief wrote:
1. I can't see a doctor.
1. I can't see a doctor.
What, you don't believe they exist?
Flea, you complete me :).
Sir Sassythief wrote:
3. What counts as a "Bad" ingrown toenail? It's in the far back right corner of the toenail.
I'm only calling mine minor because I assume that, if it had been anything other than minor, I wouldn't have been able to do anything about it without seeing a doctor.
I can't see a doctor because I don't have medical insurance and I have no money and my CC is maxed.
I don't want to go into graphic details but at points I do need to drain it. So I assume it's bad one. I'm gonna check that "Free Clinic" thing out. For some reason I thought that was only for VD...
I don't want to go into graphic details but at points I do need to drain it. So I assume it's bad one. I'm gonna check that "Free Clinic" thing out. For some reason I thought that was only for VD...
Sir Sassythief wrote:
I can't see a doctor because I don't have medical insurance and I have no money and my CC is maxed.
I don't want to go into graphic details but at points I do need to drain it. So I assume it's bad one. I'm gonna check that "Free Clinic" thing out. For some reason I thought that was only for VD...
I don't want to go into graphic details but at points I do need to drain it. So I assume it's bad one. I'm gonna check that "Free Clinic" thing out. For some reason I thought that was only for VD...
Fine. Go there, and tell them you have toe clap.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
so, you're in intense pain, you most likely have an infection that could possibly need antibiotics, yet you still refuse to go to a Dr? Dude, suck it up and get it looked at. Better to be in a small debt than to have others pay more when you end up as an inpatient for more serious issues that could have been prevented if you checked it out in the first place
What state are you in?
The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
What state are you in?
Confusion, obviously.
If you're having to drain it it's probably infected. I'd go get it looked at before it gets to the point that the toe has to come off.
Cross country running and basketball used to wreak havoc on my toes.
When the top center of the nail gets very thick, it made my nails flex downward on the edges causing them to become ingrown.
Easiest cure was to take a razorblade (or very very sharp knife) and shave the top side of the ingrown nail. Shave it away slowly until it is thin and borderline sensitive. Be very careful not to cut through to the quick, that hurts.
Once the top of the nail is thinned, it takes only a little soaking and coaxing of the edge to make it straighten back out and withdraw from the skin.
A few days of watching, and you should be good again. Just be careful of your thinned nail top as it grows back out.
They're right. If you're draining it of pus, that's an infection. You have to make sure to wash it after and then pump it full of an antiobiotic ointment like neosporin, or bite the bullet and dip it in alcohol. After, wear open-toed shoes to help it dry up. Any time you can, drain it and fill it back up with something that's gonna kill the infection like more ointment or more alcohol. If the swelling and drainage don't decrease within 48 hours, or you get a fever or start to see a red line inching upward from the infection, you may have gotten blood poisioning and you need to go see a doctor.
Professor CrescentFresh wrote:
The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
What state are you in?
Confusion, obviously.
He's from Utah. Same difference I guess.
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