2006-08-06 18:45:04 · 19 answers · asked by lor090 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
The best thing to do would be to have it removed. The procedure's not that bad. It's done right in the doctor's office and it's an in and out thing.
What happens is the doctor will stick the affected with a syringe filled with some numbing solution, like litacaine or something. This is the worst part of the thing, I promise, but once the stuff starts working, you feel nothing. Once your toe is numbed up, he'll cut into the nail and remove it clear down to the root. It's seriously a snip-snip thing with some scissors. He might kill the root with some acid, which will prevent it from growing back. Then he'll bandage your toe and perscribe some anti-biotics and epsom salt foot soaks for 10 - 15 minutes.
It's really not that bad. Your toe will be numb for a while. I can't say if it will hurt when the numbness goes away though. I have ingrown toenails and they keep coming back. I've done this so many times I've lost count, but sometimes my toe's bothered me and sometimes it hasn't. Hit and miss.
You really should get it taken care of though. I hated the first part with the needle so much I just ignored a different ingrown nail and it got so bad. There was a benign tumor in it, the name escapes me... something like granule or granate... anyways yeah. That scared me. Have a doctor look at it and it shouldn't bother you anymore.
2006-08-06 19:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by Deep Down Trauma Hound 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a nail clipper and make the shape of a v at the top center of your nail. This will cause the nail to grow outward. If it's too deep you can have it removed by a doctor.
2006-08-07 01:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by MAK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's really deep, you'll most likely have to see a doctor to have it removed. But untill then you can soak it in Epsom salts. That should soften the nail, and thusly ease the pain untill you can have it removed.
2006-08-07 01:52:11 · answer #3 · answered by Kella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go see a podiatrist. Their the only ones that can cut that sucker out. It sucks, but your toe stops hurting. I had two, and they both looked like shark's teeth from the root. That's really where the problem lies.
So again, go see that foot doctor. If you try to fix it yourself, you'll likely pass out from the pain.
2006-08-07 01:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash it with warm soapy water. Put antibiotic ointment on it and bandage it. Go to a doctor first thing in the morning. Preferrably a Podiatrist, but a general practitioner is fine.
2006-08-07 01:48:46 · answer #5 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a GOOD set of toenail clippers and stop cutting your toenails too close to the quick.
If your toenails do it anyways then I'm sorry for you and ignore my post 8-)
2006-08-07 01:50:42 · answer #6 · answered by TommyTrouble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See a doctor, you will probably need to get it removed. It's a common procedure though, so I wouldn't worry too much about it!
2006-08-07 01:50:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should proly go to a foot doctor and have them ripp it off and that way it goes back naturally...my sis had to do that
2006-08-07 01:49:11 · answer #8 · answered by re-re 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See a doctor about it.
2006-08-07 01:48:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go see a podiatrist.
2006-08-07 01:48:28 · answer #10 · answered by eyebum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋