so i’ve had a bad ingrown toenail for about 2 years. :( it was originally on my right side of my big toenail then it went over to my left side n now i’ve gotten the whole nail removed and i am currently soaking it to get the gauze off 🥲 im just honestly scared and using this reddit thread to distract me
I've been dealing with this ingrown for years after I slipped pretty hard and my toe got bent a little, it's been a year and last month my aunt remove the ingrown and it did good for like 15 days and after that when I woke up it suddenly swell,
I can't go to any professional since it's too far and don't have money
I'm 17 and I can't do anything physically due to it even walking makes it bleed
After removing this toenail over 6 times and burned with fenol( last time in November 2024) I think it’s growing back…. Started feeling a small discomfort recently and now it’s painful everyday…
Am I crazy or the toenail is actually forming again?
What you guys recommend to get this done for good?
so, i had a bad ingrown toenail that got infected on both sides. i went to the doctor for it earlier today and he removed the full nail, a granuloma, and put a drain in. eight hours later, im in the worst pain ever. excruciating pain and crying. is it supposed to hurt this bad? i can’t even place my foot on the ground. i may actually be dying. my pain also bumped up even more because my dad accidentally smacked it with his hand right on the top where the nail should have been. if it’s relevant at all i bled a ton during the procedure, like dripping to the floor off the table.
My toenail looked terrible a few months ago and had a scab, smelled terrible and looked pretty bad with pus and blood often. After 4 months of soaks and cotton method, it now looks pretty healed. The top right has a bit of a sharp pain when touched, although not terrible. I have a cruise next week and want to know if this is an open wound and could become infected from water, should I have a precise before, or wait till after etc. also want to know what the pain in the top right is (cotton is in the nail in photo 1, both taken just now) LOOKS SHINY FROM ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT
I have fungus on the left side and I’m not sure but I think the right side is an infected ingrown toenail? It was leaking a little pus when I squeezed it and hurts really bad when I put pressure on it. Do I go to urgent care or a podiatrist or can I fix this myself? All my other toes are fine.
I have extreme fear of needle pain , I today had appointment for 6pm . I called them and postponed it 11:30am tomorrow . I know It might get infected but still I am unable to make myself go and get it removed . The burning pain from injection which internet says is also making it worse . Please anybody calm me down for gods sake .
So this morning I woke up and noticed a piece of my toenail was hanging off. This happens every once in a while, and normally it’s a really small piece—probably no bigger than the tip of a pencil—so I’ll just pull it off and everything is fine.
This time, though, the piece was probably two or three times larger than usual. I peeled it off, but now I’m noticing what feels like a little bit of pressure around the part of my big toenail that I circled. It’s not painful, red, swollen, or really uncomfortable, but if I put pressure on my big toe, I can definitely feel something pressing in that area.
I’ve never had this happen before, so I’m not really sure what it could be. Any idea what might be going on?
Originally had the ingrown toenail remove a few years ago. Unfortunately the medication they put on it to kill that area didn’t work, so I need to remove it from very couple of months. And is sweet relief when I do!
I thought my toe was getting better, then I started soaking it again when I realised it wasn't. I have been putting cream on it and I don't think my nail has grown in yet.
Istg if I have to go back to the doctors :(
Hi guys, my toenail grew out real long and got slightly infected, so I went to get it removed. I’m 25 and still learning how to talk to doctors, so when the dr. mentioned removing my root with a chemical, I just assumed that was my best option and said ok. But I have type 1 diabetes, and although my blood flow seems good, I’m now terrified my foot is gonna fall off lol. 🫠
Has anyone else had their skin slough off like this from this phenol use?! I feel like an escaped Outlast patient.
Image 1 is before, image 2 is day of, and image 3 was yesterday.
I went to a doctor today who is a orthopedic surgeon , He saw my toenail and said it has to be removed , After 15 minutes boom he was ready with everything . I repeatedly said I have fear of needles and injection , He said he will make sure it wont hurt , Actually it didnt . It felt like a pinch and 5 minutes later I am wrapped in bandages . 10/10 but wouldnt want to go again . And there was pus under my nail , idk how , Now I am on antibiotics . Less goo . The doc even gave medicines and charged just 45 USD for everything .
I have been having this issue for 2 months now , Started June 10th . I stubbed my toe and tried to do bathroom surgery to an extreme extent which caused this . Since then I have visited 2 different doctors and have taken 5 antibiotic doses along with last week where doctor drainined my pus , and gave antibiotic inject to the toe and removed some dead skin and bandaged it . He says toe nail removal will be painful and it is last resort . I dont have pain while I rest , I never got throbbing pain either except for first few days when it started . I get pain only when I am walking or doing something , It also bleeds on its own sometimes causing tight pressure . How fcked am I ? My parents are not taking me to a podiatrist saying that I am faking it .
I had/have 2 ingrown toenails and today I went to get seen by a podiatrist. I was expecting to perhaps get them surgically removed. However, the podiatrist said that because they weren’t infected that they’ll instead cut the sides so the nail wasn’t touching the skin. They used cold spray and then cut the ingrown portions out in a shape like a triangle. They also rounded my nail a bit. If by my follow up, I’m still feeling pain, then they’ll surgically remove it.
I guess my question is if this is normal? I feel like my nail will still grow back ingrown. It’s been ingrown for years. Should I get a second opinion or wait for my nails to grow back?
It’s been 6 days since my toenail removal (done by myself not the doctors). I must say my toes always heal this way other than the one time I went to the doctor… they completely messed me up. I’m not sure what the difference is between my removals and the doctors other than they use numbing injections and the fact my toes heal so much nicer when I do it. That’s the reason I stopped going to the doctors in the first place!
I broke my toe in February. not only has it not healed, but the nail growing in is ingrown on both sides. If something even taps my foot, I’m screaming in pain. I work 6 hours on my feet everyday, only making it worse. Last photo is when it was first broken.
What do I do? No doctors around me available until late September.
I take an antibiotic 3x a day. Nothing is helping.
Is this a case for the ER?
Another question: I have pins and needles constantly on the foot, puss and blood hourly. What’s going on?
Hey guys, I literally just got the numbing shot less than 10 minutes ago and am still riding the high of conquering my fear.
For context I got an ingrown surgically removed when I was 11 and that shot literally was one of the worst things I have ever gone through. Traumatized me to the idea of any needle even near my body for YEARS after the fact. Finally got over my fear of needles through exposure therapy, but, about 2 months ago, I did a stupid thing when cutting my nail and got a pretty wicked ingrown from it.
Immediately I’m freaking out because this was literally a surgery that traumatized me. I knew it wasn’t going to get better if I waited so I bit the bullet and about 2 weeks ago I called and scheduled an appointment with a podiatrist. I even tried (and botched) an at home removal and
I come in here freaking out and ask the doctor if he could do it without the numbing shot, and he says he could probably try but the discomfort would be way worse. I say fuck it and go for it.
Long story short, it was not bad at all. I see some people freaking out and telling horror stories, and while yes I can definitely see how this was unpleasant, it was not NEARLY as bad as I remember it being.
So, for anyone out there who needs this, you can do it! Just be honest with your podiatrist about your anxiety and I’m sure they’ll be extra careful for you.