Surgical treatment for ingrowing toenail
Published by Gerardo, M.D. December 13th, 2005 in Medical Images Tags: .The patient is a young man with onychocryptosis secondary to overweight. At the images below a matricectomy with remotion of soft tissue are shown. This procedure is performed bedside in few minutes and only need local anesthesia. The goal is to release the nail from the surrounding tissue.
Gerardo Morales, M.D.
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OK, not sure what is going on here? lol. This one is not taught in the history books. Not sure what he is attempting to accomplish by removing a large wedge of skin? Does the nail then just avulse? Because it doesn’t look like any part of the nail was removed. I will be publishing some historical procedures for matrixectomy in the next few weeks on our site.
Al Kline DPM
www.thefootblog.wordpress.com
i am only 13 and i have a ingrowing toe nail and i am really scared about getting it cut out i mean it im soo scared i dont want to ive had anti biotix and they made the swelling go down but i kept forgetting to take them so im no good and when i wack my toe Argghhh it hurts im just to scared to get it removed can any body help me and tell me waht i can get from the docter insted of having it removed
Hayley Martin:
I think that Al Kline can help you. Please visit his webite The Foot Blog.
To Hayley Martin,
I suffered for years with two ingrown big toenails. At age 18 I had a procedure called a wedge resection performed under local anaesthetic by a podiatrist.
The ingrown sides of both big toenails are removed and an acid swab is placed onto the toenail root to prevent regrowth. Afterward, the nail looks exactly the same and the procedure is quick and painless. Don’t be scared, Absolute indescribable bliss will be your reward.
I was amazed at the size of the ingrowing sides when the podiatrist gave them to me in a vial as a souvenir. One of the nails was so big, hard and sharp I was able to use it as a blade to cut a sheet of A4 copy paper in half. You can probably imagine how happy I was after having four of these nail/blades removed.
hey. i am 15 and for the past 4 years i have been suffering with ingrown toenails. it’s so painful, sometimes i can hardly walk and i have to stop P.E.
…Last year i had both of my big toenails removed in the hope that they may grow back normal, but unfortunately, they grew back WORSE than before.
For the past 8 months i have been visiting a chirpodist who has been ‘packing out’ my nails with cotton wool, a very painful process. About a month ago, my nails were looking promising but now they are going bad again, and im looking for other options.
…I heard about the wedge thing, it sounds good. But i want to know how long it takes 2 recover after the operation, and also how noticable it is that you’re missing part of your nail?
please help
Anon
i have just had the surgery and the most painfull bit is the needled ^^
basically what they do is give u an anesitic and then they cut down each side of your toe and remove the nail which is digging into your toe. the procedure takes about 20-25 mins max. it does not hurt at all man ur whole toe is numb