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Hi i both of my big toes are in-grown, my pedatrist just said to massage it in the shower and cut my big toes often and straight and not too short. The reason its in-grown is because i used to pick my nails alot when i was little. Does the surgery hurt? Is there a way i can prevent surgery besides what my pediatrist told me?

I believe she meant to shower and cut the nails off, not the toe -.-. When you shower the water causes the nails to become softer so that it becomes easy to cut them. that's when you're supposed to cut them. No need for surgical amputations >__>

hmm surgery was a stupid way to put it just local anethaetic (however you spell it) I was speaking to a friend who got it done and said the need is just like a person with nails pinching you and the procedure doesnt really hurt at all. Does this sound rightt?

I guess it does, I dunno.

I couldn't play soccer last sommer at all becouse of this. I got some sort of balsam from pharmacy to prevent infection and the nail came out of it's own. I guess I was lucky not to have to go to surgery or what ever.

I believe surgery is the only effective way. However, there's a granny around here which does it very very skillfully without the local anesthetic with only a bit of pain involved. I got a surgery at the doctor with my first ingrown toenail, bye the time he needleing with the the anesthetics I was worst pains. Especially when he hits the spot which hurts a lot just with a normal touch. So yes, the surgery hurts like a bitch.
And if you are lucky, the part he cut out won't grow again. If you're not (like me) you're gonna spend more and more time being unable to run and putting bandages on every day.
And hmmm, to the people who haven't experienced it.... it hurts a lot more than you think. That's all I'm gonna say.

A friend of mine had also in-grown-toe-nails. he said there wasn't anything he could do about it, surgery was his only option. he was walking funny for almost a week after the surgery tho

had it done 3 times 2 on 1 toe and 1 on the other, dont hurt much after you get it done, its not because of bad up-keep of the nail although thats a contributing factor its often the way your nail grows out.

nasty non the less but my toes are fine now

I had both sides of both big toes done, once the local anaesthetic kicks in you feel nothing. The only part that bothered me was I couldn't get the bandages wet so I had to wrap my feet up to shower.

Blindfire wrote:I had both sides of both big toes done, once the local anaesthetic kicks in you feel nothing. The only part that bothered me was I couldn't get the bandages wet so I had to wrap my feet up to shower.

i took salt baths and rewrapped it after but one where they did something different nd i had my foot in a big bandage i just kept my one foot out of the bath nd washed like that was easier and quite relaxing but showers are the best way

lol wtf all of the sudden this is a common problem

It always has been a common problem...

I used to have both my big toes when I was younger. My dad used to cut the corners out with clippers and a knife. I remember bleediNg and maybe even some tears but eventually they grew in properly. I used to have to get it done every week for like a year.

Blindfire wrote:I had both sides of both big toes done, once the local anaesthetic kicks in you feel nothing. The only part that bothered me was I couldn't get the bandages wet so I had to wrap my feet up to shower.

I was unlucky enough for the anesthetic not to work properly... I felt a LOT more than 'nothing'. That was on the second surgery though, first one went great and almost as you have described.

I still have in-grown nails on my right hallux. It never grows right. I dig out ,and cut the nail myself every month or so. Doesn't hurt as much as it use to though, which is a plus.

I had some surgery where they inserted a metal tube between my toe meat and where the toe nail was digging into my skin. It didn't hurt but it was pretty uncomfortable having my toe numbed the rest of the day.

I got a special little nail clipper that lets me go deeper into my toe to access the ingrown nail, i then just go around it and cut it. I do this about every month or so. Im looking around to find a way to where it doesnt grow inside no more and turn into a regular toe

If you get them a lot then you should have part of the nail removed. I had that problem, i could cut it out as much as i wanted but the nail would keep growing down in it. Finally went to a real doctor, they shot some stuff in my toe to numb it, til it felt like hard rubber. The only that was discomforting was them numbing it, the poking the needle around the base of your toe 10 times and feeling the cold medicine going in. When they cut it out you dont really feel anything, just a tight feeling, and when they pull on it feels weird but doesnt hurt. I havent had a problem since.

wow thats really wierd some people say the needle hurts like a bitch but by others ive been told the needle is just like a pinch.. Is it the longer u leave it the more surgery will hurt?

I had the surgery and it doesn't hurt at all i was able to walk the next 2 days and now its going great

Sharp324 wrote:If you get them a lot then you should have part of the nail removed. I had that problem, i could cut it out as much as i wanted but the nail would keep growing down in it. Finally went to a real doctor, they shot some stuff in my toe to numb it, til it felt like hard rubber. The only that was discomforting was them numbing it, the poking the needle around the base of your toe 10 times and feeling the cold medicine going in. When they cut it out you dont really feel anything, just a tight feeling, and when they pull on it feels weird but doesnt hurt. I havent had a problem since.

nower days they have solutions to stop the nail growing in the specific area that ingrows

the needle dont hurt any more then a normal needle but when i had it done i had the doctor mark 2 crosses on my toe and the student doctor do the injection...needles to say he missed 6 Farking times my toe was the size of a small orange

[SD]Master_Wong wrote:nower days they have solutions to stop the nail growing in the specific area that ingrows

the needle dont hurt any more then a normal needle but when i had it done i had the doctor mark 2 crosses on my toe and the student doctor do the injection...needles to say he missed 6 Farking times my toe was the size of a small orange

Yeah it didnt hurt, was just weird. Like cold water being shot into me, and it was done about 8 times all the way around the base of it. This has been a few years ago, sure theres something new by now. Could always try the V trick, idk if it really works though.

Sharp324 wrote:

[SD]Master_Wong wrote:nower days they have solutions to stop the nail growing in the specific area that ingrows

the needle dont hurt any more then a normal needle but when i had it done i had the doctor mark 2 crosses on my toe and the student doctor do the injection...needles to say he missed 6 Farking times my toe was the size of a small orange

Yeah it didnt hurt, was just weird. Like cold water being shot into me, and it was done about 8 times all the way around the base of it. This has been a few years ago, sure theres something new by now. Could always try the V trick, idk if it really works though.

had mine done about 5 years ago

Not getting enough vitamin C also causes ingrown toenails. Drink your orange juice people.

wth, the first time i heard of in-grown toe nails was on here -_-

never had one, and i;ve picked at all my nails and cut them all assorted ways lol

edit: looked it up, fu**ing disgusting.

Never happnt to me.

yea when there infected they look foul but atm mine just look like a bump of skin on the side of my toe but i really want the surgery now before it gets worse but my peditrist says to wait till it gets worse but i dun wanna wait till it gets worse coz itll hurt alot when its worse and the needle will hurrtttt!

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wow no way im watching that! it will make me petrified of the real thing i will defintly not look when his cutting in it ill watch the needle and thats it!