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Toes are hurting Anonymous
Well as you can see from the picture i have a problem with my toes.

The toenails are pushing into the flesh...
I can barerly walk without pain, and if get some shocks on it, i really feel dizzy.
The toes also looks inflamed.

Well, i do not want to have an operation.
What to do?
>> Anonymous
>>433939
Yes, we know what an ingrown toenail feels like.
>> Anonymous
>>433944
so, how does the operation felt like?
>> Anonymous
>>433939
thats cus thats what happening. you're being stabbed in the toe by your own toenail. its fighting against you.
your best option is to go to a doctor. you'll have to wear sandals for a day, but you'll be fine the next day.
trust me, i had chronic ingrown toenails as a kid, (nails were actually growing out in a V shape) eventually had them taken care of permanently. Both sides on each toe were cut down to the root like when they normally remove an ingrown, then had the roots of the nail cauterized so they won't grow back. So my big toe nails on both feet are the same width as my thumb nails. Odd, but I haven't had any problems since.
>> Anonymous
lol, i would only do it if the operation consists of using a laser.

but this cost a shitton of money.
>> Anonymous
>>433969
depending on how they go about it and assuming that your toe isn't so swollen that the novocain/anesthetic can't reach the infected area, they will give you a shot or two around the infected area to numb up the toe. Some will use a cold spray to numb the area where they'll give you the shot. Then they go in and clip down to the root, yank it out, clean out the infected area and dress it. You'll walk funny for a day or so cus it'll be wrapped up in gauze, and it'll be tender, but no where near as painful as the actual ingrown nail. Total time should be less than 30 mins and won't involve more than you taking off your shoe and sock.
>> Anonymous
i have to much fear.

thanks for the tips anyways.
>> Anonymous
>>433969
here is how mine went (as far as i remember it was long ago)
i had an infected toenail for around 6 months before i went to the doctor (actually my parents forced me to go)
by the time i got there it was so infected that i had to have two operations - one to pull out the nail to let the infection clear and a few weeks later another one to remove a small part of the nail bed so that it wouldn't get ingrown again
the only thing that hurt during either of the operations was injecting the anesthetic, but that hurt a lot (much more then most injections i've gotten)
after the first surgery there was basically no pain
it did feel strange to walk for a few days, but that was all
after the second surgery i couldn't step on that foot without lots of pain for a few days and it still hurt after two weeks

if the same shit happened to me now i wouldn't have the second operation
hurt way to much and made my nail ugly
>> Anonymous
I had a really horrible one once, had a doctor cut out the nail and cauterized it to prevent it from ever growing again. Except that the doc fucked it up, and now I've got this wierdly shaped, juggernaut sized toenail that totally fucked up the shape of my toe and looks just well....

I never wear sandals, or go to a pool. My girl has never seen me without socks.
>> Anonymous
>>434036
pics?
>> Anonymous
I have the same problem on the right side of my right toe. I've had it ever since I was a kid and strangely enough I've fixed it by myself several times. I honestly wouldn't recommend this at all. Usually what I do is take the file part of the toenail clippers and and put it underneath the toenail and actually bend it upward just enough to clip it off; or sometimes I actually pull it out so that it rips down at the nail bed, where it's soft.

The thing about the toenail though, is that it's white, like when your toenails grow out, so it doesn't hurt to lift it up from where it's been growing, however to pull it out makes this deep hole in side of my toe. Usually the area surrounding it will swell up to protect itself and there's a painful empty feeling when I walk for like 3-6 days after. Although, it doesn't show up for like maybe a good year or so.
>> Anonymous
What you do is go to the doctor, get a referral to a podiatrist and get it taken care of.

When I was younger I had some extremely bad ingrown toe nails, put off going to the doctor. One of the toe-nails was actually grown through the flesh and starting to come out the other side.

They just numbed the toe with a cold spray, went in and cut out the ingrown portion of the nail. They don't knock you out and they don't make you go to a hospital. It takes them a few minutes to do the whole thing. Its somewhat painful while they do it, but not too bad. It be an aching/throbbing pain afterwards. I just didn't put anything on my foot for the rest of the day and it stopped hurting in about an hour. The pain is not insignificant, but it isn't bad. The operation itself will hurt just as much as if you stubbed your ingrown toe. Afterwards it doesn't hurt more than having a tooth pulled with minimal complications.

It feels so much better afterwards, you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

Once it is fixed let your nails grow out. Make sure they at least get to the end of the tract the grow in. Cutting them too short makes them become ingrown. I'm sure the podiatrist will yell at you.

The longer you put it off the worse it gets, just get it over with. You will be glad afterwards.