Ingrown Toenail Infection

RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By (Guest Post) I have had many toenail infections over and over again and need help on how to stop it. Please help. Posted on 01/27/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By (Guest Post) Does any body know any other alternatives to curing ingrowns rather than going to the doctor for surgery? I have had mine for almost 3 years already, and I can't go to work wearing slippers as it's not allowed. Can anybody help? Posted on 01/20/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Kathleen W. (Guest Post) I agree with 1 of the post about using alum & water, alum will help & sometimes cure anything, sores, cuts & etc. Get it from drug store in the back, ask them if they have it in 3 oz bottle. I not they will order it for you, it's cheaper than in grocer store, every body needs to keep alum on hand. Good luck. Posted on 12/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By chris7834 (1) Contact can some one please help i have an ingrown toenail which is infected not very bad but very sensitive and hurts really bad this sounds wimpy but i do not wanna get the 'surgery'i havent had it for to long but ive been soaking it and takeing and antibiotic nothing is working should i keep trying or what? please help Posted on 12/24/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By chris (Guest Post) Can some one please help. I have an ingrown toenail which is infected not very bad but very sensitive and hurts really bad. This sounds wimpy but I do not wanna get the 'surgery. I haven't had it for to long but I've been soaking it and taking and antibiotics. Nothing is working. Should I keep trying or what? Posted on 12/24/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By bblom@sisunet.org (1) Contact Several years ago I had a greater toe that was ingrown about 1/2 inch. It got that I could not wear a shoe and started wearing a slipper at work. I finally got up my nerve and and pushed a kelly clamp down the inside fo the ingrown nail, snapped it tight and rolled the whole nail off. I start to shake when I think about it and would never recommend it. The nail grew back and I have been carefull never to get in that position again. BB Posted on 12/22/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By no one (Guest Post) I have the same thing but I got one removed. I had 2 on each of my big toe. You shouldn't waste time. Hurry and go to the doctor because if you wait, it will grow more into the skin making it more painful. What they'll do is first put some rubber bands around your toe for about 7 mins then they will bring in the supply kit and numb you toe with a needle with something in it (don't know what it is). After they will take some scissors and cut about half your toenail. Finally they will put bandages and stuff on it and give you a prescription for the pain cause it will hurt a little after. Posted on 11/19/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Chris (Guest Post) Okay, so about three to four months ago, I noticed that both sides of the nail on my left big toe were slightly ingrown. I hoped it would work itself out, but it still hasn't, and it's now getting horribly painful. Is it too late to be able to take care of it myself, or should I save my time and just see a doctor? What will happen? I'm not sure, this hasn't really happened to me before, and I am 17 now. Posted on 11/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By (Guest Post) I get them all the time. The "surgery" if you can really even call it that, its not that bad. A few needles in your foot, then the cut straight down the middle of your nail, and pull each side out. The relief from the pressure on your feet is immediate, and my nail grew back. Really not that bad. Posted on 10/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Mika (Guest Post) Hello, I have ingrown toe nails on both of my big toes, and on both sides. I went to the doctor's twice and they said to soak it and put cotton on the end of my toenails. I tried that, and it really didn't work. I took antibiotics 2 times, and they never worked. I am quite disappointed. I am shameful also, because I wear slippers all the time. My boyfriend always looks at my feet, so I always try and hide my hideous toes. What do I do? Is surgery the best thing? I had it for a long time... maybe a year now. It hurts a lot. Posted on 10/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By autumn (Guest Post) Ingrowns suck and I always get them, I have had surgery twice and it grew back both times. good luck to all who have ingrowns. They are the worst. Posted on 08/24/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Matt (Guest Post) Yes this is like the third time I've had ingrown toe nail surgery, and let me say that it is not bad at all and you all need to quit being such wusses about it. Some people are saying they have had it for 4 years, you people need to learn that just because you ignore a problem does not mean its no longer there. Get the surgery, it's fairly painless the worst part is the novocaine and then it's only like a ten minute procedure, and if you get the acid, your toe nail should never grow back. Posted on 08/08/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Sarah (Guest Post) I'm scared after reading a few of those. I have had an ingrown toenail infection for a year now and I'm finally getting it taken care of. I got it after I had a pedicure (worst mistake ever!) Anyways, its on the right side on my toe and when I went to my doctor he took an xray, no bone infection. But I was surprised when he said it was an ingrown toenail, I have never gotten one of those so I thought it was odd, but apparently I'm getting surgery on Sept. 1 by some other doctor. I'm pretty sure its in his field. After reading a few of those I'm afraid hes going to take my toenail off now. Although they never told me of that. Hopefully its not some lame surprise. Well, good luck to everyone. :) Posted on 07/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse Scared of Ingrown Toenail surgery! By Sean (Guest Post) I have 2 infections on both sides! I have had them for 4-5 years and I have lost the ability to play sports without having to slow down because of pain. 3 weeks ago, I was in PE class and playing outside in bare feet playing hockey, some other person hit a REALLY hard RANDOM shot directly at my toe and it bled non-stop for 30 minutes. From that point, my mum is on a 'mission' to get the surgery :'( I have an appointment on Monday (3 days away) so please if you have ANY ways of getting rid of it WITHOUT injections and pain, PLEASE POST IT! I am 14 and petrified of doctors and injections Sean (PLEASE HELP!) Posted on 07/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By jeniffer (Guest Post) I've had an ingrown toenail since October 2006 (thanks to publix) and all doctors especially the workers comp doctor said "its just a blister". It started on the left side of my big toe and went away. It went away so I was good then it popped up on the right side and recently on the left so it's all infected. It's so painful to walk and I cant afford going to a podiatrist at the moment. What really sucks is I try to soak it in the water blah blah and none of it works :( I hate having to hide it and walk on it What remedy should I do? Posted on 07/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Rod (Guest Post) Do NOT go to a doctor for this condition. Go see a chiropodist/podiatrist. I made the brutal mistake of going to my doctor, where I was butchered, and thankfully my toenail grew back. I then went to see a chiropodist for both of my toes, which he did the procedure properly and carefully, and I have not had a problem since. Posted on 06/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Christina (Guest Post) I've had my left toe nail ingrown 4 times in the past year. The first two times, my doctor only cut out the infected parts without anesthesia, but the third time I went in and the doctor told me enough was enough, the nail had to come out. So he told me to come back the next day after he was done with patients. I did and he brought me to the room in back where they normally do casting. He had me lay down on the bed with my knees bent and my feet flat on the bed. Doing as I was told, the doctor gave me 4 needles. 2 on either side of my toe. Once the toe started going numb, he started his work. Once the toenail was removed, he wrapped it up and sent me home. Well... 3 hours after the extraction, my toe was bleeding right through the bandages he put on it and my friends step dad's niece changed my dressings for me. I didn't stay off my foot the five days I was supposed to, so my infection is still there and the nail is growing into the skin again, and the middle of the nail is all pointed upwards, so it feels like a mountain if I run my finger across my toenail. I went to the clinic the other night about it and the doctor I saw then told me to get the doctor who initially took the nail out to do it again, but I cant visit him till Monday of next week and he wont do it that same day. Instead he will tell me to come back at the end of his shift another day and I'll have to go through the same stuff again. Posted on 03/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By roni (Guest Post) I had laser surgery on one toe almost 12 years ago and have not had issues with this since. The laser surgery did not hurt compared to having a nail removed. The laser burned the nail at the root up a straight line up the nail bed. I got to keep my nail and got rid of the ingrown all in one. I can wear sandals again! Posted on 02/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Rachel (Guest Post) I've had surgery on both my big toes for ingrown toenails before. It hurt really bad. I didn't get anesthesia. I just had it numbed. It took 37 shots with 7.5 needles, very painful. They grew back and did the same thing again.I fixed the left but the right is REALLY BAD. In fact, it's purple where the infection is. It hurts really bad but my mother hasn't taken me to the doctor yet.It's been this way for about 8 MONTHS now. If you got it this bad, go to the doctor. Medicaid will pay for surgery. I had mine in the emergency room last time because my doc was gone. Not my recommendation! Posted on 02/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Paul (Guest Post) 4 months ago I injured my toe, causeing the ingrown part of the nail to dig into the nail bed resulting in an infection. I had the ingrown part of the nail removed. It relieved the pain but a few weeks later it was reinjured and became infected. Had the bad part of the nail removed again to relieve the pressure. The pain was gone once again but is now is infected once again. I guess the reson for this is that there is a void in your toe where the ingrown nail was and after its removed that area is open and can get injured causeing an infection. The nail is OK but the infection just keeps hanging around. I was told by a doctor to keep it clean, he started me on antibiotics and told me to take it easy on it. Posted on 02/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Me (Guest Post) Hi! I've been fighting ingrown toenails for almost 3 years. First my right big toenail, and recently my left big toenail (both sides on both toenails were ingrown). I've had bath, betadine almost every treatment that was written above...nothing helped...Solution: 2 days ago i've had surgery...the doctor removed the ingrown parts of the nails and put some chemical to stop those parts from regenerating...I can't say that the operation didn't hurt, I've had local anesthesia. I am waiting for the toes to heal...At last:no more blood on my socks when I return from school and no more pain. Hope I've helped! Good luck. Feedback is welcome. Posted on 01/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By angie (Guest Post) UGG I just had part of my big toe nail removed and now I have to go back in March for the other side of that toe and both sides of my other big toe, But the part that I am most scared of is, they are going to completely remove two of my toenails also. I was such a baby with the first one that they agreed to put me under for the procedure. Anyone ever had a toenail completely removed before? ang623 @ gmail Posted on 01/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Clarissa (Guest Post) I have had horrible toe nails since day one - so my mother says. I have had an operation on one toe nail, best choice I have ever made, i used to take anti biotics but it used to clear up the infection and then the nail would just do the same thing again. I was so scared about the operation but all they do is cut a tiny bit off and mine is done so it wont grow back, now there is no pain at all. Got me a week off school. What more could I possibly want? Now I have NO problems with that toe, but my other big toe has started to do the same, so I took things into my own hands - worst thing I could have done. I cut the toe nail etc and now it is even worse, so leave it to your doctor to do. At first I was scared to see a doctor but when I heard the reality of it all, I was soon quick to get an appointment, so I am going tomorrow to see the nurse, who is going to give me some anti biotics and if that doesn't work, looks like operation number two could be fast approaching. Posted on 12/20/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By justin (Guest Post) Ive got to go in hospital to have my ingrown toenail removed and I am so scared. I have been told they put an IV in you and it hurts. Is this true? Posted on 11/13/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Smilie and hope for the best (Guest Post) I have 2 ingrown toenails on my big toes. One of them is infected all the way down to the bottom of the toenail. I think I need to see a doctor but I am to scared to get shots. The doctor first told me to soak in warm soapy water at least twice a day and 4 times a day on the weekends. I also had to use an antibiotic to see if the infection went away (it didn't) but it did take down the swelling. I am very scared to get a shot but I do think the doctor is the best choice. I was then told to apply a cream such as Neosporin or anti itch cream any of those. And then put a Band Aid on it. I am however very scared because I am only 12. Posted on 11/12/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By imaqt1962 (Guest Post) I had so many problems with both my big toes that I finally had the nails removed on both. No big deal. They just simply gave me a shot in both toes and took the nail off (I never even felt the removal of the nail) I was then given a choice of having medication put on the toes so the nail would never grow back or not having it put on and letting the nail grow back again. Posted on 10/30/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Ashley (Guest Post) I have had toe surgery about 5 times they always comeback. I had one in July and got surgery and it came back and it is only October. Posted on 10/30/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By john doe (Guest Post) I have the same problem except both my big toes are just like yours, infected! They puss constantly. I want to go for surgery but I'm also very scared. I have puss coming out from both corners on both feet. Once in a while, I get little puss spots on the corner and end up popping them and having a little hole in my toe. I would like to know how much is surgery? Posted on 10/25/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Kiri (Guest Post) Easiest way-soak them in salty water. That's what every doctor has told me, and it has never ever worked. I've had severe ingrown toenails in the last 3 years, and 7 operations in a doctors surgery with only local anesthetic and all have worked..for maybe a month. Then they just come back as bad as the last time or even worse. I'm only 14 now so I consider myself pretty unlucky since no one else I know in all ages has ingrown toenails nearly as bad as mine. But, good luck :) And if anyone IS to get surgery, make sure you have general anesthetic. Posted on 08/23/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Tupelo Granmom (12) Contact This is going to sound crazy, but if u soak your foot in regular Listerine it will kill the bacteria and help heal the toe. I use the Walmart brand as its cheaper. Surprisingly this also works if you have nail fungus. Posted on 08/08/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Sallie (Guest Post) I use Campho-Phenique. I dip a Q-tip in (one dip per end) and dab on inflamation. Dab several times and wait till numb. Gently pull skin away from corner of nail, cut a small part of the corner off in at an angle. Put Campho-Phenique on several times a day till well. Posted on 08/07/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By eve (Guest Post) i thought i had a ingrown toe nail when cut the corner nail out found a thread from a sock they're ok now Posted on 08/07/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By perfume and powder (569) Profile Contact I got this from a book of old timey home remedies and it worked: make a thick paste out of alum and water. Put it on the toe and cover with gauze. The alum will make the skin around the ingrown part shrink and that will release the toe nail. You can buy alum from the grocery. It will be with the spices. Posted on 08/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Persnickety Paula (366) Profile Contact I soaked my foot in warm water with epsom salts and applied peroxide to the infected toe. It got very swollen so I finally squeezed it and once it was finally able to drain, it started to heal. It was very painful, though, I have to admit. It also damaged the toe nail, but I think that it will eventually grow out to be normal. Posted on 08/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By bev h (Guest Post) Thanks for all your help Posted on 08/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ingrown Toenail Infection By Hobo62 (2) Blog! Contact At one time I had one on each foot. Went to a podiatrist and had them removed. No pain. Was off on 3 day weekend, did as doctor suggested, and when back to work on Monday. Best move I ever made. Posted on 08/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse

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