Sweet Relief My Experience With Ingrown Toenail Surgery

If you're reading this, you don'tNaturacel Anti Aging Skin Cream need me to describe the pain of an ingrown toe nail. You're probably very familiar with it. I had surgery to treat my toenails 20 years ago, and haven't had a problem since, but I still remember that feeling all too well. I started having trouble with my nails when I was about 7 years old, and by the time I was about 8, I wouldn't let anyone come near them. For the next 6 years, I basically performed minor surgery on my own nails with my clippers and tweezers on a regular basis. Believe me, I've felt your pain. The good news for you is that you don't have to put up with it anymore.

I had surgery done on my ingrown nails when I was 14. It was a simple outpatient procedure at the podiatrist's office. They numbed the nerves of the toe, then did a bunch of things I tried to not think about - namely cutting the sides of the nail off down to the root and putting some sort of acid in there to keep it from growing back. I had both sides of both big toes treated. I read a magazine while they did it.

On one toe, it was a breeze. On the other, the shots they gave me to deaden the nerves just weren't working right. My toe was a little numb, but just a little. They gave me more shots of lidocaine, then asked if I wanted to wait and do it another time, since the anesthetic just wasn't working right. I told them to just go ahead and get it over with. So I felt most of the pain from that one. I won't lie, it hurt. Bad. But, it was bearable, and quick. I think each toe took maybe 10 minutes, tops. I think my experience was pretty close to the worst case scenario. Most of the time, there's no trouble with local anesthesia, and you're not going to feel anything.



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