If you have health insurance, they can count it as surgery instead of the lower grade treatment it really is and get all fees and copays waived. I've had it, and more complicated open foot variants of it done at least a dozen times 
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Originally posted by: acemcmac
If you have health insurance, they can count it as surgery instead of the lower grade treatment it really is and get all fees and copays waived. I've had it, and more complicated open foot variants of it done at least a dozen times
I've tried it myself and I don't have insurance yet.
if you have decent insurance only your co-pay - 10-20 bucks is what you should pay.
-edit- and if you get them frequently go to a pediatrist. He'll burn away the toenail roots at the side of the nail bed preventing you from EVER having these horrid things again.
<---has them frequently and it sucks. Ped doc take care of them.
I had one REALLY bad one time and I didn't have insurance at the time since I was in between jobs. It was really bad and pussy and painful so I had to get it fixed.
The doctor charged me $800!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually he first charged me $1300 but we ended up agreeing on $800 but still!!!!!!!
He numbed it and cut it out down the side. Then he injected this chemical which keeps the nail from growing back in that spot. It wasn't too painful until after the numbness wore off but even then it only hurt a little bit to walk around.
If it wasn't so bad and I could've put it off then I would have but it was seriously some of the worst pain I've had..
Just be careful about messing with them yourself. The can get VERY infected.
I once had my big toenail needed to be removed because I worked on an ingrown toenail - got infected.
puss, pain, antibiotics and couldn't walk for a week.
gnarly.
I cut the skin on my big toe all the way from the groove to the top of the toe (along the line the nail folds down and into your skin on the sides) and let it grow out and around it.. man.. it was atleast 3cm digging into the front of my toe.. it just *popped* out as soon as I made the cut.. I dont recommend it.. but it could help out..
:Q
I had one like that and let it go until one day after getting seawater in it, it swelled to the point where I could not walk.
I went to the E-room and the nurse practically passed out. They took radiographs and referred me to an orthopedic surgeon. The great toe bone was severely infected with osteomyelitis and they told me that I could lose the toe!
Luckily I only lost a few mm of the bone. They had to split the top of the great toe and saw out the infected bone. It was sore for a few weeks, the nailbed was completely removed and the toe looks funny but at least I didn't lose the toe and don't have to worry about it affecting my gait.
Moral of the story: get it taken care of before it takes care of you!
Cheers!
Slacker
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fixed.Originally posted by: sharkeeper
:Q
I had one like that and let it go until one day after getting seawater in it, it swelled to the point where I could not walk.
I went to the E-room and the nurse practically passed out. They took radiographs and referred me to an orthopedic surgeon. The great toe bone was severely infected with osteomyelitis and they told me that I could lose the toe!
Luckily I only lost a few mm of the bone. They had to split the top of the great toe and saw out the infected bone. It was sore for a few weeks, the nailbed was completely removed and the toe looks funny but at least I didn't lose the toe and don't have to worry about it affecting my gait.
Moral of the story: Own it before it OWNZ you!
Cheers!
dude if you don't have insurnace just do it your self its not a big deal. take some small sisors (forget what thier called. and just cut it yes it may hurt like a bitch to do it but I rather it hurt than be stuck with a 200+ dollar bill. worse case senerio it gets infected and you need to get some penecillen (which is cheap)
you don know people have died from ingrown toenails right? Funky stuff down there, gets into the blood stream and you die of massive infection.
true but what does a doc do besides num it that any different. I mean as long as you sterilze the sisors you should be fine and soak in hydrogen peroxide till its healed. I did this the first 3 times my big toes in grew but since it kept reocuring I ended up having to go in to have the buds on the sides killed, which took two times to get them to stop growing. thankfully I had insurance at the time but if I didn't I would of continued fixing it myself until I did have insurance
KaOTiK
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Seriously get this taken care of quickly. My mother works for a podiatrist (shes his assistant and Xray tech) and you would be suprised how many times theve had to amputate(sp?) someones toe cause the infection got to the bone and it can life threating.
Ive had a few done, 2 by docs, 2 by myself. Best do it yourself way is to use small scissors cut the edge off that is causing the pain and use tweezers to yank it out and dig inside the wound to make sure no fragments of nail is left behind. Just use a mouth peice or towel to bit down on, its not too bad once your in there doing it.
Kao
Ive had a few done, 2 by docs, 2 by myself. Best do it yourself way is to use small scissors cut the edge off that is causing the pain and use tweezers to yank it out and dig inside the wound to make sure no fragments of nail is left behind. Just use a mouth peice or towel to bit down on, its not too bad once your in there doing it.
Kao
waggy
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i HATE ingrown toenails. I get them all the times on my little toe.
though my little toes are messed up. both of them have 2 toenails (could be one. but its split down themiddle and grows funny). i also get ingrown toenails every 6 months or so. I just yank it out and clean it. after all the times i have had it done it does not hurt when i pull it out.
though my little toes are messed up. both of them have 2 toenails (could be one. but its split down themiddle and grows funny). i also get ingrown toenails every 6 months or so. I just yank it out and clean it. after all the times i have had it done it does not hurt when i pull it out.
ArmchairAthlete
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Boy did I wish I knew before I got one...
This is something they should teach in health class to kids. They learn about STDs, but not something they could actually get in the near future.
I cut a nail on one of my big toes incorrectly with a knife and this happened. You have to trim straight across. It got infected and I didn't know wtf it was, but eventually my mom saw it.
I don't know about the rest of you guys but taking medical advice on a tech message board might not be the best idea.
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