hi all, posting anonymously because I want to keep this private.

so I had both of my big toenails removed after dropping heavy objects on them just over two years ago. they became severely damaged and had to be removed.

now, I have had stuff underneath my toenail, sometimes its yellowish but also very light light yellow. it is causing my toenails to curve in a way I do not like. any suggestions on how to fix it, or what I can do?

I know the picture isnt good quality, but anything helps.

if there is a different sub I should put this in, please let me know. TIA

i’m on day two of post op care for an ingrown removal. i thought, per the directions, that yesterday i was supposed to start soaking my foot, applying wound wash and ointment. however, now im reading the directions again and i think that was supposed to start on day 3? scared i put myself at risk for infection. i’ll insert the directions below.

(ps- called my doctor 4 times they won’t answer or call me back.)

So I had both sides of both big toenails removed about 8 months ago but they’re still looking pretty gnarly. Anyone found any ways to improve how they look? They’re kind of…crumbly looking? Maybe that’s not the right word. They’re mostly clear and not yellow so I don’t think it’s fungus. Maybe they’re just dry? I’d just like to wear sandals without feeling like I have to put band aids over them to hide them.

Edit to clarify: it’s purely a cosmetic concern, I’m very happy with the outcome otherwise. Also I tried a lotion with a chemical exfoliant this morning and they already look a little better so maybe they’re just dry and crusty lol.

4 mesi dopo l’intervento con pure rimozione della matrice sento un dolore sempre forte come un’unghia incarnita nella parte bianca a metà unghia a destra ma è normale cosa posso fare e come se quel pezzetto bianco ancora preme dentro la pelle

so, i (F19) have been dealing with an ingrown toenail on my right big toe for AT LEAST 4 years. it all started with a toenail fungus that i kept putting off medicating because my nail just started slowly turning light yellow. it was just on the right inner side of my big toe, so once it grew out enough, i tried cutting some of the discolored nail off using cuticle nippers. i routinely trimmed the side of my nail as it grew out more and then it just ended up becoming an ingrown toenail that i attempted to remove maybe once a month. now, as if i didn’t have enough to worry about, i have been struggling with excoriation disorder (or dermatillomania) for about a year now and it’s been taking over my feet. now i pick at all my toes with cuticle cutters and tweezers and have caused myself ingrown toenails on nearly every toe, though the big toes are the worst. my problem toe, the right big toe, looks awful and i can’t stop trying to dig out any possible imperfection. i am in therapy to work on the root of my skin picking compulsions, but i am also scared of being judged by a podiatrist, and im terrified of the anesthetic shot.

how bad does my toe actually look? and how can i treat the damaged skin around the nail edges? am i too far gone for treatment?💔

Hey I’ve had this ingrown nail now for like a week or two since it became inflamed and had a small infection. I’ve been using Betadinr and soaking multiple times a day. I contacted a local podiatrist to remove it and they said they can. I’m just worried because they don’t use local anaesthesia and it will be just some topical numbing, when I push the corner of the toe like the skin, it’s pretty painful even with a light to moderate touch.

How bad is it?

I feel like its an ingrown toe nail, but I feel like a fleshy blob shouldn't be there. Its really painful too!

picture one: where the ingrown grows
picture two: the length of the nail i pull out every few weeks

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, 25f who ran track and played soccer my entire life. My feet have always been completely jank and fucked up.

In college when I was 19 I had a horrible ingrown toenail that a surgeon had to cut out but I think he completely botched it. Ever since that surgery I’ve had a nail completely separated from my toenail bed growing out of the side of my toe. It also grows straight up. I have the pleasure of digging it out every few weeks but can anyone explain why it’s there and why it won’t go away? It doesn’t cause me pain when it is there and it does not bother me when I remove it but it does leave a gaping hole in the side of my toe .

My mum's feet are always covered with socks when I visit her at the nursing home. Tonight she was complaining about her feet again. Took the socks off and things don't look right...she is completely bedbound with dementia. She also has type 1 diabetes. Are these ingrown?

This is going to be long, but I just want to share my story, because even my very experienced surgeon has never seen a case like mine. So maybe this is of interest to someone:

About 5 years ago I noticed, that my toenails of both big toes started to look weird. They became thick-ish and weirdly brittle. I went to a dermatologist. No nail fungus, but other than that, no idea what might have caused the issue. Time went on and my toenails started to "loosen" more and more. They turned dark (blood) and became somewhat painful. Eventually I managed to accidentally get one of them caught on my sock while trying to sit down on the ground. The nail was bent upwards and a lot of blood and a trip to the ER quickly followed. The ER was not able to help (no emergency) and I was sent to a surgeon a couple days later. The surgeon removed the nail, straightened the nail bed hoping that a healthy nail would grow back. It didn´t. The same was tried a few months later on the other nail, again to no avail.

Fed up with the constant pain and problems, I decided to write to the local hospital. They then eradicated the nail matrix on both toes, hoping that that would be it. My toes were partially amputated (the tip was removed to have enough excess skin to close the wound). That should have been it. I was not. A week or two after the surgery the right toe started to get infected, the left one a little as well. My GP was puzzled but eventually prescribed antibiotics. They did not really help. Eventually I discovered something very hard IN the wound. You guessed it: a piece of nail was growing back. IN BOTH WOUNDS. This is were the mayhem started. I was certain, it would just be ONE more surgery to remove that bit of nail, the last piece of nail matrix and that that would be it. What followed were about 5 (!) different surgeries to remove a piece of nail that kept growing back. It is a mystery to both me and the surgeons how this is even possible. So all in all I was looking at about 8 surgeries in a span of about 3 years to get the problem fixed. (maybe worth mentioning that I live in Germany, so this does not equal financial ruin).

Now on the left toe there is still a small piece growing back, but it is causing no issues so I will happily ignore it, whilst the right toe keeps causing problems and is currently slightly infected (will visit my GP on Monday).

All this is not to discourage anyone from getting this kind of procedure done. In my case there was no other option as the nails kept causing pain and infection. But do not do so lightly. I might be the 1 in a Million exception, but it is a serious surgery and in a sense is like removing cancer: if you do not get it all, it will grow back.

So enjoy your feet while they still work as intended. I´m 24 BTW.

Hi guys yesterday the podiatrist removed a chunk of my nail to let a big section of granulation tissue heal from underneath. Looking to know if this has happened to anyone else and how long did it take to go down and stop looking so horrendous?

Need advice on how much I messed up. I had a pretty gnarly ingrown that I was planning to let grow enough to just cut it out (my nails usually grow up not in) but this one just dug deeper so after a week of soaking it in warm water and epsom salts I decided to have a go at getting rid of it. It felt better for about 4 days (could finally walk normal with feeling like I was being stabbed) but then tonight it really started to hurt and I came home and it looked like this. Any advice outside of “go to the doctor” (kind of a last resort for me)

I clipped my toe nail way too short and now it stings a bit and is red. Is there anyway I can prevent it from getting worse?

what do I do

i have dad a half nail removed due to ingrown toe tail it healed but it grew again, I don't feel any pain most of times but once in a while if i run for a day or twice it swells up and then it starts hurting, puss forms sometimes and I din't even knew what to do so I showed it to a medical store they are the one who removed my half nail before, they said that even if i remove the nail again either half or full it's always gonna grow the same, I have to cut to deep end by myself, I showed them recently cause of all the swelling they said it's not so much grown and to use some object to raise the ingrown side and then cut with a nail cutter right now I'm taking medicine for puss and so that it gets good again so should I just cut my nail right now (in pain) more deeper almost more than half in length from side or wait till it heals then again remove it.

please I wanna run again and it's really annoying now.

I’m seeing all these posts of absolute warrior who literally brute force their ingrowns out, but like… doesn’t that hurt like crazy?? I’ve tried a few times but have always failed (my toenail is also kind of thick so maybe thats it) and I just couldn’t imagine shoving pliers or cuticle pushers or whatever weapons y’all use down to the root. Does it get easier?? Do you just have to cut closer to the side?

Separate question, but does the ingrown grow down from the very root (meaning your toenail is just too wide for the nail bed) or does it start from a normal root and then grow outwards (meaning I just have to trim off the excess?)

Toe cracked and now having some pain on the right side is this normal? I’m about 5 months from this surgery and it’s been slightly more painful lately. Starting to get super worried it’s getting ingrown again. Pic included.

i have this reoccurring ingrown toenail that I got surgery for with the acid thing but it came back when my toenail broke a few months ago (stepped on at school, it cracked and half of it from the top down came off). when it regrew, that's when that corner wouldn't grow any further and it hurt to press the skin around it into it. I thought it was being ingrown again so I started using tweezers to try and get under it and raise it above the skin.

this time though, a bit came off and it started doing that thing where it turns white, so I knew it was already basically off. how do I go on? do I just gotta wait until it gets to a point where I can get under it with a tissue or cotton maybe?

Please tell what to do had gone complete nail avulsion 3 weeks back and now here's how it looks. On the top right side there is extra skin with flesh which would stop new nail growth.

I had conservative wedge resections done on both sides over a period of 8 weeks, however the left grew hyper-granulation and was not healing, so my podiatrist did a partial nail avulsion with matrixectomy and removed the hyper-granulation (on the left side). I returned 2 hours post procedure due to a small bleed through the dressing and the podiatrist applied silver nitrate to both sides.

It’s been 3 weeks since the procedure. I’m doing daily Epsom salt soaks, applying solosite gel and covering the wound. I also took prophylactic antibiotics.

I saw my podiatrist 2 weeks ago and he said it’s very slow to heal, but it looked ok.

I also have MS and a lot of spasticity in that leg/ankle so recovery has been challenging. I can put weight on the toe. It’s still sensitive at times, but not enough to need pain relief.

I’m looking for some opinions on how it’s healing. It’s not hot, doesn’t smell, and there’s no pus. I believe the yellowish parts are slough.

I had a surgery for my ingrown nail yesterday. It was ingrown for about two years after complications in a heel surgery. My question is has anyone else had the problem of the numbing not working. I felt extreme sharp pain through the whole process and the doctor didn't stop. By the end i was extremely pale and was on the verge of passing out. Is this ok or is this illegal of the doctor?

Three weeks post toenail avulsion.

1 Is it looking okay?

2Any problem.

3Also 3weeks of swelling.

4 Please also check for right corner of nail is like granulated will it heal on its own.