Matrixectomy
By JoeBruin88. Filed in Health |Tags: Greece, Health, ingrown-toenail
It started hurting again while we were in Greece, at the bottom left corner of my toe. I originally thought that it was just getting infected because I was wearing sandals every day in a foreign country. But even after I returned, the pain started to get sharper and sharper as when the ingrown nail first started to bother me. The slightest touch to the tip and the side of the toe hurt. I’ve even been wearing sandals to work for the past two weeks. Finally, I couldn’t stand it anymore. I visited my regular doctor and he referred me to a podiatrist.
Dr. Papier was a very outgoing guy. He’s an older man, but obviously likes his work despite working with feet. He’s definitely a health fanatic because he gave me a “Running” magazine o read while I waited, as well as talked to his office personnel about Body Mass Index, exercise, and no smoking.
The procedure was kind of stressful at first. The doctor promised that it wouldn’t really hurt. As in the previous procedure, I received injections, but this time, they were located at the bottom of my toe. I told the doctor about my previous experience of having the injection right in the tip where it hurt the most. But he assured me that it would not be like that. The injections did not really hurt, just a a short tinge and little sharp pain that did not last very long. After the about 10 minutes of waiting for the Novocaine to take effect. After that time, he came back in and put a rubber ring around my toe to decrease the circulation to the toe. Then he just cut the toe nail right to the bottom and pulled out the offensive nail.
It was amazing to see that the remnant nail had a sharp spicule point, which was the fragment that was cutting into my skin. He then placed some liquid which burned for a short time. This liquid kills the side of the nail to prevent it from growing. After wrapping my toe with bandages, I was good to go and left for work.
Looks like it’s more soaking of my toe for a week. My toe is still swollen, but there is no more pain when I walk or touch the tip of my toe.