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sspssp
Mar 4, 2005, 9:05 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: I didn't find the procedure or healing painful. In fact, I wish I had done both big toes at the same time as the only down side was the 4 weeks of healing which would have been the same if I had both toes done at once. :shock: I could barely walk with one toe done. Either I am a total wimp or my doc was a sadistic bastard and did a really bad job.
He brushed on a topical anesthetic, and then gave the toe a shot of some pain killer (the shot was uncomfortable, but the topical pain killer made it feel mostly just awkward). After the shot, I couldn't feel a thing and had no idea when he actually removed it.
I asked if it would hurt when the painkiller wore off and he said it shouldn't. He said as long as I diligently did the soaks, there should be no problems and no pain. He was right.
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crimpme
Mar 4, 2005, 10:49 PM
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Different Toe Pain
I thought I'd share my similar but not quite the same problems I've had with my big toes. I've never technically had an in grown toe nail, but when wearing tight shoes (soccer shoes in high school) or the occasional climbing show, the shoe would press the sides of my toe (the skin that borders the nail) into the nail causing sharp sharp pain. The solution for me was not to cut off the toe nail (this would never work out anyway) but to wrap my toe in athletic tape such that the skin on the side of the toe was pulled up _higher_. By pulling up higher, it wrapped over the nail rather than being pressed into the nail. If you have problems with your nails, try this - first push the skin directly in from the side - this hurts (for me at least). now push from below the toe so that the skins is pushed up to the top - with it 'wrapped' over (probably not more than 1 mm), push from the side - for me this hurts _alot_ less.
I wish I knew about this in highschool instead of learning with my old Boreal Diablos. Hope this helps people.
-Mike
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