ingrown nail surgery (2)

Ingrown nail surgery, ingrown nail procedure

 

Swelling causes pain when patient walks. In early stages, conventional treatments such as anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, softening toe nails with warm water can relief the symptoms. However, for severe ingrown nails, the cure is to remove the entire nail. Below are several possible treatments:

Remove all ingrown nails: this is the simplest method. Generally one-third of the nail is removed, so no nail remains in the skin and no pain will be felt. But the chance of relapse is up to 80-90%. Factors like nail too close to the edges and nail bed swelling will also affect the effectiveness.

Wedge Resection：

 

which is to remove the all toe tissues including the nail groove and the nail plate and stich afterwards. Chance of relapse is much lower, but the toenail may be deformed and narrower. Since suture is required, there will be wound and remove the stitches after the surgery.

Chemicals to damage the toenail matrix: apply chemicals on the ingrown nail, which damages the toenail matrix, so as to prevent the growth of the nail. The method is simple but incomplete. Because excess chemicals may cause unnecessary damage on other tissues, but too little may lead to re-growing of nails around nail groove, so ingrown nail will happen again.

Laser：A new ingrown nail surgery in recent years. The method is to remove one-fourth or one-fifth of the nail plate and apply laser to the nail matrix, preventing its growth. Laser also vaporizes the nail bed tissues, so swelling is reduced. This surgery requires local anesthetic and lasts for about 30 minutes. It causes less damage and thus quicker recovery.



 

 

Reference information: www.genesis-surgery.com

The information aims to provide educational purpose only. Anyone reading it should consult Surgery Specialist before considering treatment and should not rely on the information above.

ingrown nail surgery (1)

Case sharing

Mr. Chan had experienced the pain of ingrown nail. “Two months ago I felt pain on the right big toe. It was so painful that I could not wear shoes except slippers. I could barely walk. Painkillers are just for temporary uses. It was very disturbing to my life. I couldn’t focus on my work, couldn’t do exercises and couldn’t go out to dine with my friends because of the pain in my toes. Mainly I could only stay home and watch TV. It was very depressing.

His sister experienced the same thing years ago. Her method was to remove the entire toe nail and wait for it to grow back. Mr Chan thinks the reason for his ingrown nail is he cut his nail too deeply, causing new nails inserted into the skin nearby. Now Mr Chan would never do the same thing again.

Causes of ingrown nail

The nail bed under the nail is a very thin layer of skin. Nail is similar to hair, which grows after it is peeled off. Matrix is the origin of the toe nail, which is under the cover of the skin total. Ingrown nail seldom occur in finger nails, usually it happens on the big toe nails, and very few happen on other toe nails, which is usually caused by congenital deformation.

Ingrown nail happens when cutting the toe nail too deeply, so when the nail grows upward, it penetrates the nail total as a sharp blade, causing trauma, leading to bacterial infection and forming pus. Other factors such as wearing high heels, narrow head shoes, will all increase pressure on the toes, causing swelling. And sweaty feet will increase moisture and worsen the problem of ingrown nail.

Reference information: www.genesis-surgery.com

The information aims to provide educational purpose only. Anyone reading it should consult Surgery Specialist before considering treatment and should not rely on the information above

ingrown nail surgery (2)

Ingrown nail surgery, ingrown nail procedure

Swelling causes pain when patient walks. In early stages, conventional treatments such as anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, softening toe nails with warm water can relief the symptoms. However, for severe ingrown nails, the cure is to remove the entire nail. Below are several possible treatments:

Remove all ingrown nails: this is the simplest method. Generally one-third of the nail is removed, so no nail remains in the skin and no pain will be felt. But the chance of relapse is up to 80-90%. Factors like nail too close to the edges and nail bed swelling will also affect the effectiveness.

Wedge Resection：

which is to remove the all toe tissues including the nail groove and the nail plate and stich afterwards. Chance of relapse is much lower, but the toenail may be deformed and narrower. Since suture is required, there will be wound and remove the stitches after the surgery.

Chemicals to damage the toenail matrix: apply chemicals on the ingrown nail, which damages the toenail matrix, so as to prevent the growth of the nail. The method is simple but incomplete. Because excess chemicals may cause unnecessary damage on other tissues, but too little may lead to re-growing of nails around nail groove, so ingrown nail will happen again.

Laser：A new ingrown nail surgery in recent years. The method is to remove one-fourth or one-fifth of the nail plate and apply laser to the nail matrix, preventing its growth. Laser also vaporizes the nail bed tissues, so swelling is reduced. This surgery requires local anesthetic and lasts for about 30 minutes. It causes less damage and thus quicker recovery.








Reference information: www.genesis-surgery.com

The information aims to provide educational purpose only. Anyone reading it should consult Surgery Specialist before considering treatment and should not rely on the information above.

ingrown nail surgery (1)

Case sharing

Mr. Chan had experienced the pain of ingrown nail. “Two months ago I felt pain on the right big toe. It was so painful that I could not wear shoes except slippers. I could barely walk. Painkillers are just for temporary uses. It was very disturbing to my life. I couldn’t focus on my work, couldn’t do exercises and couldn’t go out to dine with my friends because of the pain in my toes. Mainly I could only stay home and watch TV. It was very depressing.

His sister experienced the same thing years ago. Her method was to remove the entire toe nail and wait for it to grow back. Mr Chan thinks the reason for his ingrown nail is he cut his nail too deeply, causing new nails inserted into the skin nearby. Now Mr Chan would never do the same thing again.

Causes of ingrown nail

The nail bed under the nail is a very thin layer of skin. Nail is similar to hair, which grows after it is peeled off. Matrix is the origin of the toe nail, which is under the cover of the skin total. Ingrown nail seldom occur in finger nails, usually it happens on the big toe nails, and very few happen on other toe nails, which is usually caused by congenital deformation.

Ingrown nail happens when cutting the toe nail too deeply, so when the nail grows upward, it penetrates the nail total as a sharp blade, causing trauma, leading to bacterial infection and forming pus. Other factors such as wearing high heels, narrow head shoes, will all increase pressure on the toes, causing swelling. And sweaty feet will increase moisture and worsen the problem of ingrown nail.

Reference information: www.genesis-surgery.com

The information aims to provide educational purpose only. Anyone reading it should consult Surgery Specialist before considering treatment and should not rely on the information above.