Can I take care of this at home? No doctors :(

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Pulled this monster out this morning. Instant relief

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Post surgery

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Saw this on another sub. This is the worst ingrown I have ever seen.

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Worked on this bad boy for a few days 🙌

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Had this pulled out today

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My pedicure lady just knows...I said they felt fine and then she pulls this shiz outta there lol

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digged this badboy out

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Update : Appointment Dec 5th

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ben working on this ingrown for a month or so, got the last bit out today!

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Had this taken out last month.

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Ripped big toe nail out by accident today, fixed my ingrown at least

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Is this still self treatable?

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DIY dental floss splint

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Dug this little shit out. And yes, that's nail and not puss.

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What an ingrown toenail looks like after 7 hours at school lol

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Banished this angry little shard this morning!

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Little piece of shit

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Victory

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Can’t for for my removal surgery😭

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My mental health has been at an all time low so therefore everything physical has suffered. Tomorrow I’m calling the podiatrist and making an ASAP appointment. Baby steps...

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Is this problematic

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Doc said it was top 3 all time!

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Did this myself a week after podiatrist told me I DIDN’T have an ingrown and “probably just sore from tight shoes.”

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Had my whole nail removed after dropping a car charger on my foot :)

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Braved my injection fear and got this out today.

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Sweet relief.

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Is this ingrown?

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It got worse since I last showed you guys

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My right toe

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Got this removed in 2020

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how bad is this? it honestly barely hurts but ik it's not good. (PLEASE don't be dramatic i have severe health anxiety)

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Pic from my surgery 1.5ish years ago (warning: you will never see chopsticks the same again) 🥰

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24 hours after ingrown toenail surgery ,AMA

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Went to have surgery- couldn’t get it numb enough

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Pulled this out after draining my toe

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Massive ingrown toenail: details in comments

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Y'all wanted an update - weird blue/blister forming but I have an appt. For the podiatrist in a week

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2 Year Old Hockey Ingrown Toenail

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Is it time to go see a doctor?

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FINALLY!!!! So painful but so worth it

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Should i rip it off?

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I have a appointment at a podiatrist later this week my toe is looking bad am I safe to wait till the appointment

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I pulled out my ingrown. it seems like there is nothing holding the nail on but it's not budging. what's gonna happen

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What it looked like, what I pulled out, how it is now. Ft. Hairy ass toes.

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Old picture of my ingrown removal 9 years ago, hope you can see how bad it was despite the awful quality

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving The Whole Year

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Still not got the surgery...

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I've been dealing with this for months. Should I go to a doctor?

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I can’t believe this came out of my toe. Feeling pretty tender 4 days post procedure. How long does the sensitivity last?

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Finally some relief! I was able to get the left one done as a preemptive measure but unfortunately they wouldn’t let me film it. The biggest piece came out of the non infected toe. Now to navigate the clown toes 😂. Thank you all for your advice over the last few weeks.

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Had these removed today

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Is this ingrown, infected or something more serious?

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I have to pull this big bloody bastard out one every two weeks

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Can I heal this myself?

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Thank me later

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Look at this vileness

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Got this sucker removed today, INSTANT relief even while numbed up

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My toes are so stuffed up, I clean them twice a day and they still look like that, getting them operated on in a few weeks. Its been two years with these

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1 month after surgery :) feels so good to be pain free!

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Like 2 weeks after toenail surgery

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After a couple of years of suffering, had my toes sorted.

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After ingrown toenail removal

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6 months regrowth. After 1 partial and 2 full removal surgeries. Too awkward for filing or trimming. Podiatrist and I are at a loss.

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Woke up to unbearable pain at 3 am. After 4 hours, I was finally able to run to a pharmacy to buy clippers and get this fucker out. How can something so little cause so much pain?!

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im trying to pull it out but it feels stuck. what should i do? just yank it out or no?

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I just had 4 ingrown toenails removed.

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I just stubbed my ingrown toenail SO BADLY I THINK I AM GOING TO DIE. Not exaggerating when I say this hurts ten times worse than child birth

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Developed an ingrown nail. Is this self treatable?

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Post removal toe. 4th procedure. They used anesthesia and a chemical to keep it from growing back. (Last time they didn't, worst pain ever felt). Told my skin will be permanently black in that area, how true is that? Can't find any info online.

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4 weeks post-op and finally pain free!

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Ingrown toenail advice.

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6 weeks since surgery. Pain is unbelievable at times and I've lost so much sleep

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Results so far with the floss under the nail hack

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Been waiting a few months for podiatry appt :) Do the surgeries hurt at all?

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And now the road to recovery begins

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Update

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What is the black stuff on my toe?

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Before and after

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Nasty ingrown, getting surgery in 15 minutes. Wish me luck. I'll try to videotape it

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Anyone know the stages of healing for surgically removed ingrown toenail? Is this infected or healing normally? Doesn’t hurt, just looks gross, doing everything Dr said to do...thanks

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This is my first time dealing with this. How bad is this situation and what can I do to prevent it from getting worse?

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relief finally

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This gnarly looking dude has been on my toe for the last 8 years of my life and my friend and I were messing around in his pool and it came clean off when his foot came in contact with it

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Should I see the doctor ASAP?

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(Photo 3-11-2021): I got Antibiotics because of the severe infection. I need to come back to the doctor Tuesday.

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Really should get this bad boy checked out. He’ll definitely need surgery

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Hello ! Other people got that to fix an ingrown toenail ?

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My 3 year old son has this on his toe. Is it an ingrown and should I be worried?

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How can I treat this at home?

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Started to soak my feet been going on a month now trying to at least see some progress on the swelling and infection before I try going to get them remove, Does anyone have any tips on getting the infection out besides Epsom salt

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Could you guys give me your honest opinion How bad does it look.....

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Podiatrist said this was the first time anyone had asked him to keep the nails lol will post before and after tomorrow

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Had this for a year... got a referral just before covid... 4 months later finally hearing back from for surgery.

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Curve Correct Treatment for Ingrowns Update! Nails *are* flattening out to keep from digging into the skin. Improvement is more visible on my left nail — you can see one of the edges not curling down anymore. Skin isn’t tender on either toe (Yay!)

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Surgery isn’t till the 20th.

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I’m worried the appointment is in the morning I can’t sleep I hate needles but I know it needs to be done wish me luck

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Before and after my Vandenbos proceedure today! I’ll update again when it’s fully healed :)

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I had a severe reoccurring Ingrown nail removed, unfortunately for me the antibiotics didn’t totally work so when they removed the nail it trapped bacteria under the scab causing this INSANELY painful abscess to form.Flash forward to present day It’s healed now! but man.. this was intense 😅😓

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Time to see someone

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Help!! What should i do?

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Ingrown started to bleed randomly and did not even touch it!!!!!

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ingrown toenail literally wtf do i do

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Opinions?

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Can I manage this at home or should I see a doctor? How did the extra tender skin grow in that spot?!

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You guys requested an update, so here’s what my toe looks like [1 week] post-op!

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TW- I had an ingrown toenail 3 days ago that I did get out and just took off my work boot and it looks like this. What can I do? I’m very afraid of doctors so anything else out there helps

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Need help desperately

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Chances of sepsis

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Total nail avulsion on both big toes after a case of paronychia that wouldn’t go away, but the gauze is still stuck!

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I had toenail surgery this time last year ish. It came back and I honestly have no idea what to do because I can’t afford it again and it doesn’t seem to get better. I’ve been dealing with it for so long I’m so exhausted 😭 any tips?

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attempted to remove ingrown at home abut 2-3 weeks ago. Been soaking in peroxide and Epsom salt for the last week. should I see a doc???

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At this point, I wouldn't mind if my toe fell off

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My toe just drained a lot of blood and puss it feels so much better but what is that tissue in the corner

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Day number 5 update after ingrown toenail total removal. Most of the pain has gone away, I can now go without pain killers. Seems to be healing well :)

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This thing really hurts like shit and I just wanted to say that here. Been battling for almost a decade now and I'm only 15

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Is my ingrown toenail infected?

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This just popped its way out of my skin.

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need some advice

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Does it look like it’s healing?

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