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Suggest Treatment For Ingrown Toe Nail

Posted on Tue, 28 Jun 2016

Question: My husband has ingrown toe nail problem on both his feet and has to get the toe nail clipped/removed every 2 months or so by a podiatrist, it has been recurring for almost 2 years now and he wants to get the toe nails permanently removed through cosmetic surgery, is it possible to remove the toe nail completely or will it grow back in some months?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Nail avulsion with chemical/phenol matriectomy

Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us

I am dr.kakkar(dermatologist). I have gone through your query and i have noted your concern

For recurrent ingrown toe nail, after nail avulsion, the nail matrix on the side of ingrown toe nail is destroyed by phenol application so that the nail plate on that side of the toe does nt grow back.. The procedure is known as nail avulsion with chemical matriectomy.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Kakkar (38 minutes later)

My husband had undergone this removal using phenol twice or thrice but it grew back every time, I am not sure if another time also it will be successful or not. Could you please comment on it?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (23 hours later)

Brief Answer:
phenol application must not have been done properly

Detailed Answer:
Hi.

Obviously the application of phenol was not done properly otherwise it should not have grown back. Phenol application is 100% effective in ablating nail matrix. One solution is to ablate the whole of nail matrix with phenol instead of partial ablation after nail avulsion.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar