I think what just occured was the most painful experience of my life 
I poured some beer on it to disinfect though.
Anyone else done this? Ouch!
I poured some beer on it to disinfect though.
Anyone else done this? Ouch!
Just did some Home Surgery on an In-Grown Toenail
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damn y'all'll be lucky if you don't get an infection and have to have it amputated. You should go see a podiatrist when you have those...blech!
Well, I was drinking the beer, and someone told me to use alcohol as a disinfectant, so I put 2 and 2 together.chicodude01 said:
I used a steak knife, some tweezers and nail clippers. I slid the steak knife under my toe nail and peeled it up as I pulled the cuticle back with the tweezers. Once I got the edge of the nail out, I snipped it with the clippers. Then hosed it out with beer.
Yeah, that's real easy to say if you can afford to waste money on fancy schmancy things like health insurance.dh girlie said:
BurlyShirley said:
Jebus...how many hands do you have? How can you support the ingrown toenail with a steak knife, peel back the cuticle with the tweezers...and then clip the toenail off then pour beer? Perhaps you truly ARE a monkey?
well once the edge of the nail was over the cuticle, i didnt really have to hold it back anymore then, did i?dh girlie said:
freaking blondes...
too bad your instruments are not sterile. and the beer is probably too weak to have much of an effect on bacteria.
i hope your tetanus shots are up to date...
i hope your tetanus shots are up to date...
I've done it before but with some really sharp scissors and no alcohol so I just kinda cut it while prying it out from the cuticle but ended up cutting off a decent amount of cuticle. It hurt, but oh well. 
It was MGD, so you're right Im sure...GiantDHRider said:
But I really did wash it out good with hot, hot water, then jammed a bunch of neosporin down in there. Im sure it'll be fine. It cant be any worse than the infectious green ooze that the ingrown toenail was causing.
Oh that's right...you're just a nasty guy with gnarly feet with rough skin around the cuticles that can support gnarly seashell-like toenails...BurlyShirley said:
ive had that ooze, it ****in sucks. would u mind getting us some pics?
WTF is wrong with you first off? I guess this is why they call you "cesspool"dh boyeee said:
But now my toe just looks like a regular toe, except a little red. No more ooze.
hahaha, i was hoping for some gnarly skin hangage. i had my toe chopped up like 5 years ago, but by a doctor, it was sick, they like took scissors into my skin and just started shredding! i watched the whole thing, it was great! i really just want to see u suffer...
wow, i sure don't wanna see any ooze. the floors of my high school are bad enough.
haha yeah, i love they way they cleaned them once a week. and once a year in the classrooms
dexterq had to have his right big toe removed because it was ingrown. we kept getting him to ride, even though it was like a month after he had it removed "uuhh..I can't ride, the dr. said I shouldn't" it was a pretty sight, almost made my girlfriend vomit.
I've done both the doctor and at-home method. Both hurt like a mofo!
The at home method bit me in the *ss once though. It got infected and ended up postponing my foot surgery...had me on the operating table just about ready to knock me out when then said "Nope, sorry"
The only benefit to the doctor method is that you don't have to endure the pain while they are cutting it out....BUT you do have to endure the shots. Sometimes I'm not sure which is worse!!!
The at home method bit me in the *ss once though. It got infected and ended up postponing my foot surgery...had me on the operating table just about ready to knock me out when then said "Nope, sorry"
The only benefit to the doctor method is that you don't have to endure the pain while they are cutting it out....BUT you do have to endure the shots. Sometimes I'm not sure which is worse!!!
Octopus... You would especially like the specialized appendage...dh girlie said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOdh boyeee said:
what a bunch of wussesmanhattanprjkt83 said:
That'll teach you to stop chewing on your toenails, you sicko... 
i knew a girl that used to do that when i was a kid, grossed me out.
i knew a girl that used to do that when i was a kid, grossed me out.
i think somone owes me an apology...BurlyShirley said:WTF is wrong with you first off? I guess this is why they call you "cesspool"
But now my toe just looks like a regular toe, except a little red. No more ooze.
perhaps you are the true cesspool...BurlyShirley said:
your telling me that you have only done it once? ihave operated on my toe somany times it isnt even funny. i have some weird genetic thing (thanks gramps) where my toenails actually grow like a seashell. the wont grow out. i constantly have ingrown toenails. infact, i get them so much that they no longer get infected, the nail just sort of grows in and it hurts like a mother. i have now become accustomed to using my switchblade to fix them, and i can do it now with out bleeding. just dip, and rip.
im still waiting on my apology...
go back to your cesspool, boy.dh boyeee said:
and for ridemonkey to change burly to "New Cesspool"
at least admit ur a hypocrite
everyone else already knows it, dont you?
everyone else already knows it, dont you?
yep. now go sniff some cat turds, but dont let your dad catch you again or he'll touch you in the pants like last time.dh boyeee said:
HAHAHA, thats pretty f'in gross
are u in georgia?
No, TN.dh boyeee said:
oh yeah
i could have seen ur location, lol
i could have seen ur location, lol
I just had this done earlier this year. Both my big toes had ingrown toenails. My right foot hurt more than the left so I got the right one done.
BUT before this, I used my home operating methond which included:
Tweezerman tweezers
Cuticle cutters
Toenail Clippers
Wire Cutters (small pointy hand ones)
BTW I sitll use these tools on my left foot which isn't as bad. I can stand the left one but the right foot hurt sooooooooo bad.
I went to the doctor, he said it'd be like $450 to do it ($125 or somethin was first patient visit?) whatever, every foot doctor in the area is similar. He let me watch as I explained to him I have a high tolerance to pain and wanted to see how he got it out. He numbed the toe, tied it off, used some fancy clippers and cutters that I can't find online
and removed a giant silver of my toenail. He then placed some goo on it that he told me will make it never grow back. I said fine with me. I left with a numb toe. When the numb toe feeling wore off it throbed a little bit but nothing I couldn't handle. 3-4 weeks later I was back playing basketball and normal day to day stuff.
I use to get them so infected that puss would come out of the inside edges of my big toes. It was nasty. Even to this day I'd spend the money on it. Best $450 I ever spent on my body.
BUT before this, I used my home operating methond which included:
Tweezerman tweezers
Cuticle cutters
Toenail Clippers
Wire Cutters (small pointy hand ones)
BTW I sitll use these tools on my left foot which isn't as bad. I can stand the left one but the right foot hurt sooooooooo bad.
I went to the doctor, he said it'd be like $450 to do it ($125 or somethin was first patient visit?) whatever, every foot doctor in the area is similar. He let me watch as I explained to him I have a high tolerance to pain and wanted to see how he got it out. He numbed the toe, tied it off, used some fancy clippers and cutters that I can't find online
and removed a giant silver of my toenail. He then placed some goo on it that he told me will make it never grow back. I said fine with me. I left with a numb toe. When the numb toe feeling wore off it throbed a little bit but nothing I couldn't handle. 3-4 weeks later I was back playing basketball and normal day to day stuff. I use to get them so infected that puss would come out of the inside edges of my big toes. It was nasty. Even to this day I'd spend the money on it. Best $450 I ever spent on my body.
my stomach doesn't feel so hot already, but this really makes me feel a little queezy.
i was born with 2, got another in 7th grade, and the last 2 in 8th grade. oh god they were awful. mine got really bad, too (infection-wise). i hated getting the shots. ugh...the doc would wipe me toe with "monkey blood" (iodine), and give me three shots. ah....ah. the last time, i tried watching him cut it out, and blacked out.
oh well, wasn't even near as bad as getting shots in my mouth so i could have my baby teeth pulled.
i was born with 2, got another in 7th grade, and the last 2 in 8th grade. oh god they were awful. mine got really bad, too (infection-wise). i hated getting the shots. ugh...the doc would wipe me toe with "monkey blood" (iodine), and give me three shots. ah....ah. the last time, i tried watching him cut it out, and blacked out.
oh well, wasn't even near as bad as getting shots in my mouth so i could have my baby teeth pulled.
buncha wimps, ill post pics of my toes later! theyre not all chopped up, but its cool how u can see where one is missing the sliver they cut out so it doesnt grow back!
This thread is like a bad car wreck...it's making me want to puke but I can't NOT read it...I've got the heebeegeebees big time every time I read new posts...
hey girlie, just wait for the boyee to post those pics