“Do they numb you for ingrown toenail surgery?”
I am a 30 year old female. I will have an ingrown toenail surgery. Do they numb you for ingrown toenail surgery?
10 Answers
AnesthesiologistPodiatrist
Using two to three needles for around the toe joint area, toe goes numb in 2-5 min. There is a different way to fix ingrown nails, it is called ONYFIX, please go to my website for details, it is a process that requires no needles, no surgery, non invasive, non painful process. Hope this helps.
Yes we numb up the toe so you do not feel anything, sometimes you still feel pressure but you should not feel anything sharp or painful.
For an ingrown toenail surgery, an injection of local anesthetic (lidocaine) is usually used.
Yes
This procedure can be done with local anesthesia only.
Absolutely!
For surgery yes
Ingrown nail surgery usually involves local anesthesia. This is a procedure usually performed in the office setting. I recommend you discuss with your foot and ankle surgeon (podiatrist) about the details of the procedure
Yes, it is typical to anesthetize the area that is being worked on.
The ingrown toenail "Surgery" is a minor procedure we do in the office. You can simply have the ingrown removed, or you can have the ingrown more permanently removed with a procedure called a Matricectomy-where we chemically destroy the growth cells on the side of the nail that is ingrowing. Either way, yes, we numb the toe. It would truly be barbaric not to.
