“Ingrown Toenail Removal. New toenail also growing in ingrown”
I had a ingrown toenail removal surgery in Aug 2017. Now, I am seeing half of the toenail grow in and growth seems to have stopped. The nail is growing thick and ridged too, but not sure what that is about. Is it possible that this new nail is growing in ingrown as well? How do I prevent this?
2 Answers
The ingrown toenail procedure probably removed the nail matrix in the corner where it was chronically ingrown. In the process there could have been damage done to the nail matrix which can cause the toenail to not grow, grow slowly, or grow in "funky"
Yes, the nail should grow back if the nail matrix was not removed or treated. If the new toenails returns ingrown, then we can perform a Matrixectomy. It involves the same procedure of removing the offending nail border, but at the end we kill the nail root with an acid/base/or cauterization. In this case, the nail in that area should not grow back, but the rest of the nail will continue to grow without an ingrown border.
