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Ingrown Toenail (Onychocryptosis)

6/2/2016

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Ingrown toenail scientifically called Onychocryptosis is a painful condition of the toe that occurs when the sides or corner of the toenail grows into the skin at the side or end of the toe. The condition mostly occur on the outer edge of the big toe, although the nail on both sides of the toe, or nail on any toe can become ingrown.

Some of the causes of ingrown toenail can incude Ill-fitting shoes such as tight shoes, high heels and pointed-toe shoes cause the toes to be compressed together so that the nail curls into the skin and cannot grow normally. Improper trimming of toenails can cause the nail edge or corner to dig into the skin. Toenails should be trimmed straight across so that the top of the nail should make a straight line. Injury or trauma near the nail such as a ripped nail or nail peeled off at the edge can cause an ingrown toenail. 

Treatment of Ingrown toenail range from conservative options to surgical management depending on the stage or severity of the ingrown toenail. While we try our best to manage many cases of ingrown toenail conservatively such as removing the offending nail portion digging into the skin including sometimes utilising local anaesthetic to minimise any discomfort, However surgical option is considered if conservative treatment fails to resolve the problem.

Our Ingrown toenail surgery option has well over 95% success rate alleviating ingrown toenail problem. If you are one of the about 5% of our patients having ingrown toenail coming back, we will do another surgery at free of charge. This is how confident we are with our treatment.
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Waverly
27/10/2016 14:16:29

Hi,

Are you able to provide an estimated cost of toenail surgery for a recurring ingrown toenail?

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28/10/2016 00:05:44

Hi Waverly,
The cost of toenail surgery is:
$250 for single side on single toe
$275 for both sides of single toe
$350-$400 for two toes.

Surgery is done to permanently resolve the ingrown toenail problem. Its a longterm solution. Any further questions ring me on (021) 062 4342. Kal

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