Ingrowth of a toenail
A toe nail ingrowth on both sides
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Anaesthesia on both sides of the toe basis. With phenol, a chemical fluid, the nail bed is partially damaged, in a way that the nail will remain narrower in the future and will no longer cause ingrowth in the skin. Phenol gives a chemical combustion. The skin around the area to treat is for this reason protected with petroleum jelly, preventing blisters.
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4. Introducing petroleum jelly on the skin around. Introduction of the swabs. The swabs are introduced two times for the duration of 1 minute. 8.After the treatment. The wound must be treated during a number of weeks with bathing or showering twice daily. Afterwards a dry plaster can be applied. The wound will heal by inflammation as a normal respons. This means production of (purulent) woundfluid for 2-3 weeks. This is a normal phenomenon! After three weeks the wound is in most cases dry.
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One plaster after the treatment is generally sufficient.
Because there is more chance of bleeding with this method a rubber band is applied around the toe. The nail is incised with scissors.
Then the nailbase is incised with a knife and removed.
The wound can be sutured or, as in this case, be left open. A pressure bandage is applied.