Fixing a toenail, now

[exarkuun1991]

Posted in the main group a few days ago, no response. That's fine, I will try here now.

Working on fixing an ingrown toenail. Not going to be an easy fix, nor a short one..that's fine. Better than having it cut on like the other big toe..didn't get done right. didn't heal right, looks awful, will fix it later.

I do have a normal regimen (regiment?) of power meditation, affirmations, runes, got a sun square going, and yoga, daily. But this toenail doesn't seem to be healing much

the affirmation is "My big left toenail is fully, safely, naturally healed." that should work. not the simplest, but doesn't leave anything out. it's true it can be healing in ways I can't see, but..there's literally been no change.

the square will be done in about 12 days. I'm doing that affirmation (and the one for my mouth, again), with THAUR rune, 108 times a day.

should I change it to 216, would that help at all? sunlight helps but still not much progress..if any.

I am open to suggestions; beats a doctor's visit and getting it cut open..

 

[Taol]

Nail growth can take a lot of time for it to fix itself and grow out. Can take months. So what is your actual problem?

 

[exarkuun1991]

it's ingrown on one side of the toe, and it's dug in and caused bleeding twice now, since I first noticed it. I'm trying to reduce that, safely, so it's not ingrown. the problem being it grew too far in the wrong direction.

 

[centralforce6661]

I used to get recurring ingrown toenails on both my big toes..

All of the doctors who looked at it, for some reason kept refusing to do a resection and told me to *come back tomorrow*.

After this happened four or five times at various doctor's surgeries, I did a resection myself which involved a bit of blood and cutting the nail downwards from the top, a little way in from the outside of the ingrown side and then pulling the wedge 'out' from under the skin.

It was painful as hell but it got rid of the problem and now the recurrence is much less - whenever I feel them forming I perform the same as above but on a much lesser scale and usually minus the blood.

There isn't much other choice for an ingrown toenail other than cutting it, if you want an immediate relief from the pain.

Obviously this is not something anyone could do to themself and if you get nervous about blood etc. Then I do not recommend doing this yourself.. Or any other self surgery for that matter. Ever.

 

[exarkuun1991]

I whinced reading that..self-surgery was a thought for myself, but it's a definite NO. I don't need immediate relief from pain, it's more, "handle it now so it's not a problem later." i don't mind long term plans so long as it's getting done.
but changes in nails naturally take that long? alright. i've doubled it to 216 THAUR a day. I want results but not at..such a cost. yeah I got the recurrence in the one operated on. they just trim it down when i go to the foot doctor..stopped going.

 

[centralforce6661]

If the nail is not that bad, you can pick at it to create a split part way down the nail on the ingrown side and then pull up and away from the direction it is grown in - this is less drastic but still effective if the nail has only just started recurring.

 

[exarkuun1991]

Maybe I'm typing wrong. been tired the past few days..

the current focus is a new ingrown toenail. I could sterilize an exact knife or similar, cut away at part of the nail and remove the ingrown section..too netvous.

the recurring/regrowing nail is the old one. right toenail. it grows upward..up to the sky. it falls off after a while. looks ugly, not sexy..

neither are current threats. sooner I heal the ingrown one that has bled, sooner I can work on them as superficial/nitpicks.

 

[Taol]

Deficiencies can also cause weird looking nails.. Just saying.