Ok big delima here for me. A little over a year ago I had a fungal infection on my big toenail, I took a name brand Rx as directed by my famly MD. After seing no improvement a couple of months after finishing the 3 month treatment I went to a podiatrist, who said that the fungus was dead and now I had to hope the nail would grow back and reattach. Here I am a year after the visit with the podiatrist and notice a slight discoloration creeping down towards my nail bed, back to the podiatrist I go. He says that he is fairly sure the toe nail will not reattach to the toe but that he could take the toenail off. I like to have my toes pedicured and really don’t want to have it removed but if it will help fine, I just want to know if anyone has had this done and if their nail has grown back successfully!! Please tell me all about it!! Thanks!! Wish you all well!!
In some cases, surgical treatment of the toenail is required. Temporary removal of the infected nail can be performed to permit direct application of a topical antifungal. Permanent removal of a chronically infected nail, like yours that has not responded to any other treatment, permits the fungal infection to be cured, and prevents the return of a deformed nail. Almost 95% of all removed toenails grow back quickly. I would suggest this is your only option. Good luck!
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November 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
just get the thing yanked off
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me myself and i
November 11th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
My dad had a toenail removed and his grew back fine. One of mine fell off when I was a kid and it grew back fine also. However, my aunt had one removed and it never grew back. I guess it just depends on the person.
BTW, you may already know this, but you can pick up those fungus’ from getting pedicures if the equipment is not cleaned properly. I got one from a manicure one time!
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November 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
get it off my toe nail fell off and it grew back fine it might hurt a tad but i bet you are strong i think you can handle it
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November 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
In some cases, surgical treatment of the toenail is required. Temporary removal of the infected nail can be performed to permit direct application of a topical antifungal. Permanent removal of a chronically infected nail, like yours that has not responded to any other treatment, permits the fungal infection to be cured, and prevents the return of a deformed nail. Almost 95% of all removed toenails grow back quickly. I would suggest this is your only option. Good luck!
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