Bad Toenail - Performed My Own "Procedure" - Pics Inside - NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

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Well, I have had some continuous pain in my left big toe for several years. It was on and off like it would last an hour or so every few months and I really didn't think anything of it. The past year or so it got a little worse. So I did some removal of my toenail myself a couple times thinking I got it. I used needle nose pliers, this "ice pick" type tool but lots smaller that came with a screw driver set, fingernail clippers and tweezers.

The first few times I figured I had gotten it. Well, today I was doing some trimming and decided to have another go at it. Persistence has paid off. I trimmed and then jabbed the tweezers down on the right side of my toenail (my right) and started pulling up. I did this like 8 times. Then I felt a tear. The right side of the toenail tore away from my toe and at that point, it started gushing blood. I cleaned it up and had to wait a few minutes for it to stop. It slowed and I continued. I shoved the tweezers further down to the base of my toe where it comes out from under the skin and starter yanking it up. I could feel it moving and also see some nail coming out. I pulled harder some more and I hear this "POP" sound and in that instant my toe felt like it let out a sigh of relief. The pain from the nail was gone.

I was shocked to see just how long it grew inside. There was never any pain unless it was bumped the wrong way or pressed in a certain spot. No swelling, redness, puss or anything. My toenail did have this ridge in it which tipped me off initially that something was wrong. I believe the ingrown nail was forcing the rest of the nail up and making it have a bump/ridge in it.

Anyways - it's still that way right now as the doc wants to see me on Tuesday to check everything out. They couldn't believe I did that. Lol. Being serious here - it did not hurt at all. Even when the toenail ripped away from the toe. I felt it, but it didn't hurt.




****PICTURES BELOW - WARNING - NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!****











If you look closely, you will see a line in one of the pictures - that line is where it start from the top and goes down. The entire thing looks like a sharks tooth. The V shape you see is where I cut it with the clippers because I was going to finish it off. However the doctors said to wait and I would probably need the whole nail removed. Oh, and for the record - that's the only toe/nail that looks that bad, all my other toes are nice