Nail bed obliteration. Any experience?

last year

This is kind of an icky subject for some, since it involves feet, but does anybody have any experience with nail bed obliteration?

Due to some peripheral nerve damage, I have an infantile reflex in one of my feet where my toes splay rather than clench, and when I walk, my great toe curls upward. So the constant upward motion of my toe means that I get chronic bleeding under the nail bed and separation of the nail, layers of nails growing etc. My great toenail almost always looks like your nail does when you hit it with a hammer. If I wear sneakers 100% of the time a normal nail will grow (like during covid), but a single day of wearing dress shoes will be enough to damage the nail again. This is something that has actually gotten worse as I get older. But I also know messing with the great toe can have an impact on the way you walk.

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Bunny
last year
I don’t have an answer for you, Pal, but when I read the subject of this thread I honestly thought it was about
Rory (Zone 6b)
last year
I don't have experience with that particular issue but I do have a pincer nail on the 2nd toe of my left foot. It hits the inside of my shoe and hurts so I can only wear certain enclosed shoes (sandles are fine). I was at the podiatrist last month and he said if it gets worse (which is slowly happening) they recomend complete removal of the nail. If you are not concerned with the appearance then I would just get it removed. After the nail is removed it forms a pretty thick skin so it doesn't hurt to not have a nail.

I had the toe nail of my big toes removed, but not the nail bed, when I had a fungal infection and I was able to paint my toe where the nail had been so it really didn't look too bad considering there was no nail.
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gigitn
last year
I had it done to my right big toe. A podiatrist did a bad job cutting my nail when it was ingrown, and the nail started growing back in layers, became discolored, etc. It was horrible looking. A different podiatrist told me it would never grow in correctly again, and he recommended I do a complete removal. The removal was painless because of the anesthesia, but after it wore off there was significant throbbing. I had moderate throbbing for several weeks after, but it healed fine and looks so much better. I've never regretted doing it, nor did it affect my walking in any way.
OutsidePlaying
last year
I’m not familiar with the issue that is causing your great toe to curl upward, but I assume you have looked into therapies for that. The reason I ask is because my Pilates instructor focuses many of our exercises on the foot, and as you stated, how the strength and flexibility of the great toe affects gait.

I am no expert, but before having the toenail removed, perhaps wearing toe separators, exercises, or something else might help.
bbstx
last year
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DD recently had a portion of the nail on each big toe removed and the nail bed obliterated. I have no idea about how much pain or discomfort she felt. She is a serious cross-fit person and refuses to recognize or discuss pain or discomfort. She did have to wear sandals for some time afterwards while it healed. I think this picture was taken at the doctor’s office immediately after the procedure.
Yayagal
last year
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mariagrazia
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