Anybody know how much a nail avulsion is likely to cost?

[Stan_Lite]

As title. I have an ingrown toenail and it's getting pretty painful now so I'm at the stage where I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get it seen to when I get back to blighty. It'll probably be a partial nail avulsion but I have no idea how much that's likely to cost.

Anybody had this done privately? Can anybody give me an idea as to how much it'll cost?

[Matblack]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=37654797#post37654797

MB

[NokkonWud]

I know two people who got it done free on the NHS and in both cases it was rather quick at being seen to and fixed.

[Stan_Lite]

Hmm. According to that thread, anywhere between £37 and £230 :shocked:

[Stan_Lite]

I know two people who got it done free on the NHS and in both cases it was rather quick at being seen to and fixed.

Problem is, I'm not registered with a doctor here and it's not really worth doing so now as I'll be moving later this year. By the time I got registered with a GP, got an appointment, got referred to a chiropodist and got it treated, it'd probably be near time to move house. I think I'd prefer to do it privately.

[Matblack]

Where are you moving to Stan?

MB

[Stan_Lite]

Where are you moving to Stan?

MB

Haven't made up my mind yet. Favourites at the moment are back to Scotland or over to Yorkshire but I'm open to suggestions :)

[Nutcase]

Tooks weeks/months for mine to get done on the NHS (about 15 years ago now) and both are very ugly looking as a result :(

[Psymonkee]

Head back to Scotland and get it done on the NHS :D

[Jingo]

My mate decided to do this himself to help him fit into smaller climbing shoes! :eek:

I used to suffer with regular bad toes from a combination of great and terrible habits- long distance running and picking nails (disgusting I know :p)

After being a daft sod and DIY'ing myself better - I'd recommend seeing a professional ;D

[Stan_Lite]

Been in touch with a podiatrist near where we live and the price for a partial avulsion is £180 :shocked:

I've checked them out with the professional body and they're good. They have been in business in the area for over 30 years and have a good name. They have a high success rate and will perform the procedure again for free if there is any regrowth after having it done the first time. I'm quite confident I'm in safe hands.

Gonna book it for as soon as I get home as the guy said I needed to rest for a week afterwards and it would take three weeks before I was back to 'normal'. I should just about be fine when it's time to go back to work.

[Feek]

What procedure are you looking at, Stan? I've had a Zadeks on my big toe and it wasn't 100% successful in that part of it did grow back in the shape of two little horns a while after. That frustrated me simply because it wasn't perfect and so I had the procedure repeated a number of years later.

Here's my foot when we returned home after the operation.

http://ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/feeksfoot-20100122-082534.png

I have pictures with the bandage off but they've been posted before and are not pretty!

I can go into more detail about the procedure I had done if you're interested, sorry I didn't spot this thread before.

[Stan_Lite]

That's rather a large bandage there Mr Feek :shocked:

Not 100% sure which procedure as I haven't actually seen the podiatrist yet but, it's only one side of the nail that's ingrowing so it'll probably be a straightforward partial nail avulsion i.e. cutting away the side portion of the nail that is growing into the flesh.