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A member asked:
Do i have to go to surgery if i want an ingrown toe nail removed?
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Removal is a surgery: The removal of an ingrown toenail is a surgical procedure. Depending on the doctor and where he has equipment set up, the surgical removal of a toenail can be done in a doctor's properly equipped office, in an emergency room, in a day surgery center, in a hospital, etc...
Answered 7/20/2012
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Usually: Removing a toenail is a surgical procedure but is usually done in the doctors office under local anesthetic.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Yes: Ingrown toenails are usually removed in the doctors office with local anesthesia.
Answered 12/30/2013
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Ingrown nail: To remove an ingrown nail implies surgical removal. There is no other way
Answered 12/30/2013
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