What is the definition or description of: ingrown toenail removal?

Ingrown toenail : Removal usually involves removing the little piece of nail that's stuck inside the skin, and usually also involves putting some medicine in the "root" of the nail so that that little piece of nail doesn't regrow. This is done under local anesthesia. There is usually no pain afterwards, and no restriction on shoes or activity. There is about a 10% regrowth (failure) rate.

Ingrown toenails: Are removed under local anesthesia in a podiatrist's office. The procedure is painless, fast and has no pain afterwards and you can wear your regular shoes right away. It involves removing the piece of nail digging in your skin and putting in medicine to prevent regrowth.

See below: Local anesthetic is injected and once numb the side of the toenail is removed and then a chemical is used to stop there growth of the nail. A small bandage s applied.

Complete removal: If the nail spicule penetrating the skin. As far as your body is concerned, it's a foreign body and treated as such.