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What the heck is nail avulsion really?
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Nails: Nail avulsion is quite simply the removal of a nail. Done under local anesthesia. Can be done for a number of reasons but one common reason is due to chronic ingrown nails.
Answered 6/18/2018
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Nail avulsion: Literally just means the nail is removed. This can be the result of trauma, disease, or as a procedure to deliberately remove a nail for medical reasons.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Most nail injuries: such as an avulsion look worse than they are. the nail plate, the hard nail comes off but if the underlying nail bed is ok, the nail grows back in a few months. laceration to the sterile nail matrix or the germinal matrix (the root of the nail can affect growth
Answered 11/28/2017
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Nail ripped off!: Usually by accident, sometime on purpose (under anesthesia) to treat un underlying problem like a laceration to the finger.
Answered 11/28/2017
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I have had a total nail avulsion and my toe chuffing hurts, what to do?
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I have had a total nail avulsion on one toe and have been dressing it for about 2 months now. Is there anything unusual about this situation?
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