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Ok, these next pictures are not for the faint of heart. If you don't like blood...don't look! This is the 4th ingrown that I have had to cut out of Tanner's toes. It seems to need to be done about every 6 months or so. I have a friend who has access to novocain and will numb him up so that he can won't feel it. He keeps ripping his toenails off instead of clipping it and this is the result. He will walk around with it totally infected for at least a month or 2 until he cant stand it anymore, then he will ask for me to PLEASE take it out. Argh!.....teenagers! I still cannot figure out why he would wait 'til it gets this bad to get it taken care of. Every time I do this it heals really well, his toenail grows back really nice, then he goes and rips his toenail all jagged and presto...major ingrown! Next time I think I may have to remove the whole thing. I hear some people have to do this on a regular basis. YUCK! I actually had to do both big toes. The left one was the worst. His right toe only had one side infected.

This is the before of his left foot...

This is the really gross part...This is the after, which still looked pretty gross because the thing was so infected...
Here is Tanner, still smiling 'cus he was feeling no pain. I doused it with hydrogen peroxide, then Yarrow (great stuff!), bandaged it up, and viola, good as new.

He said the next day he felt so much better because all the pressure was released. He claims he won't "rip" his toenail off again, but he says that every time. I am guessing by next September or so we will be doing this again.