Ingrowing toenail surgery

I would never have both feet operated on at once. Although it is minor surgery, it does take weeks to recover. Also getting around the house would be difficult unless you were very lucky.

I need mine doing also. This advice is from my ex professional life.

Can you stop toenails from growing back? As someone else said, don't do both at once. Even with one painful foot it's very hard to get around.

My DH had a bilateral total ablation of hallux under a GA for chronically recurrent, infected, ingrowing toenails.

He had both feet operated on and he had to wear open toed sandals for a while. He had to have dressings changed regularly for a few weeks but I don't remember it all being too terrible as he was able to walk around. Once he had no big toenails there was no possibility of a recurrence.

I hate to disagree with Charleygirl, especially as they have professional experience, but had DH had one done at a time he would have doubled the recovery time.

Thanks for replying I’m anxious about having both feet done for that reason trying to mobilise could be very difficult even driving.
I’m having doubts about having this treatment done at all as there seems suggestions that the toenails can grow back. This treatment costs £500! I need to reconsider I feel at least get a second opinion

I had both big toe toenails removed at the same time and the recovery was far from easy. I found the daily changes of the dressings particularly unpleasant and very painful indeed.
It didn’t solve the ingrowing issue.
I went on to have partial root removal and I’ve had no problems since.
Having said all that, it was over 40 years ago and so things will have changed.