I deadened one of my big toe toe nails a couple of months ago and over the course of time it's gradually been lifting across 80% of width and splitting near the base. I caught it on something today and it's about 75% off but is still rooted on one side and corner. It hurt like hel_l and also bled when I knocked it. I don't think I can just rip it off, neither can it be left as it is.

I have to go to hospital to sort out a possible gastro/intestinal problem, and check my eye pressure too, but would rather avoid the expense of this as well. There again I can tell you I yelped when I caught it.

Can I have an injection to numb it?

Planning on going to Chula or St Louis for everything. Anywhere cheaper?

I deadened one of my big toe toe nails a couple of months ago and over the course of time it's gradually been lifting across 80% of width and splitting near the base. I caught it on something today and it's about 75% off but is still rooted on one side and corner. It hurt like hel_l and also bled when I knocked it. I don't think I can just rip it off, neither can it be left as it is.

I have to go to hospital to sort out a possible gastro/intestinal problem, and check my eye pressure too, but would rather avoid the expense of this as well. There again I can tell you I yelped when I caught it.

Can I have an injection to numb it?

Planning on going to Chula or St Louis for everything. Anywhere cheaper?

B500 at Sripat in Chiangmai.......painless and clean. Needle given. Need to wash daily stirely for a couple of weeks too.

The nail can easily be removed as an outpatient procedure.

Just a "digital block" may be required where some local anaesthetic is injected at either side of the big toe to block the 2 digital nerves.

Once the local wears off, it will hurt like a SOB! Keep the foot elevated.

Keep a Betadine dressing on the exposed nail bed. Soak well befpre replacing the dressing otherwise you may remove new growing cell layers with the dressing.

Thanks for the postings.

As a lifelong, practising, committed, devout coward, the words pain free come as sweet music.

Anyone know of anything cheap but clean in Bangkok.