Best Posts in Thread: CHIROPODISTS (Not pedicurists!)

Jack, glad your toe job sorted you out, a happy ending.

 

So! my friends, in conclusion, I have just got back from Town, Limping and Smarting a little but Job Done.
As Dustin said, I was not looking for the right thing, although I was not really looking at the wrong thing either but maybe not expecting a negative here, when I inquired at pedicurists But we do live and Learn.
So off i went to a Little Salon next to Pick and Carry on Perdices, whose owners daughter just happens to be a "Podiatrist" (She worked at Silliman some time ago) After a Foot soak and then a Freezing Spray, Snip, snip and the offending nail was cut to a level she could get to the problem. It was a tiny piece of Grit that was no bigger than a pin head but like a Pearl in an Oyster the body was wrapping this grit to make it Smooth and was getting Bigger.
She said it will happen again as the depression in the Skin does not close properly due to the nail growing over it.
cost; 250 peso. Result! As Pat said it hurt after but to have that pressure release was Great and to walk with out constant pain even now is so Good.

I asked about the hospital wanting bloods, OH! She said they always do that to get a calcium Read so they can see what other problems there may be, but all this was just as I have said and so I think I made the right decision.
Thank You to those that Replied, basing today on others comments certainly had me looking in the right direction.

JP

 

Jack, if your problem is a nail growing into the side of your toe and infecting it, I had that problem in two other countries and went to a a regular doctor, not a specialist. The treatment was they numb the toe than cut all or some of the nail off. Wasn't fun but immediately took the pain and pressure off and in my case the infection drained out. Good luck with that.