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toenail surgery and damaged nerve

I was operated on twice on each big toe-nail for ingrowing toenails abroad. Each toenail grew back in two separate pieces and had to be removed definitively using phenol during a stay back in the UK. More than a year after the operation, the toe on the right foot still feels sensitive as if the nerve had been damaged. Is this normal? Is it likely to calm down over time? And is there anything that can be done about it?
I would be most grateful for any help you can provide me on this matter.
With thanks,Mark


1 Comment found

    Vivian Abrams DPM

    9 10

    I really can’t tell you a whole lot without examining you. Is it possible the tenderness is due to yet another regrowth of the nail? I have not encountered what you have described. Usually if a nerve is injured in the periphery, it has the potential to recover. Why not return to the doctor who did the procedure and have it checked out?

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