Ingrown Toenail Surgery

We offer three different ingrown toenail surgery procedures to help manage ingrown toenails. We can carry out a partial nail avulsion, a total nail avulsion or incisional nail surgery. We will discuss your requirements with you at our consultation and help you decide which procedure is best for you. We carry this procedure out under local anaesthetic at our clinic here in Blanchardstown. We can also use a caustic (phenol) which ensures that the nail (full or partial) will not regrow. This procedure is suitable for patients who have infected or recurrent ingrown toenails and is suitable for patients aged 12 and upwards (however we also carry out the procedure on children younger than 12 under direction from a GP/Consultant).

Depending on the procedure used, return to work/school is typically within 2-3 days, but a return to sport/other activities takes longer. Recovery from this procedure without phenol is usually two weeks. Recovery with phenol can take up to 10 weeks. The surgery, two post operative appointments and a post-surgery dressings pack are included in the cost. However please note that if more than two post operative appointments are required specific to the nail surgery, there is no extra charge for this and we pride ourselves on excellent aftercare post procedure until we are happy that you are fully recovered.