Author: Foot Doc
Date: 1/17/2008 4:44 pm PDT
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DISCLAIMER:
THE FOLLOWING IS OFFERED GRATIS AS GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY, AND, AS SUCH, MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONER AND/OR HIS/HER PROBLEM. IT IS CLEARLY NOT BASED ON ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND/OR EXAMINATION OF THE QUESTIONER OR HIS/HER MEDICAL HISTORY, AND IT CAN NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS DEFINITIVE MEDICAL OPINION OR ADVICE. ONLY THROUGH HANDS- ON PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE ACTUAL PATIENT CAN ACCURATE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS BE ESTABLISHED AND SPECIFIC ADVICE BE GIVEN. NO DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED OR ESTABLISHED OR MAY BE INFERRED. THE QUESTIONER AND/OR READER IS INSTRUCTED TO CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN DOCTOR BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, AND TO ACT ONLY UPON HIS/HER OWN DOCTOR’S ORDERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. BY THE READING OF MY POSTING WHICH FOLLOWS, THE READER STIPULATES AND CONFIRMS THAT HE/SHE FULLY UNDERSTANDS THIS DISCLAIMER AND HOLDS HARMLESS THIS WRITER. IF THIS IS NOT FULLY AGREEABLE TO YOU, THE READER, AND/OR YOU HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, YOU HEREBY ARE ADMONISHED TO READ NO FURTHER.
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For those unfamiliar with "pincer toenails" it is a term used to describe toenails wherein there is an excessive transverse curvature of the nail plate (humping up) which causes either digging in of the nail margins into the nail groove, or, in severe cases, entraps and pinches a portion of the nail bed. As with all deformities of toenails, other than as a result of frank trauma, it is generally not possible to determine the precise cause of the mal-shapen nail plate. But the deformity is generally predestined by some abnormality of the living nail matrix tissue which gives rise to the non-living tissue which is the nail plate. Although there have been many who have attempted straightening out such nails by working with the non-living nail plate, I have never known of this to be successful. Treatment generally involves either temporary removal of the offending nail margins on a periodic recurring basis or the permanent destruction of either the offending segments or the entire nail plate, both by surgical or chemical/surgical means. None of these treatment choices is something that should be attempted by a non-professional. |
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