Cost of Ingrown Toenail Removal

The cost of ingrown toenail removal varies and depends on a number of factors including the severity of the problem and type of insurance if any that the patient has. To a lesser extent the area of the country (or even world for that matter) where the individual resides and seeks medical treatment plays a role.

For folks with a problem worth seeing either a general physician or a podiatrist foot specialist it's important to speak to your insurance provider in order to pay as little out of pocket as possible while still receiving the highest quality of care available. For many people they get their health insurance through their work or through their spouses employer. Before scheduling doctor's visits and racking up bills while blindly hoping to be reimbursed it is very much worthwhile to spend at least a few minutes calling the information line for your insurer and speaking to a live person about your cost questions.

In order to be as informed as possible and able to ask the right questions once you finally get a customer service representative on the phone it's worthwhile to spend some time reviewing any literature you've received from your insurer. It's likely that when you first enrolled you received a welcome packet with information to study up on. Do yourself a favor and review this information now and if you can't find the original packet then request another copy be sent to your house or place of business. Additionally there is sure to be info available online at your disposal 24 hours a day regardless of where you live. Take some time to educate yourself and you'll reduce the chance of wasting money on inferior care.

There are some simple home remedies worth trying in an effort to avoid excessive costs like tea tree oil for ingrown toenails and Outgro ingrown toenail treatment. Generally speaking for these strategies to be successful the patient needs to catch the problem pretty early on to have the best chance of short or long term success. For those brave souls willing to try their hand at self-medicating their ingrown toenail problem this website has posted an ingrown toenail removal video but viewers are strongly advised to read and consider all of the warning before undertaking such an effort.

Finally for general advice on how to help ingrown toenails refer to the first post of this blog which directs individuals on some smart and easy ways to both prevent and manage these sorts of issues.

Finally another alternative strategy for limiting the cost of ingrown toenail removal is simply to search for free clinics in your area. While these likely won't be the most state of the art facilities they will in all likelihood prove more than sufficient for this sort of routine operation.

Homemade Toenail Brace

A homemade toenail brace like the one pictured below can be a quick fix if you're in a bind and for whatever reason can't easily make it to a local drug store for a more professional ingrown toenail brace.
While there are numerous sorts of toenail braces the one above is a bit more sophisticated as compared to the most rudimentary forms that often simply involve wedging a small loose bit of cotton into the troubled area.

The most important thing to keep in mind when constructing your own homemade toenail brace (which most doctors would highly discourage doing unless you found yourself on a deserted island without access to professional medical care) is that sanitization of absolutely essential. The worse mistake a well-meaning individual can do when trying to treat their own injuries is to use tools and instruments and in this case braces that have not been at minimum boiled in hot water to eliminate as many potential infection causing germs as possible.

The concept behind the homemade toenail brace above is that by pulling on both sides of the toenail in a manner that is not overly stressful the pain inflicted with sensitive skin and sharp nail contact is reduced and in some cases eliminated all together.

For serious issues this will not result in an effective long term solution but in some circumstances this amount of resourcefulness can be a creative short term solution.

To see a simply video on how this process works from an Ohio based clinic feel free to check out this link: here.

Tea Tree Oil Ingrown Toenail

For some people looking for alternative ingrown toenail solutions beyond something like Outgro ingrown toenail pain reliever tea tree oil ingrown toenail treatment can be a viable options as an exploratory attempt to safely correct the problem without having to bring in an expensive doctor or a painful very much unwanted surgical alternative. I'm sure it's safe to say that pretty much everyone would like to avoid as many unnecessary foot surgeries as possible.
Should you be using tea tree oil for ingrown toenail issues?

The answer is possibly but maybe not for the reasons you think.

Her's the sales pitch from the folks that produce and sell this stuff: it's a pure, natural antiseptic anti-fungal solution that has germicidal tendencies and is most often used as a first aid tool.

Now, the warning you should know: Different people react differently to this product and because skin sensitivity various it's important to only try this out on a small patch of skin before regular usage. Also, like most similar solutions please keep it away from your eyes and away from children.

In terms of how this is helpful for ingrown toenails it won't magically heel up your toenail in such a way that the problem doesn't persist and it won't immediately alleviate pain but it should help serve to greatly reduce the risk of any infection.

So from a practical standpoint you should have your bases substantially better covered if you use a germicide solution like this in conjunction with something like Outgro.

Outgro Ingrown Toenail

Outgro ingrown toenail pain reliever is at least in my experience the best option on the market for over the counter pain relief that can be used as a manner in which to buy time before a doctor's appointment when the pain is a huge issue or it can in mild cases an end unto itself in terms of an ingrown toenail solution to fix your problem.

Outgro comes in yellow and green packaging in a rectangular box and inside is a small brown bottle with a white lid that has a black brush topical applicator attached to the underside of the lid. In my experience the bottles are always sold individually (although you can buy sets of the individually boxed bottles) and come in a glass bottle that holds .31 fluid ounces of the solution.

This is a form of benzocaine which is a relative of novocaine. Wikipedia explains that is:

A local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever. It is the active ingredient in many over-the-counter anesthetic ointments.

The directions on the bottle state, "For the temporary relief of pain associated with minor skin irritations." Furthermore it instructs that children under two years old should not use this product and that everyone two years old and up should only use it a maximum of three to four times a day.

In my own personal experience this product has been a lifesaver and that point is briefly discussed in point #6 of the how to help ingrown toenails post that started this blog back in June of 2007. It was around that time when I had given a bottle to a friend that was suffering from chronic ingrown toenails and after telling me about how bad the pain was I immediately gave her one of my extra bottles of Outgro.

After using it for a few days the next time she saw me she said, "This is so great. Why doesn't everyone else know about this?"
To which I responded they definitely should and it was actually her advice to start this blog that inspired me to get on my computer and figure out how to spread the word about this little known product that does wonders.
With any luck you can find a couple of bottles (they only cost a few dollars a piece) at your local drug store which is probably the most convenient. If you call around to your local drug stores and they don't carry the product you may have to order it online like I do from amazon.com which is what I have to do and it's really not that much of a hassle and certainly far better than the alternative of going without.

Before realizing that I could order it online I tried the alternatives that were available from the drug stores in my area but learned the hard way that none of the imitators work even a tenth as well.