• Cethin
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 month ago

    For me, they applied local anesthesia, grabbed the nail with some tool, then pulled it the fuck off. I don’t know if this is how it is always done, but this was a military doctor (I was a dependent).

    • jaschen@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 month ago

      Arg!! I cringed the fuck out reading this. This is all I have read they do online.

      • Cethin
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 month ago

        To make it better, I watched them do it. When applying anesthesia at one point I watched the doctor stick the needle into my toe and just spray it onto the floor because he went all the way through. I also had a trip to NYC a few days after, so I walked around there with a toe bleeding and wrapped in gauze. It was a memorable time.

    • smort@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      Same experience with a regular doctor. It’s been 20 years and hasn’t been a problem since.