Ingrown nails

Ingrown nail surgery with CO2 lasers

The heath of our feet is as important as any other organs. As it affects our daily activities, its importance is of the highest level.

Today, in grown nail sor nail deformation is frequently observed in adults, affecting their daliy lives even phsycologies.

The use of missfitting shoes, wrong nail cutting, genetic deformation of the nail bed is the cause of the malfunction of nail growth, thus growing into soft tissue causing severe pain, infecting the wounds caused  therefore causing health issues.

This causes the daily and social life to be deeply affected, and women frequently cannot wear the shoes desired.

Patients usually underestimate the importance and frequently try to resolve the isue themselves, or serches solutions via pedicures or foot care centers. Sometimes the removal of the nail or cutting off the ingrown area gives temporary solutions. But this does not resolved the main cause created by the deformed nail bed, so the ingrown nail reoccurs. Some patients have repeatedly have had their nails removed without permanant success.

Invervention made to the nail bed can correct the deformity. The application is made with local anesthesia and CO2 laser. As the nail and the nail bed are very hard surfaces, modifications with scissors or scalpel does not give the desired effects, and the recuperation period is much longer. Cutting these areas with the use of laser is much easier and as bleeding does not occur; the post operative process is much faster. The nail bed deformity is corrected with the assistance of laser; a correct area is created for nail growth. Full recovery last 7 to 10 days, yet the patient can resume his or her daily routine within 3 days.

The nail bed correction enables healthy nail growth, thus having heathly and an esthetically pleasing look of the feet.

Some private health care policies do cover the charges of this proceedure.