It’s almost 3 months after i had my 1st but not so serious surgery.  i really cant recall the name of the procedure but im quite sure it starts with letter “O” (haha) so i made a little search on the net and found the info below. to be exact it was March 16, Monday after my Kuya’s birthday. It happened that my Dad was here in Manila to celebrate my Kuya’s birthday and then i started complaining and my dad was forced to stay up for few more days…

this is how it looks like now. badd i had photos of my foot finger a few weeks after the operation but it was on my last LOST phone.

anyways.. here’s what it says..

Onychocryptosis

In onychocryptosis (ingrown nail), the toenails are most commonly affected; the fingernails are rarely afflicted. Predisposing factors involved in the pathogenesis of an ingrown nail include congenital malalignment of the digit; hyperhidrosis (commonly occurs in athletic adolescents); increased pressure from external sources (eg, trauma); poorly fitted shoes; poor posture and gait; excess internal pressure, which results in overcurvature of the nail plate; incorrectly trimmed nails or naturally short nails; underlying systemic disease (eg, obesity, diabetes mellitus); arthritis; skeletal disease; onychomycosis and other diseases that result in abnormal changes in the nail plate; and senile nail diseases (eg, onychauxis, subungual hyperkeratosis).2,7,11

In onychocryptosis, the primary direction of nail growth is lateral instead of the normal, forward orientation of nail growth in the longitudinal plane. The laterally curved edge of the nail plate, or the nail spicule, penetrates the adjacent LNF, perforating the fold skin and the surrounding dermal components. Perforation of the lateral fold skin results in painful inflammation that manifests clinically as mild edema, erythema, and pain.10 In advanced stages, drainage, infection, ulceration, and hyperhidrosis may be present. Hypertrophy of the lateral nail wall occurs, and granulation tissue forms over the nail plate and the nail fold during healing of the ulcerated skin. The resulting edema further exacerbates the problem by compressing the lateral dermal tissue between the sharp nail plate and the bony phalanx.

Source: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1126725-overview