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TB: Get this thing to focus. One week.
So like we said before, like you just said, the pink is attached, right?
P: Yep.
TB: And we were concerned about if that middle portion was gonna grow out or not.
We're just gonna have to wait and see; it's the only way. The toe is a lot less swollen.
P: Yep.
TB: You know you can see that fleshy area over there,
that's where the bad skin was.
P: Yep.
TB: So what's gonna happen is we're gonna stop using the cream.
P: Okay
TB: We're gonna start to use that iodine.
P: The patches...or the liquid?
TB: Yes. The liquid. What the liquid is gonna do is it's gonna dry the area up. So when you're at work, you
obviously have to keep a bandaid on. When you're at home, you're gonna take off the band-aid, put on the iodine, and let it air out.
P: Cool.
TB: The more air the better. But all the discoloration has gone down, the redness is a lot better than before.
P: Yep.
TB: All this will scab over, in here, a scab will form and it'll come off.
P: Perfect!
TB: There's not too much pain right now?
P: No pain at all.
TB: No pain. Okay, and you said it was just sore for one two days after.
P: Yeah, but
Sunday, it was good Sunday. It started to feel like normal.
TB: So just a day and a half two days then it was good?
P: Yep.
TB: So the goal is you dress it with the liquid until it forms a scab.
P: Okay.
P: Once here's a dry scab over the area, and there's no more oozing or liquid, you don't have to dress it any more.
P: Cool.
TB: We come back in five weeks.
P: Yep.
TB: The scab will be there, I clean off the scab,
and we see what's going on underneath. What you can do with this nail, is you can trim the nail normally,
P: A little bit? Okay.
TB: It'll grow out normally. You keep trimming it just like that and we're gonna see how much of that pink comes back. Okay?
P: Yip.
TB: Okay.
So, I'm just gonna explain to the camera, okay Ryan?
P: Yeah.
TB: So again, the sides are closed.
No opening, no pain. We have a little bit of a scab here. You're not feeling any discomfort at all?
P: No.
TB: You're pretty good after one or two days right? You didn't really feel anything?
P: Yeah, I was pretty much walking again. No problem.
TB: Yeah, so you can see the sides have gone down,
there's no fleshy growth,
the nail, like you said, is attached at the back.
The front is still loose, so it's still holding on. So what we're gonna do today is trim it short.
P: Yeah.
TB: As short as we can. Hopefully we might get new nail growth, it reattaches, and we see more pink.
P: Yeah.
TB: If it doesn't, keep the nail cut short
or you can leave it this way and then in the future if you get tired of it,
we just trim it off or remove it permanently just like we did for the sides.
P: Yeah.
TB: Okay, so let me put this up here. Let me raise your foot up just a little bit.
So you got one more year school?
P: Yeah.
TB: So you only did your first year?
P: Yeah.
TB: You were just about to finish the first year?
P: Yes.
TB: That went by fast, uh?
P: Boy, it flew! It was great!
TB: But you've been in a shop before?
P: Yeah I did my follow up with the same guy for high school for four credit courses so I was in there for about five months before.
TB: That's awesome! If anything is sore, you let me know.
P: Yeah.
TB: And you're still playing hockey?
P: Um yeah, I just barely (play)
TB: Okay.
P: I'm just having fun with my buddies.
TB: So the reason we're going to go as short as we can is just to see if we get any new pink that comes out.
P: Yeah.
TB: If it gets too sensitive, you let me know.
P: Alright. It looks pretty good now.
TB: But you healed pretty fast considering what it looked like before with all the infection and...
P: Yeah
TB: the swelling.
TB: No pain?
P: No.
TB: So, one thing that I would suggest for you...
P: Yeah.
TB: Lotion...
P: Okay.
TB: Cream
P: Yeah.
TB: Something just to moisturize the nail bed so as a new nail comes in, hopefully it can reattach to the skin.
P: Alright.
TB: So you can see it's very dry underneath.
P: Yeah.
TB: This is the very end where the nails attached.
P: Yeah.
TB: With time, we're gonna see how it reconnects. You got stepped on by a skate?
P: Uh hm.
TB: Okay. If it doesn't regrow again, you decide how long you want to keep the nail; better shorter than longer.
P: Yeah.
TB: That way it never bothers you and then we'll just file the corner, but now no more ingrown toenail.
P: Now that's what I like to hear.
TB: And now you don't even feel anything anymore.
Sorry, sorry! A little sensitive?
P: A little bit, yeah.
TB: And it's a little sensitive because that's the very, very end.
P: Yeah.
TB: Well everything's good, so we'll see how it grows out, okay?
P: Yeah.