A very disturbing video has captured the moment an overgrown, fungal nail is ripped straight off of a toe.
Dr. Todd Brennan digs into the man’s nail-bed before he pulled their entire nail off.
After the treatment, which took three minutes, Dr. Brennan joked that the patient should have kept the nail for Halloween or sell it on eBay.
The man was treated for ram’s horn nail or onychogryphosis. It causes the nails to grow thick and curvy and can be difficult to get rid of.
The nail was in very bad condition that the only option was to completely remove it because topical creams or oral medicines wouldn’t help.
This is only done when the thickening is so bad that despite repeated clippings or standard treatment the nail does not return to its normal, healthy state.
Dr. Brennan said that it would be better off with no nail at all than a diseased one that needed constant care.
He started by softening the skin around the sides and nail bed after he applied numbing cream.
He used a sharp tool, he dug underneath the nail to separate it from the skin, which made a gruesome squelching sound.
He cut the nail off in one motion, which he said was often much easier when the nail has reached such a bad state.
The nail was bare skin which oozed deep, red blood. Despite this, Dr. Brennan said the toe should heal quickly.
He said: ‘In two weeks it will be nice and smooth.’
Dr. Anton Alexandroff, consultant dermatologist and British Skin Foundation spokesperson said: ‘Ram’s horn nails are rare and only happen when a person neglects their nail care, forgetting to trim nails regularly.
‘When toenails are significantly longer and cannot easily be trimmed it’s best to seek help from a medical professional.
‘This particular patient may also have a co-existing fungal infection which is likely to require additional topical or oral treatment.’
The Healthy Feet Podiatry, in Tampa, Florida, has 160,000 subscribers on YouTube who love to watch gory treatments.
The channel’s most popular clip has amassed more than 14million views since it was published.
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