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To anyone who gets this: ~~do not let the podiatrist convince you to do the partial removal~~. Ask your podiatrist if a full nail avulsion could be preferable to a partial avulsion if minimizing chance of reoccurence is the most important factor to you. Ie, removing a tiny strip from one or both sides of the nail. It is HIGHLY likely it will get bad again. Have them do a full phenol cauterization and remove the entire nail. You dont need it, and you'll be better off without it. However, I'm no doctor.
Also anecodtal: I had the procedure you're describing and it worked for me. Ignoring your podiatrist is bad advice
I also had that procedure where the doctor only removes the affected part of the toenail. That was over a decade ago and I've never had the issue reoccur; and I still have my toenail.
I've also had the same procedure before, three times (on different parts of nails, obviously) and it's worked every time.
I had it done once when I was still a child, and the issue reoccurred. No issues for more than a decade from the ones I had as an adult though.