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[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Oh, if you add phenol the nail won't grow out again?

[-] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah the science is above my head but I believe usually after they rip out the nail (be it whole nail or a strip), they will apply a cotton ball of phenol to the bed and that is supposed to stop the nail from coming back. It failed to do so 3 times in my case, albeit on two different toes.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

It's chemical cauterization. The phenol kills the cells responsible for growing new nail.

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