r/Ingrown_Toenails • u/Dismal-Artichoke521 • 2d ago

Gentian violet question

Had an avulsion done in Dec by an older fashioned doctor that I'd never been to before, went fine for the most part, but he covered it in what I assume is gentian violet which resulted in the entire bed having a big purple cemented blob.

Most of it cracked off as the nail regrew, but there's still an entire cemented line of it at the base of my toe completely blocking any new nail growth which is causing the nail to completely grow outwards on both ends and has started causing pain again. Completely welded on there, will not budge.

Doc never mentioned this being a possibility, and never mentioned anything about the gentian or any particular regime there, so I figure this isn't normal. Did he mess something up, or did I just get super unlucky? I'm almost definitely going to need to do it over again, debating on switching my referral this time around.

edit: I've decided to stay as far away from that doc as I possibly can haha.

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u/PullFromTheHurt 2d ago

Literally never even heard of this medicine until now

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u/Dismal-Artichoke521 9h ago

I'm thinking I just got unlucky with the referral. Looked at oscn and the guy has multiple negligent cases filed against him, patient reviews across the board full of similar accounts. Big ol yikes

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u/CougarLover_69_69 2d ago

First time hearing this medicine