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Dr. Christopher Alan Robertson, D.P.M.
Sports Medicine Specialist
Dr. Christopher Robertson is a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner in Renton, wa. As a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner, Dr. Robertson is trained to assess, diagnose, prevent, and treat sports injuries in patients of all ages, and refer those patients to further services if needed. Sports Medicine Family Practitioners must complete specialized training in order to help each patient maximize function and improve quality of life.
20 years
Experience
Dr. Christopher Alan Robertson, D.P.M.
- Renton, wa
- UCLA
- Accepting new patients
Radiofrequency Ablation For Foot Pain
In the past when conservative treatments like cortisone injections, orthotics, physical therapy and padding failed to achieve relief for conditions like heel pain or painful neuromas...
Ingrown toenail surgery now have thick ridged nails
Without seeing the nail or doing a biopsy of the nail it is hard to say with certainty what is causing the nails to look like this. The two most probable causes that some to mind READ MORE
Without seeing the nail or doing a biopsy of the nail it is hard to say with certainty what is causing the nails to look like this. The two most probable causes that some to mind would be:
1) That after removal of the nail there was some damage to the nail matrix (the "root" of the nail). The matrix cells are now arranged such that they will continually grow put abnormal appearing nail due to previous damage.
The solution to this problem would be removing this portion of nail again and applying a chemical to prevent this portion of the nail from ever growing back (a matrixectomy). This is done in office and is almost exactly like the procedure you had done previously.
2)This could be a bacterial or fungal nail infection. If this is the case you would have a nail sample tested to see which organisms are causing the infection and treat with an appropriate topical and/or oral medication.
I hope this answer was helpful,
Chris
1) That after removal of the nail there was some damage to the nail matrix (the "root" of the nail). The matrix cells are now arranged such that they will continually grow put abnormal appearing nail due to previous damage.
The solution to this problem would be removing this portion of nail again and applying a chemical to prevent this portion of the nail from ever growing back (a matrixectomy). This is done in office and is almost exactly like the procedure you had done previously.
2)This could be a bacterial or fungal nail infection. If this is the case you would have a nail sample tested to see which organisms are causing the infection and treat with an appropriate topical and/or oral medication.
I hope this answer was helpful,
Chris
