NailEase is a painless treatment for ingrown toenails. No surgery or painful medical procedures are involved. However, during application, the NailEase brace must be lightly pressed onto the toenail for a few seconds while the special glue dries. Although this requires only slight pressure, it may cause discomfort while the pressure is being applied if your toenail is inflamed and highly sensitive.

With open-toe footwear (or no footwear at all) the black brace can be seen. However, it can be covered with nail polish so that the only indication of its presence is its thin raised surface. Unless someone is looking directly at your toenail, he or she would not likely notice your NailEase brace. Only during the first 24 hours.

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Only when you're taking part in any sort of strenuous activity, or whenever you feel like it. after the first year, you probably won't have to wear it at all, unless you feel particularly at risk (say, playing beach volleyball or something similar). but during normal activities, no. you're ok as is.

For ACL patients, you will be in your long brace for a few days until you start physical therapy, and then they will start you on some motion of your knee per ACL protocol. If you were put in a brace after the surgery, then keep it on till we see you in the office for your follow up visit.

That depends. In some cases, new braces should be reapplied at intervals of two, six, or 12 months, or whenever discomfort is felt. Eventually braces either grow out with the nail and are trimmed off, or become separated from the nail and fall off. (Bonding time varies widely between three weeks and three months.) If continued NailEase treatment is needed, simply apply the new brace in the same way you applied the first one.

Special braces are prescribed to patients who have not reached growth maturity, these are quite different to those usually prescribed in England and America.

Most patients describe the “hot” sensation mentioned previously. Others describe the feeling as “tiny pinches”. Either way, the feeling is fleeting, lasting less than a second. Once the firing is complete, the discomfort disappears. We will provide you with an ice pack to minimize discomfort at your request.

The time frame you have to wear your brace depends on type and extent of injury, as well as Dr. Stanley’s assessment at follow up visits.