Bay Area Foot and Laser

I cannot recommend this place for handling ingrown toenail issues.
I went in because I had ingrown toenails that had become infected. Dr. Wolpa gave me oral antibiotics for the infection and said he couldn’t do surgery until the infection was cleared up. I gave it a week, but the toenails kept growing and the infection got worse. So I told him I had to come in, and I had the surgery to remove the nail bed on both sides of both of my big toes, which should take care of it for 10 – 20 years. The Dr. sent me home with more antibiotics and cleaning instructions, and an appointment for 3 weeks later. Two weeks later, there were growths on both sides of one toe, and they weren’t healing. So I emailed images to the Dr., and asked if I should come back in because they didn’t look good. He emailed back and said they looked fine and I should just keep my appointment for the following week. So I went to a different doctor. She said any Dr. should have had me come back for a check-​up after 1 week, and that the growths were *not* normal, and she had to do surgery again. There was a lot of toenail left that Dr. Wolpa missed, which, because the skin was all cut up, was growing directly into the flesh in my toes. I ended up enduring a lot more pain, for a lot longer than I should have. I also had to go to a second doctor to get the whole surgery done again, so Dr. Wolpa’s surgery didn’t gain me anything but grief. It also cost me $ 775 *after* insurance, for effectively nothing but pain.
The Dr. should not advertise ingrown toenail surgery in their list of offered services, as the Dr. clearly didn’t know what he was doing. If this were any other type of service, I could submit a claim, but it’s not worth it to file a lawsuit, so I’m just stuck with the bill.

The doctor is misleading in selling the procedure where you might think its effective. Laser has only worked on 20% of test subjects. You probably want to try Lamisil pills if you have a toe nails fungus. It takes about six month, but it does get rid it for sure