22/01/2024
Ingrown toenails...
Painful, yet easily treated
An ingrown toenail often affects the big toe, on one or both sides. The nail grows, curled towards the skin which can then become red, swollen and tender.
Other symptoms may include a build up of fluid of the skin at the end of the toe, white or yellow puss coming from the affected area or pain when pressure is place onto the toe.
Ways that can help to prevent and treat this are:
~Keeping your feel clean and dry (preventing an infection that can damage the nail and cause an ingrown toenail to form)
~Making sure that you are wearing comfortable and well fitting shoes
~Making sure that you are cutting your toenails straight across, to stop the ails from digging into the skin around the toe.
If nothing helps, ten you may need to contact a podiatrist for a procedure called a Partial Nail Avulsion.
A Partial Nail Avulsion means numbing the toe and removing part of the toenail which is causing the issues, this helps to prevent the nail from growing back and becoming ingrown in the future.
It is the most commonly used procedure when treating ingrown toenails and is very effective.
