[Daegu Ingrown Toenail] I kept getting treatments at a nail salon, but my toenail kept getting narrower. Actual Ingrown Toenail Correction Case

Roe Plastic Surgery Clinic

Dong-gu, Daegu

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[Daegu Ingrown Toenail] I heard this can’t be treated, but can it be corrected? Case of correction treatment for a rolled ingrown toenail

• If a toenail has curled up and become deformed into a circle, can it be straightened out again?
• In some cases of ingrown toenails, the tip of the nail curls severely inward, becoming deformed as if a piece of paper had been rolled up.
• Because the shape of the toenails is severely deformed, many people think that treatment is impossible or that the only solution is to pull them out.

Is it possible to treat ingrown toenails in Daegu without touching the painful toenail?

• My toenail hurts so much that I feel like I’ll cry if it gets touched even slightly.
• "Can it be treated even in this condition?" If inflammation caused by an ingrown toenail becomes severe, the area around the nail swells and becomes sensitive, which can cause extreme pain even from minor irritation.
• It is difficult enough to wear shoes or walk, but the thought of having to handle painful toenails for treatment can make visiting clinic itself frightening.

I have an ingrown toenail in Daegu that is bent at a 90-degree angle. Can it really be straightened?

• If an ingrown toenail persists for a long time, it gradually curls further, and the edges of the toenail may bend at almost a 90-degree angle.
• In particular, many people worry about whether correction is possible if the toenail is bent not just at the tip but also close to the root.
• The case I am introducing this time did not look severe on the outside, but it was a case where pain occurred because the toenail was bent from near the root.

The ingrown toenail clinic in Daegu told me I have to have it extracted, but is there really no other way?

• I was told that I have to have my toenail pulled out because my ingrown toenail is so severe.
• “Do I really have to do that?” There are patients who visit clinic for ingrown toenails and become worried after being told that they need to have their toenails removed.
• It is natural to hesitate to seek treatment if you are told that your toenail must be removed when there is already inflammation around it and severe pain.

[Daegu Ingrown Toenail] It hurt more after I cut off the edges of my toenail. Introducing a real correction case

• One of the first things people do when an ingrown toenail starts to hurt is to cut off the painful edge of the nail themselves.
• Especially if the edge of the big toenail feels painful as if it is pricking the skin, you can round off that part or dig it out a little deeper with nippers.
• The pain subsides immediately after cutting.

My toe is really swollen because of an ingrown toenail in Daegu. Will the swelling go down if I treat the toenail?

• “It’s not just my toenail that hurts, but my entire big toe is swollen.” Among patients with chronic ingrown toenails, there are cases where not only is the edge of the toenail red, but the entire toe is swollen to the point where it looks thick.
• Looking at this, I wonder if a single toenail can cause the entire toe to swell like this, and if the swelling can go away if the toenail is treated.
• If the cause is repetitive irritation and inflammation due to an ingrown toenail, the swelling and inflammation of the surrounding skin may also improve as the ingrown toenail is treated.