I just trimmed my toenails a little shorter, but they suddenly hurt so much. Is it an ingrown toenail?

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.

What is the principle behind the Daegu ingrown toenail corrector? The principle of lifting the ingrown toenail.

• When you first see an ingrown toenail corrector, you might have questions like this.
• “Can an ingrown toenail really come up with just one wire this small?” The key to ingrown toenail correction is not to forcibly straighten the toenail.
• It involves continuously applying upward force to the ingrown edge of the nail to change the relationship between the nail and the skin.

My ingrown toenail in Daegu has dug in so deeply that I can’t see it. Is it possible to correct a toenail like this?

• “The edge of the toenail has completely dug into the flesh and is not visible.” This is a sight that is surprisingly common when treating patients with ingrown toenails.
• From the outside, one side of the toenail may appear unusually narrow, or it may look as if it has no edge at all.
• In such cases, the toenails are often not small to begin with, but rather the edges have been repeatedly cut deeply whenever pain occurs.

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.