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

[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.

My ingrown toenail in Daegu is this severe, and you’re saying it can be treated without cutting a single nail?

• How should I treat severely curled toenails?
• If the tips of your toenails are deeply curved inward or the edges are growing into the skin, many people immediately think of surgery to cut them off.
• Especially if your toenails are curled almost like a semicircle, you might wonder if they can be straightened out again.

[Daegu Ingrown Toenail] What if you have both a fungal toenail and an ingrown toenail? What should be treated first?

• “I have toenail fungus, so can I start with the ingrown toenail correction?” “Should I treat the ingrown toenail after the fungus treatment is finished?” Patients who have both toenail fungus and ingrown toenails are actually frequently seen in clinical practice.
• Since the two conditions are different problems, you do not necessarily have to wait until one treatment is finished before starting the other.
• The patient introduced in this post also had both toenail fungus and ingrown toenails, and we proceeded with both treatments simultaneously.