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.
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.
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.
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.
“I trimmed my toenails a little short, and a few days later, my big toe suddenly started hurting a lot.” This is a story frequently heard from patients with ingrown toenails.
Those who have a habit of cutting their toenails short are especially puzzled.
I've always cut it to this extent, and it's been fine so far.
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.
There are people who visited clinic because of ingrown toenails and underwent surgery to cut off part of the toenail that had grown in.
At Roe Plastic Surgery, we rarely recommend surgery from the start.
This is because although pain may subside immediately after surgery as the painful edge of the toenail disappears, the same spot often becomes painful again after a few months as the toenail begins to grow back.
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