Ingrowing Toe Nails
Nail surgery may be recommended as the best course of treatment due to ingrowing toenails.
Ingrowing toenails can be caused due to poor nail care, poor footwear, injury or infections and can also be inherited.
Toenail problems are amongst the most common reasons for people seeking assistance of a foot health specialist they’re impossible to ignore and they can’t be resolved without professional help.
Here at Foot Clinic Dorset, we try a range of treatments to resolve your toenail problems, but sometimes the only solution is toenail removal surgery.
Toenails take about nine months to grow from the nail base to the top of the toe. Sometimes problems begin when pressure from footwear distorts the growth of the nail, or the nail is trimmed into the curved shape.
This allows one of its vertical edges to pierce the grove in which it lies.
One type of ingrowing toenail produces corns growing within the nail bed and prevents the sufferer wearing closed shoes. These may never become infected, but produce excessive pain.
Most common is the infected and inflamed ingrowing toenail, sometimes very painful. The skin around the nail appears swollen and red; sometimes pus may be visible under the skin.
If the nail has become ingrown several times, or the shape of the nail is so badly deformed that it is likely to re-grow, a decision may be made to remove part of the nail root.
The end result will produce a normal looking but slightly slimmer.
An initial consultation is always required before surgery can take place to assess the nail and medical history to see if you are eligible for treatment, other necessary FAQs will also be covered at this time.
