Suggest Treatment For Ingrown Toenail

Posted on Sun, 15 May 2016

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Sun, 15 May 2016 Answered on

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 Last reviewed on

Question : What can I do about an ingrown toenail that seems to have caused swelling and redness and pain before I can get to a Dr,?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You need to visit a surgeon.

Detailed Answer:
Hello.

Thank you for the query.

Can you please attach a photo of it?

The main reason why the ingrown nail causes the pain and swelling is compression of the tissues. So the best way to get rid of the symptoms is partial nail removal ( just a part which causes the compressiom, not the whole nail).
You need to visit a surgeon to have it done.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar