i have like an ingrown toe nail and like on the side it made like an open sore type thing. its kinda gross and it hurts. but its all swollen and been like doing this for two years.
is there anything i can do. cause im pertrified of the doctor and dont wanna go.
any help at home.
2006-07-28 12:15:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
OUCH!!!!! I've suffered from ingrown toe nails since I was a kid. my left big toenail was removed entirely once but it grew back and the problems continued. So a podiatrist cut inside the actual nail root and killed it off. Now my toe nail grows in a perfect rectangular shape. I held off for years on my right toe nail until 10 years ago when I had the same procedure done on it too. Happily no more ingrown toe nails for me.
2006-07-28 12:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by El Teke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, I am not sure how old you are but my son dealt with this for long time when he was about 14 - 16 years old. One toe, the big toe. I had him to the doctors all the time for antibiotics for infections. Kids at school would purposefully jump on his shoe, and he would never tell me who because he knew I would make a scene at the school .. :) but, doctor suggested removal of the toenail. My son did not want that. So he kept dealing the the gross thing, and now.. it doesn't get infected anymore, and he doesnt have a bad problem with it anymore.. and he is 19... but if I were him or you, I would have just had the toenail removed.
2006-07-28 12:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by tootsie45414 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have ingrowns, too. go to wallgreens and ask for some ingrown toe nail medication, over the counter. forgot its name. also buy a pair of special toe nail clippers, they are like a tiny pair of sissors. the medication toughens the infected area and the clippers can reach into wound to clip the nail spur that's causing it. IT WILL HURT. then learn to keep your nails trimmed
2006-07-28 12:23:59 · answer #3 · answered by oldguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the v thing doesnt work because nails only grow straight. you should probably go to a doctor. They give you drugs and you wont feel a thing when they cut it out. You will be glad afterwards
2006-07-28 12:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by Beast from the East 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah here"s a few suggestions you need to go to a nail specialist who may be able to help you and keep getting going there for something called pediacure.
2006-07-28 12:21:25 · answer #5 · answered by patricia a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there isnt really anything you can do other than go to a podiatrist and get them removed ive had it done, years ago, and yea it can be uncomfortable to have it done but you have to ask yourself, a lil pain now and gone forever or a lifetime of this happening
2006-07-28 12:19:27 · answer #6 · answered by pinkphishie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cut a v in the centre of your nail and when it grows it will have a little room to expand.
2006-07-28 12:20:38 · answer #7 · answered by John J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋