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Suggest Treatment For Swelling Around The Ingrown Toenail
I have an ingrown toenail that has lately seemed to have gotten worse. I work in a job that requires me to be on my feet a ton and lately my feet have been throbbing after work. I assumed it was due to my ingrown toenail on my big toes. But now a decent area on my big toe is now numb. The toenail doesn t appear infected nor does there seem to be any redness. There is slight swelling around the toenail that is always there due to the ingrown toenail
Fri, 27 Mar 2015
Hi. The definitive treatment of ingrown nail is nail matrix phenolization. In this technique, 88% phenol is applied to root of nail (nail matrix). This procedures destroys the culprit part of nail matrix and nail grows narrower. Also, avoid shoes with narrow toe box (the front part of shoe which houses toes). Hope it answers your queries
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