Ingrowing toenails occur when the edge of the toenail grows into the surrounding nail tissue. The skin becomes very red, swollen and tender and can sometimes become quite infected. Other symptoms may include pain if pressure is placed on the toe, inflammation of the toe, an overgrowth of skin surrounding the toe known as hypo granulation, bleeding or pus.

It is very important to ensure an Ingrowing toe nail is treated as soon as possible if you are a diabetic.

Ingrowing toe nails can occur for a number of different reasons such as cutting the toe nail incorrectly, wearing tight fitting shoes, through injury or due to the natural shape of the toenail.

Ingrowing toe nails can be treated at Prestwich Gold Standard Foot Clinic in Prestwich Pharmacy, if the ingrowing toe nail isn’t too severe it can be conservatively managed by a podiatrist who will be able to remove the spike of nail that is ingrown.

If it is quite a severe ingrowing toe nail you may require a surgical procedure to remove either part of the nail, or the whole to prevent the ingrowing toe nail from reoccurring.