If you are brave, here is a step by step photo sequence of how an
ingrown toenail is fixed using phenol:
A Doctor's Notes on Ingrown Toenail Surgery - Health - NAILS Magazine
Ingrown Toenail Removal - American Family Physician
If you suspect an infection, (there would be warmth and redness if infection were present), then soaking in Epsom salts would open up the tissues' small blood vessels to let in the white blood cells to finish it off.
You should try this and also keep your foot elevated as much as possible as this helps to clear minor infections in the foot as well.
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Weezie looking at petunias 8.25.2017
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