Ok so right before X-mas I went to get a pedicure. Not my usual place but it was the holidays and I was rushed.

That woman dug deep and I thought did a good job. And after that since we went back east and it was cold I wore a lot of boots once in particular where my toes are a little jammed up at the front of the boot. But hey they look good


But within the last couple of months the left big toe nail stopped growing. The skin around it from the side to the bottom was sore and puffy.

Fast forward to this weekend. I went back to my usual palce for a pedicure before vacation and my gal said 1. it looked like I had a ingrown toe nail. 2. She did not see a fungal infection but she coudl see that the skin around was sore and pffy and unlike the other normal toe where you could see the edges and the cuticle here you could not.

So she cleaned up the ingrown toe. And told me to treat with Neosporin for 2 months twice a day or tree tea oil.

Any other suggestions anyone? I dont really want to see a podriatrist but will if necessary. It is better after the ingrown toenail was fixed.

Thanks
Shelley

Suggestions?

Ummmmm, if I were you I wouldn't do ballet practice for at least a week. Those toe shoes can be murder on ingrown toenails. Good luck, Shelley!

Hahahahhahaha Twinkle. Ok no toe shoes for me!

do manicure technicians fix ingrown toenails?

Pour some hydrogen peroxide antiseptic 3% over your nail...does it bubble up?

People who wear tight shoes, compress the toenail, and it can cause the bone underneath to make a spur. Then with further tight situations, this spur stabs upwards, and causes great problems. Being in a job with 13 hr days for decades on my feet I have had many foot issues. An Xray will show this. Last time my toe flared up, I thought I had an infection, went to the podiatrist, and bingo..there was this nasty spur. She wanted to remove my nail. FOREVER. Well, I couldn't part with it LOL and kept it, and just bought wide shoes from then on. It never happened again.

But you know a poor hygiene manicure can introduce crap for you to deal with later. Even podiatrists can do this to you. I had an ingrown nail and went to a podiatrist and he insisted on foot baths (after the second one I caught on that this was a billing fraud to insurance and left). But both of my big toes got plantar's warts under the nails from HIM. I cured them myself, (long story),
but I am always very vigilant about anyone working on MY FEET now.

So Shelley you could have an infection there, bacterial, fungal, or viral (plantars warts)... or a big nasty spur that you never thought you had!

I bet you are sorry you asked now?

Thanks Mrsd.

I will say the boots I was wearing were awfully tight and that toe often hit the front of the boot.

I will do the hydrogen peroxide test and see if I bubble. Although sometimes I am very bubbly

Thanks for the info.

Now how did you cure the bone spur?

and they are nasty buggers. Lying in wait to stab you and create agony.

They don't go away to the best of my knowledge.

The next invention, to cure spurs, will make some drug company very
rich!