Many people suffer from ingrown toenails which is where the toenail grows into the side of the toe protruding the skin and puncturing the tissue. Ingrown toenails can become very painful and severely infected due to poor hygiene and insufficient cleaning. As the infection grows the ingrown toenail can become inflamed, swollen, filled with pus, and excruciating. 

The first thing that comes to mind when dealing with an ingrown toenail is whether or not it is safe to treat ingrown toenails at home. It is not safe in any circumstance to treat ingrown toenails at home when using any sort of home remedy or “bathroom surgery”. When people have ingrown toenails it can escalate from putting it off to immediate treatment to relieve the pain. Treating Ingrown toenails at home can make matters worse and eventually end up at the doctor regardless. It is better to skip treating ingrown toenails at home and head straight to the podiatrist for professional help. 

There are other types of ingrown patients that put off treatment entirely and wait for the problem to fix itself. While waiting for ingrown toenails to heal themselves, waiting can pose additional health risks like infection and can cause such severe pain where a trip to the doctor is a reach. When patients are unable to make the trip to the doctor to get treatment, they become desperate with no other options. They end up performing their own treatment of ingrown toenails at home without proper training or proper sterilization of tools. 

The only option to consider when dealing with ingrown toenails at home is to call the nearest podiatrist office and schedule an appointment. If you ever are dealing with an ingrown toenail you can call (424) 299 4627 or schedule a consultation with a licensed podiatrist in one of our 80 locations.