Ingrowing Toe Nails

Normally a nail requires trimming at the rate of 1 to 2 mm every seven to 10 days for the finger-nails and 2 to 3 mm once in 15 to 20 days for the toe-nails. The trimming has got to be done smoothly so that the edges of the nail are regular, and not jagged. In case the trimming of the nail is not smooth and it leaves behind pointed spicules along the comers of the nail-plate, these spicules tend to get impacted into the fold of the skin along the lateral edges of the nail-plate. The continuous growth of the nail-plate progressively tends to push the spicules into the skin-fold, causing pain in the region. In case the cause of the pain is not detected and the spicule is not removed, the latter is likely to penetrate the skin and produce a mass of granulation tissue over-growing the comer of the distal edge of the nail-plate, causing extreme pain and bleeding. Super-added infection with bacteria is also quite common.

Treatment of Ingrowing Toe Nails consists of liberating the edge of the nail-plate from underneath the mass of granular tissue, trimming the nail properly so that the comers are snipped off smoothly and treating the bacterial infection, if present. The granulation tissue usually requires cauterisation. Improper trimming and formation of the spicules can lead to recurrence of the condition.

Nails Care

Anychia
Clawing of the Nails
Clubbing
Discoloration of the Nail Plate
Ingrowing Toe Nail
Koilonychia
Longitudinal Striations
Loss of Nail Plate
Onycholysis
Paronychia
Pitting of Nail Plates
Pterygium
Thickening of Nail Plate
Transverse Ridges

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