I have ingrown toenail problem. It itches alot. Doctor said Removal of it is only option. What should I do? I am in pain alot.

Question

Ingrown toenail is a result of faulty trimming of nail and tight compression of toes in the shoe ends. While removal of the nail is one of the resorts and the last one, other things can be tried before that. Let the toe nail grow a little out of the Frontline of the nailbed and then cut the extra growth in front straight from corner to corner without rounding the corners. Let this go on repeatedly over succesive nail cuttings and the ingrown part should also leaVe the side tissue.
Alternately you may go for a wedge cutting of the nail base on the side of ingrowth. This reduces the width of the growing nail and gradually the ingrown part moves ahead in front without any growing margin to cut through in the side tissue. 
If both these things have been done without favourable results, then the nail should be removed.

Subhash Tiwari · Accepted Answer

Ingrown toenail is a result of faulty trimming of nail and tight compression of toes in the shoe ends. While removal of the nail is one of the resorts and the last one, other things can be tried before that. Let the toe nail grow a little out of the Frontline of the nailbed and then cut the extra growth in front straight from corner to corner without rounding the corners. Let this go on repeatedly over succesive nail cuttings and the ingrown part should also leaVe the side tissue.
Alternately you may go for a wedge cutting of the nail base on the side of ingrowth. This reduces the width of the growing nail and gradually the ingrown part moves ahead in front without any growing margin to cut through in the side tissue. 
If both these things have been done without favourable results, then the nail should be removed.