Ingrown Toenails

An Ingrown Toenail or onychocryptosis is a problem that will effect most people at some point in their life. Thankfully, this problem can generally be prevented as well as cured if it becomes a recurrent problem. An ingrown toenail results from the nail growing into the skin around it. This often occurs at either edge of the big toe. Many times they are hereditary, passed down from parent to child.

If an ingrown nail is left untreated, there exists a high risk of dangerous infection. When the skin around the nail gets infected, it begins to swell up and put even more pressure against the nail. An untreated ingrown toenail will cause a person to walk with a limp, which over a long period of time may cause further pain and injury to the foot, leg and back owing to improper distribution of weight.