Big Toe Pain and Ingrown Toenail: Why You Should See an Ingrown Toenail Specialist

Big toe pain and ingrown toenails causing pain around the big toenail should be treated at a clinic specializing in ingrown toenails.

A 73-year-old patient visited Gangnam Standard Orthopedics after searching for an ingrown toenail specialist clinic. She had been enduring severe toenail pain for a long time, and said to herself, "Why did I put up with this for so long?"

The pain around her big toe and toenail was so severe that she could not wear the shoes she liked, and instead wore hiking boots with a hard toe box every day. Because even the slightest touch to her ingrown toenail caused a dull, throbbing ache, she had given up on wearing the shoes she wanted...

For patients who have been suffering from ingrown toenails over a long period of time, persistent inflammation and discharge around the toe can reduce moisture around the big toe and toenail, causing the nail to become dry and the nail shape to become deformed.

Her husband searched online for a clinic skilled in ingrown toenail surgery and found our clinic.

Conveniently, there was a direct bus from her home to Gangnam Standard Orthopedics, so she was able to come on her own.

Because ingrown toenail surgery can be performed without a companion, many other ingrown toenail patients also manage to come and go on their own.

Walking and driving are possible immediately after ingrown toenail surgery, so patients can use public transportation or drive themselves.

If your guardian is unable to accompany you, please do not worry about how to get home after ingrown toenail surgery — you will be able to walk out on your own.

Because this patient had been tolerating pain from ingrown toenails for a very long time, the procedure involved removing the nails that were causing the ingrown toenail, correcting the nail shape deformity, and thoroughly cleaning any residual debris from the skin around the nail.

Ingrown toenail surgery at Gangnam Standard Orthopedics is performed under local (partial) anesthesia. There is very little bleeding during the procedure, so there is no need to worry.

At our ingrown toenail specialist clinic, the surgery is completed painlessly after local anesthesia is administered, and the removed nail is clearly shown to each patient for their confirmation.

Directions to Gangnam Standard Orthopedics

205, 2nd Floor, Boeun Building, 180 Saimdang-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Gangnam Standard Orthopedics

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