Suggest Treatment For Painful Ingrown Toe Nail

Posted on Fri, 9 Sep 2016

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Fri, 9 Sep 2016 Answered on

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Question : Hi, I am suffering with ingrown nail in my left toe, it painfull. the issue is i dont want to go under any surgey plz suggest if any medicine can be useful.

Answered by Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
good health

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for query.

onychocryptosis or ingrown nail can treated by Tea tree oil or mustard oil.
You can apply hot Mustard oil on the nail twice daily.
Salt soaks are useful for some extent.
You can take paracetamol tab if pain is persistant.

Get back if any query.

Regards,
Dr VSK

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar