SURGICAL TREATMENT BEST OPTION FOR CHRONIC INGROWN TOENAILS

Regarding the treatment of ingrown toenails, Javier Alcalá, collaborator of the General Council of Colleges of Podiatrists of Spain and member of the Spanish Association of Podiatric Surgery, says it can be conservative or surgical: “For those patients who present the problem sporadically or eventually, a conservative treatment can be considered with periodic visits scheduled by the podiatrist as long as they are spaced apart in a reasonable time. On some occasions, it will be necessary to use anesthesia to eliminate the nail fragment (spicule) causing the problem and perform a proper canal cleaning.”

 

Javier Alcalá

 

The best option without a doubt is to opt for surgical treatment. "Today, we perform interventions to narrow the nail with local anesthesia, completely painless and with a post-surgical procedure that requires practically no rest and no or minimal discomfort. To all this, we must add success rates very close to 100% and minimal complications, which makes this treatment the most recommended option when the problem is recurrent. It is a very safe, effective, and definitive treatment," says the expert.

 

Source: Saxon [6/8/21]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News