Ingrowing, thick or damaged toenails can be very painful, uncomfortable and look very unsightly; the nails and the surrounding skin can also become infected by bacteria and very often fungal infections.
Treatments
Our HCPC registered podiatrists are specialists at dealing with a full range of toenail problems: we are often able to resolve problem toenails in only one treatment or if required we can offer a number of treatment plans to treat and maintain health to more troublesome toenails including permanent nail surgery performed with the use of a local anaesthetic.
Common treatments
- Reduction of the thickness of damaged nails
- Removal of ingrowing nail(s) with specialist small nail trimmers to minimise pain (PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME)
- Nail surgery to permanently narrow the nail if it continually ingrows and causes pain. In the majority of cases only a section of the nail needs to be removed under a local anaesthetic.
- If a fungal infection is suspected our podiatrist can test the nail (additional cost applies) to confirm nail infection; if infection is confirmed the correct form of treatment is then recommended.
- Most nail treatments do not cause discomfort, if however you are concerned about pain during treatment a local anaesthetic can be used to numb the painful toe so treatment can be carried out pain free.
If you have any further questions or wish to book please call the clinic on 0116 239 2024 or email the clinic at kirbymuxloepodiatry@gmail.com