On the back side of this, buy wider shoes.

Hope this avatar is better:lol: On another note I am heading to the foot doctor Friday and I hope it goes well, the nurse told me today that the needle is about 10 inches and it hurts bad:cry: but hopefully after that I'm good.

 

I am glad to see that you changed your avatar Grizz, w/o a doubt that will remove the curse and you will get some relief . I can certainly live with the new avatar.

 

Good luck at the Doc on Friday. :thumb:

Cut your toenail into a V in the middle. That will put the pressure of the toenail towards the middle instead of towards the outside. I have not had an ingrown nail since I started doing that.

On the back side of this, buy wider shoes.

 

Why? Shoes that are too wide are a good way to get blisters and such. I bought a pair of wide golf shoes when I had one ingrown toenail and it relieved a little pressure but didnt do much for stability.

I had one several years ago. Got it worked on in the GP's office (mistake #1) late in the afternoon (mistake #2). Got a staph infection, the toe blew up like Todd Coffey in the 8th inning.

 

Went back to the podiatrist and got things patched up. He saw me on Thanksgiving Day to follow up because he was worried that the staph might get into the bone, but thankfully that didn't happen.

 

Worst part is that anesthetics don't seem to take well with me. In the GP's office, I got 3 or 4 lidocaine shots in the toe, but they didn't work. Doc carved on my anyway; it was not much fun. When I went to the podiatrist a day or two later, I was dreading it. He said that he would spray the "freezing stuff" before administering the shots, and that the area would be numb for 2 or 3 hours before wearing off. It stayed numb for about 20 minutes, it wore off just as he was wrapping me up.

 

However, I've had no problems since then, and that was about 8 or 9 years ago.

 

Go to a specialist, and go early in the day (fewer germs).

I'll tell you what, when that "freezing stuff" wears off is just awful. It was for me anyway. When it wore off I was in some kind of pain, and I dont know what I would have done if it werent for the pain medication.

Why? Shoes that are too wide are a good way to get blisters and such. I bought a pair of wide golf shoes when I had one ingrown toenail and it relieved a little pressure but didnt do much for stability.

 

Are you really questioning me? Did the folks at Shoe Carnival tell you that? :lol:

Are you really questioning me? Did the folks at Shoe Carnival tell you that? :lol:

 

Yes, I am questioning you. If your feet move around a lot in your shoe during activity the odds are higher you will get blisters. Doesn't take much to figure that out.

Yes, I am questioning you. If your feet move around a lot in your shoe during activity the odds are higher you will get blisters. Doesn't take much to figure that out.

 

But if you have a history of ingrown toenails wearing narrower shoes can put unneeded pressure on the big toe and cause them to reform.

In case you don't believe me, from the Podiatry Institute:

Ingrown Toenail Treatment Tip #5: Wear appropriate fitting shoes with plenty of room in the toe box. (If you already have an ingrown toenail, wearing shoes with a wide toe box is especially important if you want to avoid hurting the infected area even further.)