The ingrown toenail is another common problem which presents to the podiatrist's office. Infection mat result from improper cutting of the toenails, or injury to the surrounding skin from an incurvated or deformed nail plate. Your podiatrist may simply trim the offending nail border. Some patients require regular expert nail care by the podiatrist. In many cases a simple nail surgery can permanently correct the problem.
Bunions are a common deformity of the forefoot.
They may occur in either sex and any culture, but are most common in women who wear narrow-toed dress shoes. This joint begins to bulge on the inside of the foot, and the big toe drifts in the opposite direction, sometimes coming to rest over or under the smaller toes. There may be a familial tendency to the deformity. Genetics may play an important, though not simple role. Pain often results from shoe pressure or abnormal weight-bearing due to the deformity.