Patent ID: 8702636

Claim:
A method for treating an ingrown condition of a nail, the nail including a nail plate, nail matrix and nail fold, the method comprising the steps of: removing an ingrown part of the nail plate; determining a portion of the nail matrix from which an ingrown part or the nail plate was being manufactured; ablating said nail matrix portion by contacting said nail matrix portion with an acid solution; wherein said ablating step includes the steps of applying said acid solution to one end of a stick-shaped applicator, sliding said stick-shaped applicator through a tube having a first open end through which said applicator end is first inserted and a second open end, disposing said tube with the applicator underneath said nail fold, exposing said end of said stick shaped applicator through said second end of said tube, and contacting said nail matrix portion of said nail with said one end of said applicator in order to apply said acid solution only onto the nail matrix.