Ingrowing toenails are a common problem can affect adults, adolescents and in some cases children.   They occur when the edge or corner of the nail (usually of the big toe but it can happen in any toe) grows into the skin of your foot.  They can be caused by not cutting your toenails straight, wearing high heels or shoes that crush your toes together, trauma to the toe, repeated injury or pressure on a toe (such as playing football), fungal nail infections and other lifestyle factors.
There is evidence to show that if a member of your family has ingrowing toenails, you are more like to develop one.
Ingrowing toenails can be painful, unsightly and get infected.  We’d rather see you before the infection sets in so please do give us a call if you suspect you’ve got an ingrowing toenail.  We may be able to provide some early intervention treatment or advise you how to treat it at home
If you have pus coming from your toe and around the nail, it’s very swollen and painful and/or you have a fever, feel shivery and generally unwell, please see your GP.
If you are diabetic, please don’t leave your ingrowing toenail until your next routine footcare check – either call us straight away or visit your GP.
Love Feet Ingrowing Toenails Package
At the moment, waiting times for NHS treatment for ingrowing toenails are extremely long.  We can remove the offending nail spike and treat the surrounding area whilst saving as much of the nail as possible for you.  In a one hour appointment, we carry this out under local anaesthetic – the only discomfort being the administering of the anaesthetic.
After this treatment, we’ll arrange follow up appointments to check the healing, change dressings and ensure your toe and the nail are back to full health.
The full package starts from £395 (depending on the number of nail spikes you have removed) including all dressings & the follow up appointments – until the healing process is complete.
If you have not been to us before, please book an initial consultation using the link below - or call us on 0208 440 8977