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An ingrown toenail hurts a great deal for something so small. At Clínica Hispana Airline it is resolved in one visit, with **local anesthesia**, and the relief is immediate.
What causes it
- Cutting the nail **rounded at the corners** instead of straight across. It is the most common cause and the easiest to correct.
- Narrow or pointed shoes
- Trauma or thick nails
- Cutting too short
Why waiting makes it worse
The edge of the nail digs into the skin, the skin swells, and swelling presses it harder against the nail. It is a loop that does not break on its own: that is why an ingrown nail left for weeks usually ends with pus and overgrown tissue around it.
How it is resolved
The toe is numbed with local anesthesia and the portion of nail that is digging in is removed — not the whole nail. If the problem keeps returning, the matrix of that portion can also be treated so it stops growing inward.
The anesthetic injection stings and little else. **Relief is immediate**, because most of the pain comes from pressure.
Afterward
We explain how to keep the toe clean and dry, when to change the dressing, and how to cut the nail from now on: **straight across, without rounding the corners**. That advice is what prevents a relapse.
If you have diabetes
Do not treat it at home and do not let it go. Any foot lesion in a person with diabetes deserves review, however small it looks.
Included in this service
Resolved in a single visit
Local anesthesia, immediate relief
Matrix treatment if it recurs
Instructions to prevent relapse
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