Foot Care Nursing: With Nurse Nicki

When a client texts me and says "I think I have an ingrown toenail. my toe is sore, red, swollen, and painful." I try my best to fit clients into a service the next day to help relieve the pain, assess what is currently going on, as having ingrown toenails is never fun.
What I want to do is decrease the amount of pressure that is currently applied to the skin from the nail. As well as assess to see if there is any nail that is currently still present if they or someone else attempted to remove it themselves. Remember, when we are dealing with ingrown toenails we want to not use tools that have not been autoclaved as there is a high risk for infection.
A non surgical treatment I can provide is Onyfix, this is a composite that we harden onto the nail with a blue light. It relieves the pressure immediately and guides the nail to grow properly up and not into the skin. It's a great solution and with it not being invasive, bonus and another bonus!

 Happy Friday!

Talk soon,

Nicki Gigolyk