Nails grow into the flesh in the medical known as ingrown nails, the treatment is related to the severity of the disease, generally take conservative treatment, if the patient’s condition is more serious, take surgical treatment.
1. Conservative treatment: If it is mild and moderate ingrown nails patients, you can under the guidance of the doctor with a pad of cotton wool in the embedded nail plate and the adjacent nail groove between the nail, prompting the nail plate and the soft tissue to separate. Secondly, you can also use dental floss instead, to separate the nail plate and the surrounding soft tissue.
2. Surgical treatment: If the nail embedded in the middle – severe, or conservative treatment is ineffective, you can take surgical treatment, such as part or all of the nail plate avulsion surgery, part of the nail matrix removal surgery, etc..
For patients with ingrown nails, they should combine their personal situation and choose the appropriate way of treatment. Daily need to pay more attention to the correct trimming of nails.