What should I do if my fingernails are growing into my flesh?

Fingernails growing into the flesh belong to ingrown nails, which can be treated by general treatment, medication and surgery.
1. General treatment: avoid tight shoes and socks, avoid excessive nail trimming, and pay attention to local cleanliness.
2. Medication: If the fingernail grows into the flesh with redness, swelling and pain around the nail, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use anti-infective drugs to treat it, which can be used topically with mupirocin ointment, and combined with oral cefixime, amoxicillin and other drugs.
3. Surgical treatment: moderate to severe ingrown nails, conservative treatment is ineffective, surgical treatment can be carried out, according to the individual’s situation for part of the nail or the removal of the whole nail.
If there is a finger nail to the flesh growth of the situation, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the appropriate method of treatment, avoid unauthorized use of drugs.