Ingrown toenails and infections thereof are quite painful ! A daily Epson salt bath may help. When we were young we used to soak in Soda crystals. But to be honest when it’s trueley infected, don’t play doctors yourself; when the doctor advises surgery then I would go for it.

Ingrown toe nail that was only fixed with surgery. Recovery wasn’t that long and went well.

I had an ingrown toenail years ago – nothing worked except having it padded up so it could eventually grow out – it may not work tho as all nails grow differently

Ive hooked my own ingrown toenail up twice a day and put teatree oil on it.

When i had an ingrown toe nail everyday we had to clean it and remove any pus and lift up the nail as much as possible. It hurt so badly but it worked. i was a kid and my whole leg had to be held down to keep me still

Surgery cured an ingrown toenail problem and no more pain or further problems.

Go and see the doctor, he will help with that!

you can buy a natural tea tree oil lotion from the health shop and/or chemist that is good for fungal infections and ingrown toenails – whilst this might not prevent surgery it might help ease it for now.

my brother had surgery on an ingrown toe nail (although he was an adult) and since the surgery he hasn’t had any problems. When he was younger he had problems with his toes so he would recommend it

I have constant battles with my toenails becoming ingrown. I cut the corner out, squeeze any pus out (if needed I get a sterilized needle and make a small hole to drain it) and then I get some rosemary water (boil a vouple of sprigs of fresh rosemary in water until the water turns a greeny/yellowy colour) and put a few drops on it. Repeat three times a day until the swelling is gone.

it is minor surgery and will help your childs feet, if you leave it it will cause a lot of pain

Get them to the podiatrist asap! Honestly if this sort of thing goes on untreated properly it can grow down to the bone and they may have to have there toe removed which would be awful. I know this to be true as i have ingrown toe nails myself and left one for a whole year untreated by a podiatrist and i had to have my bone scrapped as it had started to attach itself, i was extremely lucky.

I would say do the op if the dr recommends it. Better getting it fixed then having recurring problems!

Make sure you never cut it too short but after having several family members experience this surgery is definitely the way to go, otherwise it keeps recurring.

the procedure will solve the problem as it will keep returning so I would opt for the op and than it is fixed and no reoccurring pain

Might sound silly but try putting some Vicks vapour rub on it a few times a day. It’s actually really good for this kind of thing!! A bit different but I had a fungal nail infection and Vicks cleared it up really fast!

My husband suffers badly with them and has had surgery that has fixed it but prior to that he just kept getting them and having to go on anti bitiocs

I haven’t personally, but do know people who have. It is quite a simple procedure and they shave part of the nail off

Prior to going to Thailand I had a slight fungal nail infection (extremely common). I decided not to act on it until I had been as being in hot humid conditions I thought there was probably little point, plus being away on holiday. When I got back I fell over during netball and hurt my toe. The next day I dropped a box on it at work and the toenail was so infected underneath unbeknown to me that it became slightly mobile and was red raw and extremely swollen. I thought I had broken it and went to emergency. They looked at it and got me straight through to X-ray. It wasn’t broken just badly infected and the toenail moving slightly. The dr gave me a couple of needles in the toe region and some gas and took the toenail off as he said it was more or less a lost cause and to start again. He showed me the gap between where my toenail had been sitting and the depth of the infection. It actually wasn’t too bad i wore thick padding on my toe and for the first couple of days felt a bit of discomfort if my shoe rubbed against the padding at work. It grew back healthily and better than before. I would ask another Dr if you’re unsure as it is your little one and not an adult like me.although mine wasn’t an ingrown it was still a painful infection and I was glad to have it off.

Have you tried just pouring some hydrogen peroxide over it several times a day? It will draw out any infect and anything that shouldn’t be in there