Ingrown nails can be inherited, due to trauma, poor biomechanics , ill fitting footwear or from poor nail cutting techniques .
Due to the claustrophobic , hot environment our feet are in they can easily become painful, swollen and infected where the nail penetrates the skin.
Conservative professional nail cutting usually manages the ingrowing nails but occasionally recurrent in growing nails need a more permanent solution.
Nail surgery involves a minor procedure under local anaesthetic to remove the offending part of nail and phenolising the nail bed to prevent regrowth / recurrence.