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1)If you do not have an infection in your toe, you may be able to get away with just doing some home treatments (unless you're diabetic or have nerve or circulation problems in your foot). You can soak your foot in warm water or salt water three or four times a day, and gently massage the sides of your nail to help reduce inflammation. Then, apply antiseptic and a bandage over your toe.
2)You may want to wear shoes, like sandals, that put no pressure on your toe while it heals. Don't try to perform the Podiatrist Delray Beach Fl named "bathroom surgery" by attempting to cut out the ingrown portion of your nail yourself. Also, (although you may have heard different from your best friend's mother-in-law's cousin's wife) doing things like cutting a V-shape in the end of your toenail is pretty much useless. (Some believe that it allows the edges of an ingrown nail to grow together, but nail growth depends on the nail root, not the end of the nail. The V-method simply doesn't work.)
2)You may want to wear shoes, like sandals, that put no pressure on your toe while it heals. Don't try to perform the Podiatrist Delray Beach Fl named "bathroom surgery" by attempting to cut out the ingrown portion of your nail yourself. Also, (although you may have heard different from your best friend's mother-in-law's cousin's wife) doing things like cutting a V-shape in the end of your toenail is pretty much useless. (Some believe that it allows the edges of an ingrown nail to grow together, but nail growth depends on the nail root, not the end of the nail. The V-method simply doesn't work.)