This piece of advice was given to me years ago by a retired chiropodist: get a very small piece of cotton wool and roll it to a thin sausage shape. Very gently push it under the nail, particularly where the nail is turning inwards. As the nail grows, it moves over the cotton wool and hey presto, no more ingrowing nail! it seems to work quite quickly and has cured lots of ingrowing nails in this household. Of course, as everyone has said, do check for infection first. Oh, and don't break the skin when you stick the cotton wool behind the nail Good luck, anyway.
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