Flat Earth and Ingrown toenails

It’s bad enough when archived material carries outdated facts and information, but when recently published professional sites perpetuate outdated theories and concepts, I feel motivated to vent. My social media feed, unlike yours, regularly sends foot health-related material from various sources, “thanks algorithms”. The one that caught my eye this past weekend was from a […]
Severe Pain and Inflammation at the Base of the Nail Plate

Very frequently, this won’t heal with soaking and antibiotics, we’re gonna need to be a bit more proactive than that! In a couple of years, I will have been in clinical practice for 40 years…… That’s harder to type than it was to achieve. The point of this frightening statistic is that over that period, […]
Did a pedicure cause my ingrown nail?

The truthful and most likely answer is NO! Overly aggressive grooming of the nails, especially with non-sterilized instruments, can cause infections (bacterial, viral and fungal), damage to the integrity of the nail plate and even changing the growth pattern of the nail plate. Frequently, we hear stories of very talented pedicurists who assist folks with […]