About this service
Ingrown toenail treatment
Ingrown toenails at our two Shellharbour clinics
We treat ingrown toenails, including minor nail surgery, at Shellharbour Village on Addison Street and at Shellharbour City beside Stockland. Choose whichever suits your day: the village clinic has street parking and a council car park behind the building, with Saturday appointments on some weekends, and parking at Stockland is free.
Matching the treatment to the toe
A first or mild ingrown nail can usually be eased in a normal appointment by removing the sliver of nail that is pressing in. When the same edge keeps returning, a partial nail avulsion under local anaesthetic takes that edge away, and the nail-forming tissue underneath is usually treated with a chemical so the edge is unlikely to return. Our article on what nail surgery involves walks you through the day.
Stopping it coming back
We show you how to trim your nails straight across, check your footwear and talk about what may have caused the problem, so it is less likely to recur.
