Ingrown Toenail Surgery Aftercare. Your provider may recommend soaking your foot in warm water before removing the dressing. Change the dressing about 12 to 24 hours after the surgery.
During the procedure the surgeon will extract a part of the toenail or the complete nail. Care after having an ingrown toenail removed procedure. Recovery from removal of the toenail edge or toenail matrix ablation surgery.
Soak the foot in a bath of warm water and epsom salt for 15 minutes twice a day for three to five days.
Symptoms of ingrown toenails. Then gently lift the edge of the ingrown nail away from the skin. If you have a partial. Soaking the foot in warm water or epsom salts every day taking a nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug nsaid to help with pain and swelling applying an antibiotic ointment twice daily or as often as a doctor recommends if.
