Nail Fungus and Ingrown Toenails 69 (&)

It is extremely hot in this heat.

Today, let’s study nail fungus and ingrown toenails again.

Nail fungus treatment is already widely available and similar across clinics, but we finish in as little as 4 months nationwide.

Ingrown toenails seem to have already become common outside hospitals, using consumer products rather than medical devices.

What is concerning is that complications are more likely to occur, and the cost-effectiveness is much worse than at a hospital.

Because of the nature of blogs, the revisit rate is almost 1%, so some repeated photos appear.

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It has been more than 25 years since we opened the first nail specialty clinic in Korea in 1995.

We have stayed on one path consistently. We treat only nails.

Let’s look at ingrown nails and nail fungus.

Nail fungus is treated with a pinpoint laser once every 2 months, about 3 to 5 times.

We take pride in having the shortest treatment time in Korea.

Ingrown nails that dig in are treated with a non-surgical method, without surgery.

They are simply treated with a corrective device that straightens the nail at the clinic.

Surgical treatment is also a good treatment method, one that minimizes recurrence permanently.

You may choose either of the two.

If you send questions about fingernails or toenails by photo and text to the clinic inquiry phone (010-9682-1501),

I will give you an answer.

If you want to visit, make a reservation first at the Jamsil Saenae Station, Exit 4 on Subway Line 2, 100 meters ahead, 4th floor of City Pharmacy.

After making a reservation, please come to Tomorrow Clinic (02-3431-1500).

You must make a reservation before coming.

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This is a severely curled-in, severe toenail. The fungus is also severe.

Usually, there are many severe types like this that curl inward, called pincer nails.

This kind of pincer nail can be caused by fungus or by obesity.

However, if you wear a corrective device for about 2 weeks, treatment is simple.

You can continue all of your daily activities as usual.

After 2 weeks, it may fall off on its own, or it may come off easily with a light tap.

For this type, surgical treatment is also a very useful method.

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I took this photo right after putting it on.

It can be treated this simply.

The government has approved three types as medical devices: (KD, Stirring, and Bueutoring), so they can only be used in hospitals. Products made as consumer goods and used outside hospitals may be unhygienic, and complications can be problematic, so

I recommend getting treatment at a hospital.

Hospital treatment is cost-effective.

However, this corrective device treatment is convenient and good, but recurrence can occur.

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When the nail curls inward in shape from the root structure like this, it is called a pincer nail.

Corrective device treatment is possible, but this type has a high chance of recurrence.

For this type, surgical treatment is more effective.

After local anesthesia, the sides are cut by about 1 mm and the root is also removed.

Then you just need to have the area disinfected for about 10 days at a clinic near your home.

Surgical treatment has the advantage of being almost recurrence-free and permanent.

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This type is similar; surgical treatment is more effective than a corrective device.

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Even if it is not a pincer nail that curls from the root overall, if there is extensive inflammation like this,

surgical treatment is more effective than corrective device treatment.

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This is a severe ingrown toenail. Structurally, it curls inward, and a tunnel forms in the middle, causing keratin to accumulate. It is a severe type.

This is a difficult nail case, and it can only be treated with surgery.

The width on both sides must be reduced, and the keratin in the middle must also be removed.

Then let’s look at the post-surgery photo.

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This is a post-surgery photo.

The keratin inside the tunnel in the center of the left side is gone, and as the width on both sides is reduced,

it becomes a normal nail shape.

This is a good case of surgical treatment.

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This is called onychogryphosis (hook nail deformity).

When weight-bearing is placed on the nail and bruising or nail loss repeats,

permanent deformity occurs like this.

It is often mistaken for fungus, but complete recovery is difficult.

However, if corrected surgically, it can recover partially.

Now! Let’s look at the post-surgery photo.

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This is a post-surgery photo.

The nail bed supporting the underside of the nail has shrunk to half the size of a normal person’s.

So the nail grows only halfway, and after that its shape becomes deformed.

Thorough care after surgery is important.

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This is also called onychogryphosis accompanied by fungus.

After the nail falls off, it becomes deformed and grows permanently lifted.

In this case, fungus treatment has no response at all.

Many people undergo fungus treatment for years.

This is a nail condition that can only be treated with surgery.

Next, let’s look at the nail after surgery.

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After surgical treatment

This is how it looks after 3 months of fungus treatment.

It is still not completely perfect,

but it is almost recovered.

This is the post-treatment appearance of onychogryphosis + fungus.

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Fungus is treated with a laser.

However, with a pinpoint laser once a month, it is cured in a total of 4 months.

The pinpoint laser is stronger than the Lunula laser.

Laser alone is not enough, so we add polishing therapy,

and cure it in the shortest time in Korea, 4 months.

Without polishing therapy, it would take about a year.

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This is a pinpoint laser.

The laser wavelength passes through the nail without damaging it,

then sterilizes it at a high temperature of 80 degrees.

It is the most effective treatment method.

Since its introduction in Korea in 2015, the pinpoint laser has shown the strongest effects.

By combining laser and special polishing treatment, our clinic

cures it in the shortest time in Korea, 4 months.

This is a feature unique to our clinic.

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This shows an ingrown toenail accompanied by severe nail fungus.

The effect is doubled only when polishing is done first and then laser treatment is applied.

Laser treatment is done once a month, and it is cured in 4 months.

We will look at the condition after 4 months in the next photo.

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This is the condition after 4 months.

This is after the pinpoint laser was performed 5 times.

Our clinic applies the principle of the shortest treatment time in Korea (while other hospitals take a year) to all patients.

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This is ad time.

This is how treatment is done. If you have questions, take a photo and send it to the number above (010-9682-1501),

and I will answer you. When you come, please make a reservation first (02-3431-1500).

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In detail, we treat in a wide variety of ways like this.

We are the only clinic in Korea that specializes in fingernails and toenails.

When others were not interested in nails, I alone have continued to focus only on nails.

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Long ago... when no one was interested in nails,

this was a photo from my passionate nail-studying days in my 30s.

This is a photo from SBS Morning Wide.

It was a time when no one cared, and I was devoted solely to nails.

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As time passes, we enter an era when people take interest in nails.

Now, I am receiving recognition for the years I spent living only for nails.

The current look, after all these years,

means that with the experience I have built up, I provide you with good, high-quality treatment.

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