Athletes Foot/Tinea Pedis

Is a fungal infection that can affect the web spaces of your feet, or the soles of your feet. It is highly contagious and can be picked up from surfaces (usually communal areas) or objects. It can appear  red, scaly, blistery, and can sometimes cause the skin to split. In most cases it is very itchy.

Treatment requires a proper diagnosis and identifying the cause. It can be treated with  appropriate footwear and creams. Our podiatrist can help with and a management plan to prevent reoccurance.

In growing toenails/ Onychocryptosis

Predominantly affects the big toe, however, it can affect the lesser toes. Usually painful to touch, red, swollen, can have pus, and proud flesh engulfing the sides of the nails.

The cause can be due damage or trauma inflicted on the nail, the natural curvature of the nail (involuted nail), hereditary, I'll fitting footwear, or poor nail cutting technique resulting in a formation of a nail spicule.

The treatment involves removing the nail spicule by trimming the nail followed with advise on how to prevent reoccurance. If the problem is chronic we can remove the affected section of the nail permanently by performing nail surgery. This is performed at the clinic under a local anesthetic.