Is there anyway I can get rid of an infected ingrown toe nail, without surgery?

I was able to cut mine out myself. It is quite painful and takes some time to heal but it can be done. the key is to keep it clean before and after you begin to work on it. After you are finished and it is healing tke a look at your diet. After I cut mine out and the healing started I changed vitamins and the skin around the nail corners seemed to harden up from changing vitamins. Now I do not have the ingrown issue at all.

I've probably had 7 or 8 of these. THEY SUCK! Usually what I do is I soak them in hot water for about 30 minutes, then I put a big dab of triple antibiotic ointment on the infection and top it with a band-aid. I always put on more ointment than I need so it keeps soaking in for a while. I did this every night and they didn't last more than a month. This may sound gross, but apparently squeezing all the puss out of it on your own helps. My doctor said you shouldn't try to clean it out yourself with tweezers because they might have extra bacteria on them, which would make your toe even more infected I guess.

depends upon how bad your case is! if it's really painful and is significantly large than you should get it removed by surgery! i think that you leave it and try to go to a doctor for that case or some therapist who can help you with this!

My husband had an ingrown toenail permanently removed last week. He said it was a piece of cake and he's 81 years old. Maybe you just had a bad doctor.