Ingrown Toenails affecting your day-to-day life? Consider toenail bracing for relief.

Sevan — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:47:33 +0000

Dealing with ingrown toenails can be very frustrating, painful, and can lead to more serious issues, especially if left untreated. Fortunately, there’s a gentle and non-invasive solution that’s helping people find relief without surgery: toenail bracing with the Onyfix® system.

This innovative approach uses a special resin applied to the nail surface, helping to guide it back into a healthier shape over time that reduces any painful curvature along borders. It’s safe and effective for nearly everyone, including children and people living with diabetes.

What Exactly Is an Ingrown Toenail?

An ingrown toenail happens when the edge or corner of your toenail starts to grow into the surrounding skin. This often causes pain, redness, and develops into swelling and sensitivity. If not treated early, the area can become infected – and in more severe cases, even affect the way you walk due to the discomfort.

Common Causes of Ingrown Toenails

A number of things can contribute to the development of ingrown toenails, including:

Tight or poorly fitting shoes
Genetics
Naturally curved toenails
Toe deformities (bunions, clawed toes)
Improper trimming (cutting nails too short or rounding the corners)
Trauma to the nail (stubbing your toe)
Fungal nail infections

Signs to Watch For

You might have an ingrown toenail if you notice:

Pain when wearing shoes (especially closed-toe styles)
Discomfort while walking, running, or putting pressure on the toe
Redness or swelling near the nail
Pus, bleeding, or tenderness at the nail edge
Thickened or callused skin around the nail

What is Toenail Bracing?

At BioPed Footcare Clinics, many of our Medical Footcare Clinicians—both Nurses and Chiropodists—are trained in the use of Onyfix®, a modern nail correction system designed to ease discomfort and encourage natural, healthy nail growth. Here’s how it works:

A flexible resin is applied across the top of the nail.
It’s cured with a safe LED light, securing it in place.
As the resin sets, it creates a slight lift on the edges of the nail—reducing pressure and pain.
The brace stays on as your nail grows, gently guiding it into a straighter shape over time.
Most patients feel relief almost instantly. In many cases, a single application is all that’s needed, though some may benefit from follow-up treatments.

Is Onyfix® Right for You?

If you’ve been dealing with ongoing toe pain or recurring ingrown nails, Onyfix® offers a conservative, effective option that doesn’t involve cutting or surgery. There’s little downtime from your routine activities, and it can be done quickly during a routine visit to one of our clinics offering Medical Footcare.

Whether you’re looking for long-term relief or just want to stop the pain from coming back, toenail bracing with Onyfix® might be the solution you’ve been waiting for. Contact your local BioPed clinic today to see if Onyfix® toenail bracing is right for you!

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Toenail Bracing – the newest no surgery solution for ingrown toenails.

BioPed Footcare — Wed, 17 May 2023 19:58:14 +0000

Toenail Bracing is an excellent solution for people suffering from ingrown toenails. Onyfix® is a nail correction system involving an application of a methylacrylate resin material onto the affected nail. It is non-invasive and described by many as a painless nail correction treatment. This method of nail correction has been proven safe and effective for people of all ages, with all nail types including children and people with diabetes.

What is an ingrown nail?

An ingrown toenail occurs when one or both sides of the nail dig into the skin surrounding the nail, causing pain and discomfort. This can cause the surrounding skin to appear red, swollen and feel tender to the touch. If left untreated, ingrown toenails can result in significant pain which forces a person to change the way they walk or move to “protect” their affected toe, and they can also lead to infection.

What are involuted nails and how they can be problematic?

An involuted nail is an overly curved shaped nail on one or both sides of the nail plate. This curvature may be so severe that the sides of the nail come together resulting in pinching of the nail bed tissue, also known as a pincer nail.

Causes of ingrown toenails include:

Ill-fitting and unsupportive footwear
Genetics
Exaggerated curved toenail shape
Hammer toes and bunions
Ill-treatment of toenails such as cutting nails too short
Fungal infection of the nail
Toenail injury

Signs and symptoms of ingrown toenails include:

Pain when wearing closed toe footwear
Pain when toeing-off during walking, running or jumping
Redness around the nail
Presence of pus or blood
Increased thickness at the sides and ends of the nail
Callus build-up at the sides and ends of the nail

What is toenail bracing

At BioPed Footcare, our Footcare Nurses and Registered Chiropodists are Onyfix® certified. BioPed Medical Footcare Clinicians measure and apply the resin to fit each nail’s unique shape. The resin is then cured in place using a safe LED light. Curing the Onyfix® resin causes it to shrink slightly which gently pulls up on the sides of the nail where it digs into the skin offering almost immediate relief from discomfort due to nail pressure. The nail brace holds its form as the nail grows naturally, ensuring retention of the improved, less curved shape. Pain, pressure, and discomfort often dissipates instantly, and the correction effect is long-lasting.

As the nail completes its entire growth cycle, your BioPed Medical Footcare Clinician will easily and quickly remove the grown-out nail correction system. Sometimes two or more Onyfix® applications are required to achieve optimal results, but oftentimes one application is enough!

Is toenail bracing right for you?

Onyfix® is an innovative nail bracing treatment that will provide relief of symptoms while encouraging gradual correction of the nail plate shape. This cost effective and little down time nail bracing system can be conveniently performed in BioPed clinics offering Medical Footcare.

If you’ve been suffering from pain and discomfort because of an ingrown toenail and you are looking for long-term relief, a decrease in the risk of further injury to the surrounding skin and a more effective conservative routine nail care, contact your local BioPed clinic today to see if Onyfix® toenail bracing is right for you!

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