Ingrown nails are also treated with a 3TO and VHO clipIngrown toenails

Unguis incarnatus – also onychocryptosis – is a medical term for an ingrown toenail where the sharp corner of the nail presses and grows into the surrounding soft tissue, causing pain or infection.

Ingrown toenails are most common in the thumb and affect many people.

The client does not feel pain and there is immediate relief, but above all a very quick and effective way to reduce pain and there is no need for local anesthesia because the area around the nail and skin is relieved. An innovative method and represents an alternative to operations.

3TO clips

With the medical 3TO (3-teilige Orthonyxie) clip, we correct the nails on the feet or hands and thus help the nails to regulate the natural growth of the nails.

WHO clips

With the medical VHO (Virtuose Human Orthonyxie) clip, we repair ingrown nails by changing the shape of the nail.

PACT MED

An effective method for inflammation and hypergranulation with LED light and gel application, which quickly heals the wound and accelerates wound healing.

Causes

Injuries, inappropriate footwear, taking certain medications, improperly trimmed nails, heredity, nail growth disorders, diseases...

Consequences

Pain, inflammation and bacterial infections. With frequent inflammations and damaged skin, granulation tissue or "Wild meat."

No pain

Rehabilitation of ingrown nails without pain, as we effectively reduce pain without the need for local anesthesia.

No operation

With innovative and successful methods of repairing ingrown nails, surgical intervention is not required.

How do we treat ingrown nails? We use medical clips such as the 3TO and WHO clips

What is 3TO clip?

Medical 3TO (3-teilige Orthonyxie) clip means a clip that corrects nails on the hands or feet – the clip is similar to a clip that corrects teeth. This medical clip is crucial in regulating the natural growth of nails. The installation is performed individually, as the side wires are individually designed according to the condition of the nail plate (this method requires additional knowledge and experience of a medical pedicurist, which is supported by the therapist’s certificate of competence from 3TO Gmbh.

We are especially proud of the 3TO clip, as we were the first in Slovenia at our Centre Pedimed and we have been happy to implement it for 15 years. We also perform podofix, combiped staples that belong to the 3TO family.

Importers from Germany for the 3TO clip is the company Bizjan & CO, d.o.o.

What is VHO clip?

Thanks to the medical pedicurist Elvira Osthold from Erlangen, who in 1988 invented an extremely painless treatment for problematic and ingrown nails. VHO stands for Virtuose Human Orthonyxie. The clip has always experienced new improvements throughout its existence and is a staple that is fully completed and intended for installation.

VHO-Osthold-Spangen PERFECT is a clip system that, unlike other clamp techniques, is based on alternating lever and lever operation. This is a way to overcome the enormous natural restorative force of the nail, which can reach up to 10 kg in an adult. While other systems use only the elastic restorative forces of a pre-bent spring steel wire that seeks to restore the nail to its original shape, the strength of the VHO-Osthold-Spange PERFECT bracket comes from bending the middle loop and the associated shortening of the clamp. Such a shortening of the length of the clip causes a change in the shape of the nail, leading to the edges of the nail being raised.

Importers from Germany for the VHO clip is the company Kana d.o.o., Žalec (GEHWOL, GERLACH).

From our practice Is installing a medical 3TO and VHO clamp painful?

The client does not feel pain and there is immediate relief, but above all a very quick and effective way to reduce pain and there is no need for local anesthesia because the area around the nail and skin is relieved. An innovative method and represents an alternative to operations.

Who is the 3TO or VHO clip for?

The 3TO and VHO clip are designed for everyone. It can even be worn by children, even diabetics. The buckle does not cause problems when wearing shoes, sports activities, workplace, etc.

Why is surgery not the answer?

In our many years of practice, clients who have already undergone surgery come to us for help.

The practice in Slovenia is to treat an ingrown nail surgically with nail surgery, but due to the frequent recurrence and failure of operations and permanent nail deformities, it is not a favorable solution and the procedure is also very painful.

Pictures after surgical procedures (nail deformities) can be viewed in the menu NAIL PROSTHETICS where the only possible solution to the situation later.

Abroad, they solve ingrown nails with a 3TO clip, which is the only one recognized and installation is possible on a concession, as this method does not require sick leave, because there is no pain.