well I can tell you that alot of people arent educated on this issue, by their posts, for the ones who said go to the doctor, they are correct, but what you need to do is just have the doctor procede with surgery to remove it, I had to have one cut out like 8 years ago, the shit hurt but it was much better once it got cut out. I wouldnt try to cut it out yourself, because you might not get the whole nail out, and plus the doctor can do it and cut all the shit out, bro dont wait any longer, its not gonna get better, when mine was active, I couldnt even walk, so bro just call the doc and tell him to schedule for an appt. to cut it out, dont let them jive you with ointments or soaking tactics, cause more than likely if it goes down its gonna cause problems later!