Clipping off the newly detached right side of the nail brought some relief, but the raw skin beneath was extremely sensitive. Due to the bandages I used, a lot of the skin in the area retained extra water and sloughed off, making the area around the nail even more tender. At one point, the skin at the bottom end of the nail puffed up. When I pressed on it, puss oozed out from what was left of my nail.
These past weeks have found me coating the region in neosporin in the morning and soaking my foot in hot water and epsom salts in the evening. It wasn't until I clipped a portion of the left side (and found another spur growing there) that my toe has started to improve at all. I hardly even noticed it today, but it still looks like quite a mess.
I just want it to look and feel normal again.