I generally keep it at bay by keeping the side as short as possible at all times
What I know is the opposite way to prevent ingrowing, the sides should not be cut short, growing them as long as possible lined straight. I also didn't know this until I rigorously watched instructions on Youtube.
Probably wise (depending on where you're from).
I'm from Korea and yeah I'm kinda proud you had the surgery done in Korea. These are one of the facts that Korean medical systems are the best in the world. And I can't give up on having benefited from that.
and we'll be coming to them (as many already are like myself)
Well best of lucks with your journey ahead in your home country. Obviously it will be different from an international student's, as most likely you'll be welcomed by family and friends.
Oh trust me, I know. I did it all my life. I had to prove it to the doc by showing my other foot, and how perfectly my nails were done on that side. However, the bad one now grows wider than it originally was after the first botched surgery and there was nothing I could do, and even after the major third surgery they said it was just fixing a disaster but doesn't solve the root problem. So, this is all I can do I guess!
I can attest to that, although I remember them jabbing me in the butt for what was just some routine checkup, and it caused me to faint, trousers falling round my ankles, onto an old lady. Pretty funny in hindsight XD
I've no family or friends left over there haha, but yeah I'll figure it out =)
You can see a podiatrist when you come back here, and I heard they do laser after the surgery then it solves the root problem.
wow I'm sorry you fainted by being jabbed in the butt, and probably the old lady won't forget an unusual occasion of a foreigner leaning on her half naked, or fainting.
mm how come? well, anyway, people are adaptable like me all alone for more than a year as surrounded by 99 Indian classmates and 1 Korean myself.
That does sound very lonely - but I do remember similar feelings when I moved to Korea all alone! Scary...