Ingrown

Soak that foot in hot water before you try again, make the nail softer to work with, easier to clip and easy out.

Just what other members have said, soak it in warm water with Epsom salt.

i had mine operated on years ago to stop it.my nail used to grow right through the skin.

There are ways to manage pain hopefully there won't be the ingrown toenails causing more problems.

Soaking in hot water is helpful as Andria said .Try that friend

Soak the foot and get the nail real soft, and then you are going to have to dig a little bit, lift the nail up as much as you can, and cut it. It hurts like hell, but you have to do it. THEN get into the habit of cutting your toenails straight across. I used to suffer more ingrown but once I started cutting straight across it got much better and much less frequent.

If the pain persist then the ingrown must have gone deeper that the only solution would be ungiectomy. I have just undergone such and now I do not have any problem with that anymore and the nail started growing back and pain is gone already. But you have to bear the pain after the operation for about a week before the wound would finally heal up. I have posted about it in here.