He's right. It doesn't go away. I was thinking the same way as you Heads until my toe got worse. I had an infection and it f***ed up the other side of my big toe. I went into the pediotrist and he cut both the left and right side of my toenail. It's really not that bad. I had to limp around for a few days, but it's all up after that. My toenail is still growing back and I had this done Feb. 18 (my mom wrote it down on her calendar, she writes everything on it), so it takes a while. I've been pain free once my toe began healing from the surgery, and I had this pain in my toe for a couple months before I got it cut. It's the only way to go. Don't put it off, it won't get better.