What happens to you when you have an infected in grown to nail?

You can take care of it at home by soaking your foot in a basin of warm to hot (not hot enough to burn your skin) water for 20-30 minutes and then gently pull the skin away from the edge of the nail where it is infected and the skin will break open and let the pus out. Do this daily until it is healed up. If it gets worse and worse, you will then need to see a doctor for antibiotics and to have it lanced open.