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As a lifelong sufferer of ingrown toenails and someone who’s been climbing for over a decade, I feel your pain.
Have you had them looked at by a doctor? I had one big toenail removed and the other partially removed many years ago but they still give me grief.
Climbing shoes and sore toenails are not a great combo :(
Make sure you soak the toe in salt solution or something similar after if you can - nothing like the inside of a sweaty climbing shoe to kick off infection.
(Sorry I can’t offer more useful advice!)
Nef-
I have the enviable combination of climbing, working on my feet/ crouching/ knees all day and hereditary susceptibility to ingrown toenail unfortunately! Somehow this is my first one at the age of 29 but I've been trying to shake it since last August including three efforts by chiropodist to trim the bastard into order! Getting pretty ticked off with it at this stage but full on nail removal isn't really the done thing in Ireland these days. Think I'll just have to let it get to the point it looks healed again and then stay away from climbing for another week or two thereafter and hopefully that will do the trick!
Nahguavkire
Yeah I think that's why I'll stick with 5.10. Almost tempted to just get another pair of Anasazis even.
Just back from my first session in well over a year though owing to an appallingly bad ingrown toenail. The supposedly healed toe started bleeding within 20 mins of putting my shoes on. :(