As stated above, Toe injuries are not to be taken lightly. I just brought a friend home from Rehab who had a big-toe injury gone bad. When she was treating it, she somehow get a strepp infection into the sore. After lots of bad stuff happening, she no longer has a big toe and she's been in the hospital / rehab for almost 3 months. She'll walk with a giant plastic boot for the next year or more. I will never take a toe injury lightly again.