Type 2 diet controlled diabetic here. I sem to have picked up an infection allong the edge of my big toe nail. It has improved a bit overnight with the application of TCP lotion then ointment. I can't get to the GPs until Thursday so will have to treat it myself til then. It has been suggested to me that using surgical spirit to clean the nastiness off and then air drying might be a good plan. Are there any reasons I should not do this?