Curly toes

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Hello,

I am a 27 year old female with congential curly toes that have remained asymptomatic throughout my life up to two months ago. My fourth toes have the greatest deformity, although I do have promiment tailor's bunion's on both feet. I am an athlete: a competitive swimmer and fitness competitor, and my hobbies tend to err on the more rugged/active side as well so I do use my feet more than an average person. About two months ago I started to notice some pain in the area of my fourth toe on my right foot. The pain progressed despite bandaging the affected foot, wearing shoes with wide toe-boxes, and soaking it in epsom salt. About a week ago I inspected it closely, and found what appears to be a hole in the curvature of the curly toe from where it passes underneath the third toe. Today, that hole is bigger in circumference. There doesn't seem to be any infection: the area appears dry with no redness or warmth to the touch and the "wound" appears almost to be a concave grayish blister. It is markedly tender and the pain is very noticeable upon walking. I just recently broke my ankle in an accident, and also have a grade 2 quad tear and avulsion fracture from a soccer injury, so the thought of having to see a doctor yet again is tiresome but is this an imminent concern for my podiatrist? And is this a surgical issue? I've heard that non-surgical approaches such as splinting and/or taping are rarely effective, but I also cannot see myself living with this pain untreated.

Thanks for any help.