How do I treat my ingrown big toenail? What's the best way to relieve the pain?
It is always best to get this taken care of by a specialist, so that they can treat it and prevent it from happening again, because it is quite possible. If you decide to do this on your own then you will need a lot of materials and utensils to make sure you do everything correctly. Things You'll Need: * Children's Sandals * Men's Sandals * Women's Sandals * Isopropyl Alcohols * Adhesive Bandages * Antibiotic Creams * Cotton Balls And Swabs * Cuticle Creams * Exfoliating Cleanser * Gauze Pads Of Paper * Nail Brushes * Nail Buffers * Nail Cleaners * Nail Clippers * Nail Files * Pedicure Kits * Toe Separators * Adhesive Bandages Step 1: Wipe your instruments off with alcohol or betadine.Be sure to get the undersides of your nail clippers, as that is the cutting surface that will be against your skin.
Step 2: Put 2 capfuls of povidone-iodine (Betadine) solution, into 1/2 gal. Warm water. Put your foot in the water and soak for 10 minutes.
Step 3: Dry foot thoroughly and then insert nail clippers under the nail border. Step 4: Clip out the ingrown toenail at a slight angle. Try not to cut your skin - keep the bottom of the clipper as close to the bottom of the nail plate as possible.
Step 5: Grasp the corner and gently pull it out, once the nail is cut. Step 6: Wipe the area gently with an alcohol or a betadine-soaked gauze pad or cotton swab. Step 7: Soak your toe for 20 minutes each day in the Betadine solution for three days, or until soreness is gone.
After soaking, dry gently and apply an adhesive bandage and some antibiotic cream. Step 8: Insert a sliver of cotton between the nail and the skin, for a few days. This will keep pressure off the toe.
Remove the cotton as soon as the nail begins to grow out and away from the toe. Step 9: Wear loose shoes or go barefoot as much as possible, while your toenail is healing. Your goal is to eliminate any pressure from pushing against your toe.
Step 10: See your podiatrist for chronic ingrown toenails. He may manipulate and elevate the end of your nail to prevent pressure on soft toe tissue, or correct the problem surgically. Take care!
Ingrown toenail is one of the painful experiences a person has to undergo when it comes to the nails, in the sense that it makes people suffer a very irritating pain that it often make people pretty inconvenient and can even disrupt a persons efficiency. The cause of ingrown toenail may be due to continuous wearing of shoes especially in men, improper hygiene, and maybe because nails have not been properly cut. People having ingrown toenails may experience tingling pain on either sides of his or her toenail.
If this ingrown is taken for granted for a considerable amount of time, it will eventually grow inwards towards the skin resulting in continuous pain if not addressed and may cause infections on the affected part of the toes. I found a helpful page, on treating an ingrown toenail, kindly visit the link below: first-aid.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_t... In extreme cases, I suggest you consult a Podiatrist or toenail surgeon regarding ingrown toenail.
It is always best to get this taken care of by a specialist, so that they can treat it and prevent it from happening again, because it is quite possible. If you decide to do this on your own then you will need a lot of materials and utensils to make sure you do everything correctly. Things You'll Need: * Children's Sandals * Men's Sandals * Women's Sandals * Isopropyl Alcohols * Adhesive Bandages * Antibiotic Creams * Cotton Balls And Swabs * Cuticle Creams * Exfoliating Cleanser * Gauze Pads Of Paper * Nail Brushes * Nail Buffers * Nail Cleaners * Nail Clippers * Nail Files * Pedicure Kits * Toe Separators * Adhesive Bandages Step 1: Wipe your instruments off with alcohol or betadine.
Be sure to get the undersides of your nail clippers, as that is the cutting surface that will be against your skin. Step 2: Put 2 capfuls of povidone-iodine (Betadine) solution, into 1/2 gal. Warm water.
Put your foot in the water and soak for 10 minutes. Step 3: Dry foot thoroughly and then insert nail clippers under the nail border. Step 4: Clip out the ingrown toenail at a slight angle.
Try not to cut your skin - keep the bottom of the clipper as close to the bottom of the nail plate as possible. Step 5: Grasp the corner and gently pull it out, once the nail is cut. Step 6: Wipe the area gently with an alcohol or a betadine-soaked gauze pad or cotton swab.
Step 7: Soak your toe for 20 minutes each day in the Betadine solution for three days, or until soreness is gone. After soaking, dry gently and apply an adhesive bandage and some antibiotic cream. Step 8: Insert a sliver of cotton between the nail and the skin, for a few days.
This will keep pressure off the toe. Remove the cotton as soon as the nail begins to grow out and away from the toe. Step 9: Wear loose shoes or go barefoot as much as possible, while your toenail is healing.
Your goal is to eliminate any pressure from pushing against your toe. Step 10: See your podiatrist for chronic ingrown toenails. He may manipulate and elevate the end of your nail to prevent pressure on soft toe tissue, or correct the problem surgically.
Take care!
What You'll need: A pair of cuticle trimmers and toe nail nail clippers. You first need to disinfect the area with rubbing alcohol. Also remember to disinfect your supplies.
Now use the cuticle trimmer and place it on the corner of the toenail where the nail is ingrown. You then need to run the cuticle trimmer straight down the side of the toenail going straight towards the bottom. Keep running the cuticle trimmer all the way down the side of the toenail until you get to the skin at the bottom.
Then use the toenail clippers to grab the toenail and pull the small side that has been cut until it pulls out at the bottom of the toenail. This will remove the entire side of the toenail that was ingrown and will solve your problem for quite a while. If your toe bleeds, disinfect the area where the toenail was and use some neosporin and a band-aid for a few days.
Remember to keep the area clean. I've done this, and it helped. Also remember to cut your nails straight across.
When your nail is round, it is more likely to become ingrown.
A: ingrown toenails can be very painful. See a Podiatrist. Don''t try to ''fix'' them yourself.
You may cause bleeding followed by infection. I''ll share a little piece of advice a doctor gave me a long time ago: 1) don''t wear tight shoes, and 2) cut your toenails straight across - not rounded like most people do to their finger nails. For the most part over the years, this has worked for me.
That could be a question for a podiatrist. Many time it is really the way your toenails have been trimmed. Clipping the corner aids in preventing the nail from going into the toe.
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