how come are toe nails get ingrown but are finger nails dont?

Answer 1

They can do

Answer 2

An ingrown toenail occurs when the edge of the nail grows into the skin of the toe. There may be pain, redness, and swelling around the nail.

An ingrown toenail can result from curved toenails, poorly fitting shoes, toenails that are trimmed improperly, or a toe injury. The skin around the toenail may become red and infected. The great toe is usually affected, but any toenail can become ingrown.

The condition may become serious in people with diabetes.

A doctor's examination of the foot is sufficient to diagnose an ingrown toenail.

To treat an ingrown nail at home:
Soak the foot in warm water.
Use a nail file to separate the nail from the inflamed skin.
Place a small piece of cotton under the nail. Wet the cotton with water or antiseptic.
Repeat those steps, several times a day if necessary, until the nail begins to grow out and the pain goes away. Also, trim the toenail and apply over-the-counter antibiotics. If this does not work and the ingrown nail gets worse, see a foot specialist (podiatrist) or skin specialist (dermatologist).

The doctor may remove part of the nail or extra skin. If the toe is infected, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics. These may be applied to the skin or taken by mouth.

In recurrent cases, your doctor may permanently reshape your nail with chemicals or lasers.

Treatment will generally control the infection and relieve pain. However, the condition is likely to return if measures to prevent it are not taken. Good foot care is important to prevent recurrence.

In severe cases, the infection may spread through the toe and into the bone.
calll your health care provider if you are unable to trim an ingrown toenail or have severe pain, redness, swelling, or fever.

If you have diabetes, your risk for complications is higher. See your provider.

to prevent an ingrown toenail:

Wear shoes that fit properly.
Trim toenails straight across the top and not too short.
Keep the feet clean and dry.
People with diabetes should have routine foot exams and nail care.

Answer 3

Generally toenails are much more likely to grown inward as a result of the pressure on them from socks and shoes. It is aggrivated even more by narrow toe caps on shoes, and by cutting the nails too short. The constant pressure forces the nails to grow downwards at the edges in an attempt to relieve the pressure. Since the edges of nails and ends of toes naturally curve, the result is an ingrown nail. Eventually the nail bed itself can become scarred and the nail will naturally grow improperly. Fingernails can become ingrown, although not as likely. Normally there is not a constant pressure on them, nor are they confined in a tightly fitting space like a shoe or sock. When a portion of the nail fails to separate from the edges of the nail bed, it is known as a hang nail- the closest most folks get to an ingrown nail.

Answer 4

Lol, you won't believe but today I just thought about the same thing. Why don't we get ingrown finger nails but ingrown toe nails (I don't have ingrown toe nails, thankfully :). My answer to myself was that since we don't cover our hands as much as we do our feet our finger nails grow freely. But toe nails are always under the pressure of socks or shoes.

Answer 5

because badly fitting shoes don't fit on our hands! It is simply down to incorrect fitting shoes that press against the toenails. This forces the edge of the nail to grow down into the flesh and causes infections to be harboured there. Simply keeping the nails trimmed down and cut across not rounded will alleviate the problem. Allowing the toes to relax with sandals or without shoes on at all will also help. Fingers don't have to be squashed into hard objects with the weight of the whole body on them or they too would become calloused, bunion-ed and ingrown.

Answer 6

Shoes that don't fit properly can cause ingrown nails, so unless you wear shoes on your hands, too, your fingernails probably won't become ingrown.

Answer 7

We normally don't wear shoes on our hands that put pressure on the nails like that. It is possible to get that on the hands too under the right circumstances.

Answer 8

I believe it is much more frequent in toes because the toes are crammed together in shoes.

Answer 9

its for the simple fact that we wear shoes on our feet which may not always fit right and our toenails can grow quicker than fingernail because we are more likely to groom fingernails

Answer 10

Maybe we wear the wrong shoes.Good Question

Answer 11

because most people dont wear shoes on their hands.