does soaking an ingrown toenail in salt water help?

Question

because i dont have that epson salt stuff. i heard regular salt water works.

Answer 1

If it's a mild case, soak your foot in warm water containing antibacterial soap or a few tablespoons of salt for 15 to 20 minutes. Dry your foot and apply an over-the-counter antibiotic ointment and a clean dressing. Do not cut your nail. For the next few days, wear open-toed or loose-fitting shoes. When the nail grows out, cut it straight across. If it does not go away on its own in a reasonable period, if you are in pain or if you notice an infection please see your doctor. If you have diabetes or another health problem that affects your circulation, contact your doctor for treatment of your ingrown nail even if your symptoms are mild.

Answer 2

Soaking Ingrown Toenail

Answer 3

Ingrown Toenail Help

Answer 4

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Ok i have had ingrown toenails all of my life because of sports and soccer and the pressure on my shoe. Anyways what you need to do is get some achol and hydrogen peroxide(very commonly found in drugstores) and put some on a cotton swab and rub in the areas where there is pus. Your going to need to squeeze the pus out. I know it sounds disgusting but trust me when you get an infection from pus being in their too long and growing bacteria it is going to hurt like a mother. Your also going to need to cut the nail. You need to get it going straight again. If it keep on twisting into your skin and pinching you may need to get your whole nail removed. I was close to thtat but found the liquids i listed above and just usued that 4 times a day. It will really help clean up the infection and the actual ingrown toenail can be solved by cutting.

Answer 5

If you let your feet soak long enough, it should soften things up a bit so that you can cut the nail out. Epsom salts are best, table salt may cause your feet to sting if it gets into any cuts on your feet. I would suggest just warm soapy water. Then, if you remove the toenail, be sure to keep it clean and use some type of antibiotic cream to keep it from getting infected. Feet sweat a lot and bacteria breed in the warm, moist environment of a shoe.

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does soaking an ingrown toenail in salt water help?
because i dont have that epson salt stuff. i heard regular salt water works.

Answer 7

Absolutely....you are talking to a first hand expert on this. Get out a pan large enough to put water in, as hot as you can stand it. Add salt...it's part of Epsom Salts anyway. Soak two to thre times a day if posible. If the nail is still cutting into the toe tissue, you may need to see your doctor or a podiatrist.

Answer 8

I had that a few years ago. On both sides of the big toe nail. I soaked and used polysporin but it got worse. So I went to a foot doctor and she had the cut both edges so that it wasnt cutting the skin. All done while numb. Didnt feel a thing.

Answer 9

According to my handy Kaiser Permanente Healthwise Handbook: You can “soak your foot in warm water. Wedge a small piece of wet cotton under the corner of the nail to cushion the nail and lift it slightly to keep it from cutting the skin. Repeat daily until the nail has grown out and can be trimmed.”

Answer 10

You should get Epsom salt. It's really realy cheap (under $1 usually) and you can find it in any pharmacy. It has special qualities and is different from table salt.