Ingrown Toe Nail?

Question

I am severely suffering from Ingrown toe nails for the past 6 months.I am using "Dr.Scholl's Ingrown toe nail softening solution" now.Will it help for a complete remedy?Please suggest if any other methods are available

Answer 1

Owww. I have one two, I think. It hurts. I cut my nail and soak mine. Here are some remedies by the Mayo Clinic.

Self-care
You can treat most ingrown toenails at home. Here's how:

Soak your feet. Do this for 15 to 20 minutes three times a day, using warm salt water (1 teaspoon of table salt per pint of water) or warm, soapy water. Soaking reduces swelling and relieves tenderness.
Give your nail some help. Put fresh bits of cotton under the ingrown edge after each soaking. This will help the nail eventually grow above the skin edge.
Use a topical antibiotic. Apply an antibiotic ointment and bandage the tender area.
Choose sensible footwear. Consider wearing open-toed shoes or sandals until your toe feels better.
Take pain relievers. If there's severe pain, take over-the-counter pain relievers, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) to relieve the pain until you can make an appointment with a podiatrist or dermatologist.
Check your feet. If you have diabetes, check your feet daily for signs of ingrown toenails or other foot problems.

Treatment
If steps you take at home don't help, your doctor can treat an ingrown toenail by trimming or removing the ingrown portion of your nail to help relieve pain. Before this procedure, your doctor numbs your toe by injecting it with an anesthetic. After the procedure, you may need to rest your foot and soak it in warm water. Your doctor may also recommend using topical or oral antibiotics for ingrown toenail treatment, especially if the toe is infected or at risk of becoming infected.

For a recurrent ingrown toenail, your primary doctor or foot doctor may suggest removing a portion of your toenail along with the underlying tissue (nail bed) to prevent that part of your nail from growing back. This procedure can be done with a chemical, a laser or other methods.

Answer 2

Nail Softener For Ingrown Toenails

Answer 3

Those are the worst! I've received many tips throughout the years. You've got to be careful, because if you've got infection in there, it could get serious. If the skin bordering your nail gets red and is very painful to the touch, go see your doctor. I've had two very bad ingrown toenails, both of them on the big toe on either feet. Very painful! An ingrown toenail occurs when the nail starts growing inside of the skin bordering your toe, where the name comes from. What you need to do is start cutting your nails square - don't round down the edges of the nail. Clean the edges of your nails regularly, all kinds of poop gets stuck in there - sock lint, dirt, whatever. Every day, take a cuticle remover (a small tool you can get at a pharmacy, looks like a sewing tool used to remove stitches), and gently move out the gunk found between your nail and the skin surrounding it. It's important to push it from the beginning of your toenail to the end of your toenail - if you go from end to beginning, you could push something inside and create an infection. Clean your cuticle remover tool with alcohol after every use - use TP or a cotton ball, put some rubbing alcohol on that, and rub the tool a few times. Sometimes you'll feel some calloused skin between your nail and the skin surrounding your nail. Usually this hard skin needs to be removed, because it kind of grabs onto your nail, and you need to let your nail grow out without getting snagged. If the nail gets snagged, it'll turn inwards, and grow inwards, exacerbating your problem. I hope this helps - keep doing this until your nail grows out and you can see the edges of each side of your nail. If it gets worse, go see your doctor!

Answer 4

If it is severe, I'd recommend going to a podiatrist. They can apply an acid to "kill" the root of the ingrown toenail.

I had a recurring problem with ingrown toenails (probably as a result of cutting the toenails improperly), and I finally went and had them treated by the podiatrist. I have not had a problem at all for the last 20 years.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Trim toenails straight across the top. Do not taper or round the corners or trim too short. Do not try to cut out the ingrown portion of the nail yourself. This will only make the problem worse.

Answer 6

Warm soaks in empsin salt and removing the skin around it -
but this is tricky and perhaps an MD is best suited - also you could simply need an antibiotic too -

My son had to see an MD about this - and get medicine, and soak his foot twice a day until it cleared up.

Answer 7

YOU ARE CUTTING YOUR NAILS TOO SHORT WHERE THEY MEET SKIN. SO THE NAIL GROWS INTO THE SKIN CREATING PAIN. CUT THE NAIL JUST ABOVE WHERE IT MEETS THE SKIN.

WHAT YOUR DOING WILL WORK. IT PROTECTS THE IRRITATED SKIN AND FORCES THE NAIL TO GROW RIGHT. HOLD THE SKIN AWAY FROM THE NAIL AND FLOOD THE AREA. LET DRY. INSTANT RELIEF. CAREFULLY TRIM IRREGULARITIES FROM NAIL.
TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND CALL ME THE MORNING.

Answer 8

first step----MEET SURGEON,TAKE SOME MEDICENE TO REDUCE PAIN &ANTIBIOTICS FOR INFECTION
SECOND----SURGERY MINOR ,IF REQD, THIRD-PERSONAL HYGIENE,SOAK UT FOOT IN WARMWATER WITH A PINCH OF SALT FOR 10 MINS THEN SLOWLY CLEAN UR SIDE OF NAIL WITH BABY TOOTHBRUSH.DRY IT OUT AND PUT COCONUT NAIL.KEEP DOING THIS WEEKLY.OH CUT UR NAIL EVERY SUNDAY.

Answer 9

Hi there,
maybe you will have to show it to a general practitioner, , if it is infected, it may have to be removed.
best wishes !