Do you hate cutting your toe nails?

[Charmonium]

I really, really hate doing this. The ones on the big toes are so thick and hard (hey, mind out of the gutter - focus) that when I use the clipper pieces go flying off in every direction. Then I have to try to hunt down the chunks or just wait until later when I step on them with my bare feet.

The other toes aren't so bad. They're much thinner and still fragment but not as dramatically.

This is an important question so I want to see the same level of enthusiasm we get in P&N.

 

[TheGardener]

Wow. I can't believe I wasted 15 seconds of my life reading this.

 

[rga]

Cut your nails after you take a shower. The water softens the nails, so they don't go flying everywhere when you cut them.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

or go outside and cut them.

 

[lxskllr]

Not a fan. Big nail's a bitch, and it curves in on the sides making it a PITA.

 

[Linux23]

i hate the middle toes. the nail curves inward so i have to fit the edge of the clipper underneath the nail, and try and make a smooth cut. and it frickin hurts if you cut too deep.

 

[Charmonium]

i hate the middle toes. the nail curves inward so i have to fit the edge of the clipper underneath the nail, and try and make a smooth cut. and it frickin hurts if you cut too deep.

That's what happened to me last time and why I've been putting this off. Cut into the flesh on a big toe and had to try to fit a bandaid to it for a couple of days. Ow-wee.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

That's what happened to me last time and why I've been putting this off. Cut into the flesh on a big toe and had to try to fit a bandaid to it for a couple of days. Ow-wee.

Sort of off topic just I dropped a chef's knife and it did a clean straight slice on my big toe once. That sucked. D:

 

[Charmonium]

Sort of off topic just I dropped a chef's knife and it did a clean straight slice on my big toe once. That sucked. D:

Yeah that sucks. Hope you don't need stitches. Clean cuts generally heal up a lot better than the jagged ones. Once I had a piece of glass from a beer bottle cut into my hand and it took at least 15 minutes of continuous pressure to stop the bleeding.

 

[Jaepheth]

That's why you just use the clippers to get it started, then you grab the nail with your thumb nail and fore finger and use a pulling/twisting motion to peel the nail apart where the nail bed ends. If it goes wrong and starts to peel into the nail bed you stop and remove the hanging nail with an exacto knife.


Or, you know... buy better nail clippers and cover the sides when you clip so the pieces don't go flying off.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I don't mind, I usually just clip them when I'm bored and have nothing better to do. The people sitting next to me on the plane always get bent out of shape about it though.

 

[feralkid]

Cut your nails after you take a shower. The water softens the nails, so they don't go flying everywhere when you cut them.

This.

 

[MongGrel]

Not a fan. Big nail's a bitch, and it curves in on the sides making it a PITA.

Both of my big toes are like that, and thick, the wife refers to them as claws.

I actually find it easier to use a big ole machine shop metal file on some every now and then.

And I'm not kidding

Is easier than trying to cut them.

 

[John Connor]

Bought one of these yo! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-S...431191?hash=item5aee33d617:g:1DEAAMXQWlFRn3eP

Not from that seller though. I have to see a podiatrist about two nails that are messed up. Dropped a pallet on my big toe and now the damn nail is messed up. The other nail was always ingrown and I went to the podiatrist years ago and had it fixed, but now it grows thick. I think this summer I'll have this taken care of. Bad enough I'm visting a physical therapist for my back.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Pshhh, who cuts their own toenails?

One word: Pedicure

 

[Charmonium]

Bought one of these yo! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-S...431191?hash=item5aee33d617:g:1DEAAMXQWlFRn3eP

Not from that seller though. I have to see a podiatrist about two nails that are messed up. Dropped a pallet on my big toe and now the damn nail is messed up. The other nail was always ingrown and I went to the podiatrist years ago and had it fixed, but now it grows thick. I think this summer I'll have this taken care of. Bad enough I'm visting a physical therapist for my back.

Thanks. Those look pretty nice. Sort of like tiny pruning shears. You can probably get a lot better control too. Checking out what Amazon has . . .

 

[Red Squirrel]

I usually just use HVAC tin snips and wear safety glasses. Follow with grinder to smooth out the cut edges.

 

[TeeJay1952]

Diabetic. I have foot Doc do it. I am fat. Hate bending and holding feet to cut nails. Am always worried about too much and not feeling it.

 

[Muse]

Of course the poll is ridiculous.

I carry a very small every-day-carry flashlight in my pocket. I turn this on and put it in my mouth, set on medium intensity. I point this at my bare foot. I use my hands to grasp my foot and my toe nail clipper. I clip the nails to my satisfaction, then sweep the clippings into a dust pan with a small hand broom and dump them in the waste basket. It's not my favorite thing to do but it's not something I hate. You just have to do it occasionally or you start stabbing yourself with your longish toenails. My girlfriend used to complain to me that my toenails were stabbing her...

Bought one of these yo! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-S...431191?hash=item5aee33d617:g:1DEAAMXQWlFRn3eP

That looks entirely scary.

 

[trmiv]

I often get an ingrown toenail on my big toe when I cut it. I've tried a ton of methods to cut it, but I'd say 80% of the time one ends up ingrown. So yea I hate cutting my big toe. The others don't bother me though.

 

[Muse]

I often get an ingrown toenail on my big toe when I cut it. I've tried a ton of methods to cut it, but I'd say 80% of the time one ends up ingrown. So yea I hate cutting my big toe. The others don't bother me though.

I can't see your toes, but I figure a means of avoiding an ingrown toenail is to not cut it back far enough where that can happen. You leave enough extending the flesh where it will continue to clear the flesh. Am I missing something?

 

[quackagator]

I use a Dremel On my big toes. Works great.

 

[DaTT]

I had my big toe nails surgically removed. Problem solved.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

You're supposed to cut your toe nails?

 

[Captante]

I used to hate it but since I snagged a heavy-duty nail clipper (essentially a fancy chrome wire-cutter) its been much less of a problem.