ingrown tonails...

[Walleye]

so how you get rid of em?


i'm a pliars, alcohol, and knives man myself...


what about you all?


(currently nursing an operated on toe... not sure if my operation is gonna work, i couldnt get all the nail out, i got calcium defeciency, so nail is brittle...)

 

[Mill]

Peroxide, Knife, Alcohol, Gauze, Tape.

Problem solved. I have had one, and it never returned after I took care of it the first time.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Millennium
Peroxide, Knife, Alcohol, Gauze, Tape.

Problem solved. I have had one, and it never returned after I took care of it the first time.

peroxide? you wuss


hehe, jk.

 

[oblizue]

Wait, so you just yank the sucker out?
:Q

I do have a slightly ingrown nail, nothing painful yet.

 

[illusion88]

A knot of rope (for your teeth, sharp knife, and a steady hand.

 

[glen]

Scrub the area with warm water and soap
dry
rub betadine all over the toe
find something to bite down upon

then take a very sharp knife, like a brand new exacto blade, sterilize it, then cut along the length of the nail about 1/4 of an inch to the inside of the ingrown area
pull that pieceout with sterilized needle nose pliers or tweezers

 

[bacillus]

just removing the offending part of nail will not stop it recurring in the future.
for that you'll need to phenolise the underlying nailbed!

 

[TheCorm]

I just put a plaster and plenty on anti-septic on it....works fine for me.

 

[HiTek21]

I heat up the old cuticle nippers and nail clipper, get a bottle of rubbing alcohol and cut and pull the ingrown nail out. clean it off and wrap it up.

 

[Eli]

:Q:Q

I'm glad I've never had an ingrown toenail, and I hope I never do have one.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Soaking regularly in an epsom salt solution helps soften the skin around the toe. My toenails are rather brittle as well. My last "surgery" attempt ended with me only getting half the nail out. The rest of it finally got shoved out about 6 weeks later. Was dancing on it 6 nights a week... ugh. Was stepped on a dozen or so times on stage. Ow.

 

[Ornery]

NHS Direct Online Health Encyclopaedia: Ingrown toenail

• The term 'ingrown' gives the wrong impression. The toenail doesn?t grow into the tissues. In fact, the growth of the nail is quite normal. In this condition there is inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the nail, following infection. This leads to much local swelling and the production of inflamed tissue. This swells and overlaps the edge of the nail causing it to look as if the nail has grown into the tissue.

Prevention

• Measures to avoid this common annoyance include improved standards of personal foot hygiene, daily washing and powdering, a daily change of socks and cutting the nails straight across. Ensure that the corner of the nail is visible above the skin.

Make sure you only buy cotten or wool socks, NOT nylon. If your feet can breathe, they'll stay dry and avoid infection. Might even be best to alternate shoes daily, so each pair has time to thoroughly dry between wearings.