READ FIRST: I'm just a guy who's had ingrown toenails and then stumbled on a way to manage them and I think (fingers crossed) put them behind me. One time I even had to go into a podiatrist and have an ingrown toenail surgically fixed. It was not pleasant. A buddy turned me onto this topical solution called Outgro (pictured to the right). It's cheap and it really works. Basically it numbs the area where your ingrown nail is digging into your sensitive skin, (so that's nice) for some quick pain relief. Secondly, when the skin is numbed up it's more manageable to get in there with the right (sterile) tools and fix the problem yourself. This Outgro stuff is cheap and works well, but for whatever reason isn't at most drug stores (at least where I live) so I order it online. It's surprisingly cheaper that way too.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Cutting Toenails

Cutting toenails.When cutting toenails in a manner that does not cause ingrown toenails it's important to cut toenails in a straight across manner. This differs substantially from the way that fingernails should be cut. With fingernails the best method is to cut in a natural curved manner.

For an illustration depicting the proper and improper ways of cutting toenails take a look at the cause of ingrown toenails post from about three months ago.

There are several toenail cutting products worth taking a look at including ingrown toenail files which are a wise addition to any trimming collection. For many podiatrists (foot doctors) the relationship between a good file to a pair of nail clippers is similar to how a dentist might compare the relationship of flossing and brushing teeth.
How to cut toenails.