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.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Remove Ingrown Toenail

In order to remove ingrown toenail issues their are essentially two choices:
  1. See a professional (see post on costs of ingrown toenail removal)
  2. Try to do it yourself (see ingrown toenail removal video)
If time and costs are of no concern at all then by all means do yourself a favor and go see a specialist who actually went to medical school to specialize in this sort of problem.

If you're going to try to remove an ingrown toenail on your own it's obviously smart to put some thought into what you're doing before you get in there and potentially hurt yourself or worst case scenario become responsible for a dangerous infection.

NOTE: Before you do or read anything else about how to remove an ingrown toenail on your own please make sure that whatever tools or ingrown toenail products you use are completely sterilized before taking them to your skin. PLEASE wash all instruments (toe nail clippers, files, etc.) in scalding water with disinfectant before poking around open wounds on your toes.

The very best way to go about removing an ingrown toenail without dealing with excruciating pain is to pick up a couple of bottles of Outgro which is bar none the most effective way to safely deaden the skin around the bothersome ingrown toenail area with an over the counter treatment in the form of a topical solution that is safe, convenient, and extremely effective.
Remove ingrown toenail.