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.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Fix Ingrown Toenail

Fix ingrown toenail.Anyone who's ever experienced the pain of dealing with any level of ingrown toenail has unquestionably asked themselves how to fix an ingrown toenail.

Basically the main objective is to identify the specific problem area and then determine how to relieve the pressure and irritation. For the most part the problem that needs to be fixed is creating a comfortable amount of space between the corner of the toenail and the sensitive skin. Like any job the secret to doing it well is to have the right tools. There are a variety of ingrown toenail items that each have specific purposes depending on what you're trying to accomplish in terms of the severity of your particular problem.

While many people have unsuccessfully just tried taking the pointed end of a pair of toenail clippers to the troubled area they quickly realize that in most instances the pain is overwhelming because they're dealing with an already sensitive area. The secret to fixing this ingrown toenail problem is all about having the right tool in terms of a pain killing agent that safely toughens the skill around the problem area so that an individual can with minimal discomfort trim the nail in such a way that the cumbersome growth is cut in a way that relieves the pressure. For a video demonstration of how this is done please see the ingrown toenail removal video post with specific instructions on how to deal with an inflamed ingrown toenail that is giving you a severe amount of discomfort and pain.