Dangers of Ingrown Toenails
An ingrown toenail occurs when the side of a toenail grows in into the flesh of the toe that causes pain and swelling. Ingrown toenails are unlikely to be fatal, but if left untreated, it can cause some complications such as an infection. If you have diabetes, a foot infection can be more serious. According [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Ingrown Toenail Surgery
What are the symptoms? Pain and tenderness around the toenail Swelling and redness of the toe Fluid buildup in the skin around the toenail Why ingrown toenail surgery? Your podiatrist, or foot doctor, may recommend surgery if you have recurring ingrown toenails and remedies can’t resolve your ingrown toenail problem. What is ingrown [...]
Children and Ingrown Toenails
How to care for the ingrown toenail: When the nail is cut wrong or the shoes are the improper size it may lead to infection. If a child’s nail becomes infected antibiotics may be a common form of treatment. Even more commonly, the treatment of an ingrown toenail can be done without a doctor, at [...]
Why Me? Why Did I Get an Ingrown Toenail?
Treatments for an ingrown toenail will either be non-invasive or surgical. The severity of the ingrown toenail will determine what option you should choose for your treatment. According to recent findings, surgery compared to a non-invasive treatment yields better results in a lesser occurrence of ingrown toenails. Some may wonder if there are predispositions that [...]
Physics Explains Why You Should Trim Your Toenails Correctly
When you search for how to prevent ingrown toenail online, you may find out that many websites recommend to “trim your nail straight across” to prevent ingrown toenails. However, they don’t usually mention WHY. Today, we will explain why trimming your nail correctly will help prevent you from getting ingrown toenails. A 2014 research from [...]
Myths and Facts About Ingrown Toenails (Part 2)
Although ingrown toenails are very common conditions, many people tend to have a misconception about the conditions and how we treat nails in general. We should make a curve when we cut nails. FACT: Making a notch or curve in toenails will increase the change of ingrown toenails. Always cut nails straight across and try [...]
Myths & Facts About Ingrown Toenails
Ingrown toenails are a very common condition among youth but it can happen to people of all ages. Many people believe they know how to deal with ingrown toenails on their own, but there are several myths about ingrown nails that you should be aware of. Ingrown Toenails always heal on their own FACT: Not [...]
Ingrown Toenails
This small abnormality that a toenail can have can cause a huge ruckus to your life if you leave it untreated. This common issue is an ingrown toenail. And if you have had one you know how badly the nail can affect your life. If you have had an ingrown toenail you might understand that [...]
Symptoms of an Ingrown Nail
There are many foot infections and nail infections that exist but you may not always know if you have one. It is important to know and acknowledge the signs and symptoms. For ingrown nails, the symptoms are usually more obvious and instantaneous. If you have an ingrown nail you may first start seeing the [...]
Expect the Unexpected!
Ingrown nails are very common and can happen quite easily. Usually, it is pretty simple to detect if you have one or not with a few simple signs or symptoms. Some of the more common symptoms and signs of an ingrown nail are tenderness or swelling on the skin that is adjacent to the nail. [...]