Ingrown Nails
One of the leading factors of ingrown nails is simply your genetics. If the natural shape of the nail is more horseshoe-like rather than flat, then it’s more typical for the sides of the nails to dig into the skin. Attempting to fix an ingrown nail can sometimes allow for infection and can almost always [...]
Ingrown Toenails and Tight Shoes
If you feel that your toenails are becoming tender, painful, or swollen, you may be experiencing an incoming ingrown toenail. Shoes that do not fit properly can often cause this to occur. Ill-fitted shoes may be the greatest cause to your achy toes or feet as well. The constant abrasion of the toes against the tight [...]
Natural Remedies for Ingrown Toenail
When a toenail has a tendency to grow inwards, it gets into the border of the skin. This problem can cause a tremendous amount of discomfort, inflammation, and even pain. When this happens, the risk of infection in the surrounding skin very well increases. The causes of an ingrown would most likely be at least [...]
Nothing But Facts
Did you know you can also develop an ingrown nail just based on your genetics? Sometimes it can be as simple as the way your nail grows from infancy can cause it to curve too much and cut into the side. You may have also damaged your nail and permanently changed the direction of your [...]
Help, I have ingrown Nail!
Ingrown toenails are no laughing matter. They can cause excruciating pain and discomfort. If left untreated for too long, an ingrown toenail can cause severe infection, and if you thought the pain was bad before, try dealing with an infected ingrown toenail! The infected site can cause your entire toe to swell and inflame, become [...]
How to Tell if Your Baby Has an Ingrown Nail
It may come as a shock but ingrown toenails can happen to individuals of all ages, including infants and children. A few key signs that identify if your child has an ingrown is redness, swelling on the skin adjacent to the nail, and pain. Some toddlers may pull on their the foot because due to [...]
Help Me!
Ingrown toenails are more frequent when cutting your nails in a rounded form. But they can easily be obtained from wearing ill-fitted shoes and tight socks or hosiery. They are also very common after an injury or trauma to the nail. They can be hereditary so nail removal surgery may be best if this is [...]
Honey, not only a sweetener!
For centuries now, many of us have always thought of honey to be solely used for one purpose - as a sweetener or food condiment. As of late, many are finding honey to serve several different purposes whether it be cosmetic, health, or even as a disinfectant. After some research, it has also been found [...]
Can Diabetes Cause an Ingrown Toenail?
Ingrown toenails can occur in anyone, however, some people are more susceptible to developing one over others. As with nail fungus, ingrown toenails are likely to develop on individuals that have a weaker immune system. Diabetics have a weak immune system, therefore, they are typically the ones to develop nail infections and ingrown nails. [...]
An Ingrown Nail? Help!
One of the more common ways to develop an ingrown is through frequent perspiration of the feet. Men and those who are athletic especially have this problem. The perspiration causes the skin to become moist and causes the nails to be able to more easily grown into the skin, thus causing an ingrown nail. [...]