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When you cut the edges of your toenails in a round shape instead of a square shape, the nails may be at risk of growing into the skin. Additionally, wearing tight shoes or socks may cause the nail to cut into the skin. By cutting your toenails straight across and wearing properly fitting shoes, you [...]
Many factors may increase your chances of having an ingrown toenail. Sometimes cutting your nails in a specific way can encourage the development of ingrown nails. Cutting your nails and curving the corners to match the shape of the nail would cause a pressure to build on the nails when wearing the shoes that are [...]
An ingrown toenail can cause you to miss out on your daily life activities. Although ingrown toenails are most common on the big toes, they do occur on the smaller toes occasionally. Stages of Ingrown Toenails: Erythema. Trace edema. Pain Increase in pain. Discharge. Bacterial infection. A wound may form at the site of the [...]
Ingrown toenails are medically known as onychocryptosis. This small problem of your nail growing funny can often time lead to a serious infection within the toe. Once you begin to feel the pain you may notice that red skin in the affected area follows. Causes of an Ingrown Toenail: -Genetic -Trimming the toenail incorrectly -Nails [...]
Nails are made of a protein called keratin - these cells get pushed outward from the nail bed, forming the nail plate, also known as the toenail. The toenail adheres to the nail bed because of a collection of ridges that connect the two together. If the keratin cells multiply too often over a period [...]
What is an Ingrown Toenail? The side of the nail has the ability to grow abnormally into the skin of the toe; this can result in the skin in the affected are to become infected. Causes: The plate of the nail may have a different shape. The nail may range from being too wide or [...]
Why should we not always cut the edges of the nails really short? Because cutting doesn’t always change the forces acting on the nail. When the nail is cut off, depending on the shape of the cut, you change the nail’s shape in entirety. The faster- and slower-growing parts of the nail will keep growing [...]
Why should we not always cut the edges of the nails really short? Because cutting doesn’t always change the forces acting on the nail. When the nail is cut off, depending on the shape of the cut, you change the nail’s shape in entirety. The faster- and slower-growing parts of the nail will keep growing [...]
The things you can do to help your ingrown toenail before seeing a doctor are simple. Begin your day with getting a dish big enough to fit your foot. Pour warm water in it and place the affected side under the water. You may add salt to the mix to reduce any inflammation. Hold the [...]
Dr. Michael Bilinsky is a Foot and Ankle surgeon and specialist who graduated from New York College of Podiatric Medicine in 1973. While in school he became a protégé of the renowned Dr. Morton Polokoff who invented the Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery to reduce foot pain in patients. Since he’s been a student, Dr. [...]