Home care
In mild cases (not including the severe cases as in the photos above), doctors recommend daily soaking of the affected digit in a mixture of warm water and Epsom salts and applying an over-the-counter antiseptic. This might allow the nail to grow out so it may be trimmed properly and the flesh to heal. Also Dettol instant Hand sanitizer has been known to be effective in the treatment of minor cases. Note that infection may be somewhat difficult to prevent in cleaning and treating ingrown nails owing to the warm, dark, and damp environment in shoes. Peroxide is immediately effective to help clean minor infections but iodine is more effective in the long term as it continues to prevent bacterial growth even after it is dry. [N.B.: Iodine should not be used on deep wounds. In such cases a physician or podiatrist should be consulted.] Also, bandages can help keep out bacteria. [N.B. One should never apply any of the new types of spray-on bandages to ingrown nails that show any discharge - preventing drainage will likely cause intense swelling and pain. Removal of spray-on bandages can be achieved with common rubbing alcohol.]
Some doctors will apply silver nitrate to granulation tissue (overgrowth of irritated tissue at the side of the nail. This may look like reddish cauliflower, bleeds easily). This may shrink and or remove this sensitive overgrown tissue at the side of the nail.
These home remedies are, in serious cases, ineffective: when the flesh is far too swollen and infected these procedures will not work. Thus, these more severe cases, such as when the area around the nail becomes infected or the nail will not grow back properly, must be treated by a professional and the patient should avoid repeated attempts at this type of 'bathroom surgery.'Ingrowen toenail cures?? HELP?
Sometimes the initial treatment for ingrown toenails can be safely performed right at home. However, home treatment is very strongly discouraged if you think you have an infection, or if you have a medical condition that puts your feet at high risk鈥攆or example, diabetes, nerve damage in the foot, or poor circulation.
You can try soaking your foot in room-temperature water (add Epsom鈥檚 salt if you wish), and gently massage the side of the nail fold to help reduce the inflammation. You can do this simple home therapy if you do not have infection or above mentioned conditions.
To prevent ingrows to develop always cut your nail straight across and never cut your nails short too much
Try soaking your toe in really hot water, as hot as you can bear it. That's what my doctor told me to do for my ingrown toenail and it worked. You have to keep doing it though. I'd get a doctor to look at it though just in case it isn't an ingrown toenail. And if it is regularly infected you may need antibiotics or something to kill the bacteria
D:! my mom and brother always get ingrown nails, and yes, i heard it's really painful to remove them, but then! when you do, wash your toe well first then apply betadine (so it doesn't get infected), then work on it. if you don't want it with betadine yet, then wash it well first, but after you DO remove it, DO apply betadine. it prevents infection and pain D:
hope this helps :)!
Might be a nail fungus- see your GP or a chiropodist. Cut your toenails straight across. Might also be badly fitting shoes?
for ingrowing toe nail better consult your surgeon
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