What causes an ingrown toenail and how do i treat it...thanks....?

I've dealt with one for a year straight, not too much fun.





They're caused by bad habits. If you peel or pick at your toenails, they could cut into the skin and get infected. It hurts like nothing else, and it's a slow road to recovery. If you clip them too short or with rounded edges, they can also become ingrown.





If you have one, and depending on the severity, you can treat it yourself. Mild cases can be remedied by soaking in Epsom salts and better toenail maintenance. If you feel up to it, you can try bending the toenail out from underneath the skin, but this is likely to be pretty painful.





Bad cases will need medical care. Antibiotics are likely and if it's persistent, your toenail may need to be removed.





I've gone through such a procedure, and it eventually works. In the meantime, evaluate how bad it is and try not to stub it on anything.





Good luck.What causes an ingrown toenail and how do i treat it...thanks....?
oo i know! my whole family has it, its because u wear tight shoes or ur supposed to cut ur toenail in a square shaped not roundish!!!! to treat it call the doctor, and then they will do surgery, and they cut open ur toe, and bring the toenail out and cut it the way it is supposed to be cut.What causes an ingrown toenail and how do i treat it...thanks....?
eewww!!!!!!why would you ask that!
What causes it? Cutting your nail at too sharp an angle so that it grows into the skin.


Try antibiotics.
Hi Melinda, This is a very old and still wise remedy. Take a bowl put a small amount of milk in it, take 1/2 a slice to a 1/4 depending on which toe it is of bread let the bread absorb the milk and Saran wrap it with a sock all night. These 2 ingredients will obsorb the nail to come out. Just repeat, repeat, %26amp; repeat.... Remember this didn't grow over night, so be patient.


Best of Luck, Melinda


Summer
i had that it sucked go to a docter they have to take the ingrown part out. (they make your foot numb first though)
There are a number of things that can cause ingrown toenails.Not cutting them straight across so that the edges stay past the skin,or you could be clumsy like me and bash your toes off of everything in sight so that the nail breaks way back where it's actually attached to skin.That's what happens to me at least once every couple of months or so.That's when the broken part grows out enough to begin growing away from the nail bed and into the toe.If it's infected,they give you antibiotics to clear that up.Then they give you a local anethetic in your foot (which is great cause then your toe doesn't hurt for a while!).then they cut out the offending piece and bandage it for you.It'll sting when you shower,but it really does help.My dr. is just about fed up with dealing with mine and has threatened to remove the nails on my big toes completely.I think he's joking?
My dad used to get these painful things for years...he started cutting a little V shape in the middle of his nail and he swears this has ';cured'; him!
cutting your toenails too short especially on the corners. have to treat it with betadine antiseptic to prevent future infection.
Cutting the nail at an angle .When you cut the nail cut it straight across and not to short.