Ingrown toenails occur when you clip your nails wrong or if you are wearing shoes that don't fit properly. Ingrown toenails are very painful and can even cause an infection in your toe that can also be very painful. If you have an ingrown toenail, it needs to be treated properly. If you don't treat it properly, you may end up causing your ingrown toenail to worsen and cause you even more pain. Read on for what not to do if you have an ingrown toenail.
Pick Out The Nail
Don't attempt to dig out the nail from your skin, or pick at the nail or your skin. You'll end up injuring yourself even further and will only cause more pain to your own self. Digging out the nail isn't going to help the nail grow in properly, you have to pull the nail up properly using a piece of dental floss, then clip the nail. Digging and picking is only going to make it worse for both your toe and your nail.
Leave It Alone
Leaving your ingrown nail alone and not doing anything isn't going to help the situation at all. You'll end up just causing your nail to be embedded further into the skin and eventually the nail will begin to curl and grow into the skin. When this happens, it can be even more difficult to treat the ingrown nail. If you have an ingrown nail, it needs to be treated and treated properly. Failing to do anything will only make things worse.
Continue To Wear Tight-Fitting Shoes
If you continue to wear the wrong type of shoes for your feet, you'll only end up worsening your condition, or it could affect the other toes on your feet and lead to other issues as well, including bunions. If you can't find the right type of shoes for your feet, talk to your podiatrist about what type you should be wearing and where to buy the type of shoes you need for your feet. If your shoes are the cause of the problem, you need to change your footwear.
If you have ingrown toenails, you need to have this issue treated properly. Use the information above to help you with what not to do. Talk to your podiatrist about your ingrown toenails and what you should be doing to treat your feet properly and what you can do to prevent this issue from happening to you again.
Share23 November 2020
After suffering a traumatic foot and ankle injury, I wasn't sure how to move forward. I wanted to make things right, but the issue was so significant that I needed surgery. After surgery, I was still struggling, so a friend of mine suggested working with a podiatrist in addition to my foot and ankle surgeon. It was an excellent experience, and it felt like I had truly made some strides in the right direction. On this website, I wanted to talk about how podiatrists can help you to get your feet fixed, and how making the right choices can significantly improve your quality of life.
