Soaking is a great idea. You don't need to worry about anything special in the water. It just needs to be really warm to hot. Soak 3 times a day for about 20 minutes. When you take your foot out of the water gently loosen the skin around the nail. Apply some antibiotic ointment to the skin around the nail and cover loosely with a band aid. Do not put on tight socks or shoes as this will cause the skin to press on the nail and hurt. Eventually the skin should loosen around the nail and you will feel much better. If you have redness, swelling, and increased tenderness it might be getting infected and will need to be seen. Hope this helps!Ingrown toe nail help?
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It IS an ingrown toe nail! The trauma to the nail has changed the growing pattern of the nail and now it is fouling the skin around the nail. The pain is caused if the nail is breaking the skin.
The soak mentioned in the rather wordy answer *MAY* help cure infection, but it won't stop the nail from fouling the skin and causing bleeding and further infection. It certainly won't stop it reinfecting!
As above. GO TO A PODIATRIST! Seriously they will trim the offending part of the nail and the relief is INSTANT and COMPLETE. Trust me, it is BLISS.
DOCTOR. GO THERE. NOW.
you MUST go to the podiatrist- it wont get better on its own!
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Have you been suffering from ingrown toe nails? Has the ingrown toe nail created an infection in your foot? Is your ingrown toe nail causing you a lot of pain and keeping you from walking around and doing stuff? If you answer yes to any of those questions you need to read this article to here the simple solution that will heal your ingrown toe nail and rid you from ingrown toe nails for good.
The simple solution that will keep your ingrown toe nails away is by using iodine table salt, tea tree oil, and aloe vera in a soothing warm foot soak. All you have to do is get a foot bath and pour in 5 tablespoons of iodine table salt, 5 drops of tree tea oil, and a squirt of aloe vera gel into warm water and mix it up and stick your infected foot into the bath for about thirty minutes. Once you have soaked your infected toe nail for thirty minutes you can dry it off and allow your foot and toes to dry out for a little while. You will want to soak your infected ingrown toe nail in this foot soak three times a day for about two weeks, or until the infection is gone completely. Using the foot soak will also help relieve pain and pressure from the ingrown toe nail infection and will allow some of the pus to drain out of the infection allowing the ingrown toe nail to heal faster.
The best way to prevent ingrown toe nails is to trim your toe nails properly by not cutting them to short and by keeping the normal shape of the toe nail when you cut it. If you cut the toe nail to far down when trimming it you may be creating another ingrown toe nail infection. If you're not sure how to cut your toe nails properly get your toe nails trimmed at your doctor's office or at a professional nail place.
Now as long as you follow these simple instructions above, you will be able to heal your ingrown toe nail and keep them away. Remember ingrown toe nail infections are simple to heal and rid by using the foot soak I mentioned in this article, and is one of the best ways of getting rid of ingrown toe nail infections. If however your ingrown toe nail infection does not heal after two weeks I would highly recommend going to a doctor. I really hope these tips help your keep those painful ingrown toe nail infections away.
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