In-growing toe nails...

[Rubyrose]

Is there anyway to stop them.... they don't look weird or anything.. just every now and then they start to feel sore and I clip the sides of the nail and they dissapear but as the nail grows back.. they start to hurts again!

What stops them?

[ummmm]

I don't know how to stop them but I do know that you should never clip the sides.

[raysparx1]

Hello ruby, have you tried cutting a little V in the top of the nail this might help as the nail then grows upwards towards the gap not into the toe, hope this makes sense, try it,it worked for me, good luck.xx

[raysparx1]

Hello ummmmmy, xx

[Rubyrose]

Uh oh! I have been doing that for ages Umm.... ooops

Ray you have lost me hunny!?

[ummmm]

Hello gorgeous xxx

Not sure what you should do next though Ruby.

[Rubyrose]

I might have to ask the doctor....... not THE DR.. not DR Who... although... I'm sure he'd make me feel tons better! Lol

[raysparx1]

Hello ruby, when you look at the nail from above,cut a V into it at the top of the nail, then as the nail grows it grows normally as it closes the gap you have cut,, bloody hell it is hard to describe, think we need johnlambert, lol he could do it for you. xx

[Rubyrose]

No thanks... I don't need that t!t anywhere near me! I'd rather suffer the pain!

So I cut a V into it? But that would make my toe look manky! Lol

[joko]

when you cut it back, stuff a little piece of lint under it as far as it goes, and leave it there. change it occasionally, but this will ''train'' the nail to grow outwards instead of in.

if they get really bad, a chirpodist can remove a sliver of the root of the bit that grow over.

[GeordiePengy]

There's nothing you can do with them really. One option is to have them surgically removed. However, this exposes the nail bed and increases the chance of infection long-term.

[raysparx1]

| V |
|_______| That is your nail, see where the V is, don't bloody laugh, I am trying hard here, lol xx

[Rubyrose]

Lint??? Whats lint? Fluff?

Ewwww! Removing the root! Sounds minging!

[raysparx1]

****, the V moved, let it grow in and put up with the pain xx

[Rubyrose]

Thanks Geordie...

Ray! LMAO, PMSL!
Thanks... thats the funniest thing I've seen all day!

[raysparx1]

Sorry about that ruby, never was any good at art, glad it gave you a laugh, take care xx

[Rubyrose]

Thanks Ray hunny... I think I get what you are saying.. but I don't know if I will be attempting it! Xxxxx

[lindapinda]

Ruby..I've had an ingrowing toe nail since the 80s! Every now and then I have to cut it at the side,it works,and it's never got any worse!

[Rubyrose]

Looks like that is my only hope then Linda... I guess I will just keep doing what I have been doing.

[Skreecheeboy]

This is what he means
___ ___
! V !
! !
!______!
Kind of! Try and make sure it's a straight line too with the V in the middle!

[Skreecheeboy]

That's even worse than Ray's effort! lmao!