2020年8月10日 · Here are some home remedies to try: Soak your feet in warm water. Leave them in there for about 15-20 minutes. You can do this three or four times a day. It’ll make your toe feel less tender and...

2022年2月8日 · You can treat most ingrown toenails at home. Here's how: Soak your feet in warm, soapy water. Do this for 10 to 20 minutes 3 to 4 times a day until the toe improves. Place cotton or dental floss under your toenail. After each soaking, put fresh bits of cotton or waxed dental floss under the ingrown edge. This will help the nail grow above the ...

2024年6月24日 · Ingrown toenails can be painful but are usually easy to treat at home. Wearing proper-fitting shoes, trimming your nails straight across, and soaking your feet can help prevent them.

2023年8月7日 · An ingrown toenail is annoying and painful but very treatable. Often, soaking your nail will improve symptoms within a few days. If it doesn’t get better, see your healthcare provider. They’ll show you how to treat an ingrown toenail.

2024年3月27日 · We asked Dr. Botek to share her advice for addressing ingrown toenails at home. She offers several popular remedies that can make your tender tootsie a thing of the past. Equally important, she explains when and why it might be necessary to take your toe to the doctor for professional treatment.

2024年4月24日 · To relieve ingrown toe nail pain, start by soaking your foot in warm salt water, which will help loosen the nail and reduce swelling. Then, use some floss or a nail file to gently lift the edge of your ingrown toe nail away from the skin. Once you've lifted the edge of your nail, pour clean water or rubbing alcohol under it to disinfect it.

2023年3月20日 · What Are Some Ingrown Nail Treatments and Home Remedies? If your ingrown nail isn’t infected, you should be able to treat it at home. To manage symptoms, you can: Soak your feet. Reduce...

2024年3月28日 · When home remedies aren't enough, medical treatment for ingrown toenails focuses on removing the ingrown portion of the nail to relieve pain and discomfort, eliminate a bacterial infection (if...

2024年4月5日 · Warm soaks and proper nail trimming may do the trick, but sometimes it's best to see a foot specialist right away. An ingrown toenail develops, usually on the big toe, when a corner of the toenail curves down and digs into the skin. The symptoms may include soreness, swelling, redness, and warmth.

2018年3月31日 · Try "bathroom surgery": Treating the irritated skin at home with sharp objects, cotton balls, or by lifting the nail bed with dental floss could land you in the doctor’s office. If you do not have discharge, pus, or similar signs of infection, try soaking your foot in warm water with Epsom salt for 20 minutes.