If a toenail is already ingrown, a person should avoid cutting it at home, as this can make it worse or cause infections. However, healthcare professionals can help remove an ingrown toenail.

Here’s how to make sure you don’t cut your toenails in a way that might lead to an ingrown nail, as well as how to treat one. It wasn’t that long ago that I learned that I had been cutting ...

What is an ingrown toenail? Ingrown toenails, a condition also known as onychocryptosis, occur when the edge of a toenail cuts into the tissue surrounding it or when the skin around a toe grows ...

This cutting technique can help prevent ingrown toenails. When you have ingrown toenails, a part of your nail at the corner grows into the skin, causing pain and sometimes infection. Even out ...

Cutting toenails incorrectly could lead to serious foot problems, chiefly ingrown toenails. Once a nail has started to grow incorrectly, it is very difficult to get it to grow correctly again.

This week I’m talking about how to make sure you don’t cut your toenails in a way that might lead to an ingrown nail, as well as how to treat one. Also in this issue: What 100 calories of ...