Ingrown Toenails

If you have ingrown toenails, follow these steps.

  1. Soak your feet in warm water with epsom salt mixed in
  2. Use dental floss to gently lift the nail
  3. Put gauze/cotton under the nail edge, and apply disinfectant. Change the gauze/cotton daily
  4. Also wrap gauze around the healing toe. Change this gauze daily as well
  5. Take painkillers
  6. When possible, wear open-toe shoes while it heals
  7. See a doctor if it does not heal, the toe is leaking pus, or you feel feverish

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