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