Toenails care, tips and prevention

I have recently read some other tips for toenails care. Here are some other tips for nail care, especially for toenails tips and care that I’ve read from a few articles.

“Are your toes pretty and straight or lumpy and misshapen? The problem could be due to faulty footwear. See to it that there is ample room across the toes and firm arch support while choosing your footwear. Move about barefoot in your garden to exercise your feet and toes. Tip-toeing as you go about your household work is a marvelous exercise for toes and arches.
Toe-nail care:

• Trim your toenails straight across. They should be no longer than the tip of your toe.
• File the nails smooth with an emery board but don’t round off corners as this will encourage ingrown toe-nails.
• Soak your feet for 5 minutes in warm water, then smooth rough areas with pumice stone or abrasive cream. Rinse and dry, then massage the moisturizer of body cream.
• For brittle nails use lanolin or petroleum jelly daily
• Before applying nail polish, put cotton wool in between the toes to keep them apart.
• Use a base coat, two coats of an enamel and a sealer, letting nails dry between each coat.
• Paint the nails in the same shade as the finger nails.”
  Source of Article: myblogonbeauty.blogspot.com/2007/01/toe-nail-care.html

“Ingrown Toe Nail: Find the solution
The simplest way to make sure you don’t become inflicted with an ingrown toe nail is to be extra careful when trimming your toenails. Here are some trimming and maintenance guidelines to help prevent an ingrown toe nail:

• If you want to avoid an ingrown toe nail, it’s important to keep your toe nails short – but not too short. Your toe nails should be slightly longer than the tips of your toes, as recommended by The Podiatry Institute.
• When trimming your toe nails, pay attention to the natural line of the nail if you want to prevent an ingrown toenails. Clip the nails carefully and straight across that natural line to make sure you don’t end up with an ingrown toe nail.
• You may want to use specially designed toe nail clippers to help prevent an ingrown toe nail. These clippers will help make sure you do not gouge into the corners of your toe nails when cutting.
• When trimming your nails, never dig down into the corners of the nail if you want to avoid an ingrown toe nail.

Here are some other tips for helping prevent and treat an ingrown toe nail:

• Wear appropriate fitting shoes with plenty of room in the toe box (especially if you already have an ingrown toe nail).
• If you have an ingrown toe nail, soak your feet to keep them – particularly the toe area – clean and antiseptic.
• Apply a mild antiseptic to an ingrown toe nail to ease pain.
• Do not cut away the extended nail to treat an ingrown toe nail. That will only make your ingrown toe nail feel worse.
• If you continue to have problems with an ingrown toe nail, see a podiatrist to have the offending edges removed. Your regular doctor may also be able to help.”
  Source of Article: www.footsmart.com/Skin-Nail-Care-Ingrown-Toe-Nail.aspx

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