- Cut a little upside-down triangle in the middle of your ingrown toenail - this encourages the nail to grow back together - away from your toes outside edge. No need to enter the 'quick' - just a little triangle and make sure it is in the center and upside down.
- Soak your ingrown toenails in a basin of warm water or dark beer. Both will soften the nail - especially the warm dark beer. You can keep the beer in your home for a few days before you have to toss it out. After three days, toss it and open a new bottle. Soak for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Take a rounded toothpick or something which can lift up the ingrown toenail outside edges. Then push in a small piece of gauze or cotton. under the outside ingrown toenail edges - this encourages the ingrown toenail to grow up and out again - not down and under...change the cotton or gauze daily so it doesn't harbor bugs and fungus.
Ingrown Toenail Prevention:
Cut your nails straight across - not curved.
Do not cut the corner of the nails too short - keep them just a touch long
Tell others so they too can be relieved from ingrown toenails!
Best
Ben"
