Treat Your Ingrown Toenail With These 6 Natural & Homemade Remedies
The ingrown toenail is well known in medical terminology as onychocryptosis and are a very often problem that can begin when one of the nails gets embedded into the toe skin and in case you do not take good care of it, it can become a very big problem. The one big symptom of it is pain and redness in that affected are, although it can come with inflammation, pus and some other complications if it gets infected.
The cause for having ingrown toenail
They are in relation to the continuous use of inappropriate shoes that are very often made of rigid materials that are preventing the foot from breathing, and it is very often forgotten that the toenail fungus can be as well part of the issue. The nail fungus appears when the fungus goes into the nail through a trauma as for example a cut or a break, while many people think that hygiene is a cause it is not true at all.
In case you are wanting to be safe from infection, it is crucial to treat ingrown toenails as soon as they happen and some mild cases might require minimal treatment at home with home remedies, some serious cases may need surgical intervention and luckily there are some ways that are natural in order to ge rid of an ingrown toenail on your own without needing to go to the doctor, so here we will tell you about six natural treatments for the ingrown toenails.
Washing or soaking your foot
This can be of great benefit to keep your toe clean if you are soaking the foot in a warm and soapy water, and this shall be done three times a day, and you also include some Epsom salt so to make the skin of the affected area soft, and that is how you will draw out the toenail.
Washing it with some castile soap
In case you do not have time for soaking, try to wash the foot and offending the nail twice a day with some soap and water, and you can also use Castile soap to its natural and pure ingredients and make sure to keep the foot clean and dry.
Soak it in some apple cider vinegar
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