How to cut ingrown nails

How to cut ingrown nails? This is also a problem that many friends are particularly concerned about. Ingrown toenails are mostly caused by trauma or carelessness when trimming the nails. After the occurrence of ingrown toenails, we must pay attention to it. Not only should we carry out timely treatment, but we should also take care of it in normal times to prevent further deterioration of the disease. Especially when we trim our nails, we need to pay more attention. Let's learn about it below.

1. When trimming nails, trim the middle first and then trim the sides. The advantage of this is that it is easy to control the trimming length and you can use the middle of the nail as a reference. Avoid cutting the corners too deeply, which will cause the trimmed nails to be uneven and irregular. Otherwise, the newly grown nails can easily become embedded in the soft tissue, becoming "ingrown nails", damaging the skin around the nails, causing purulent infection in the subcutaneous tissue, and triggering inflammation.

2. When cutting, cut slowly and evenly. Do not force the nail clippers or scissors into the gaps between the nails to cut. The top of the nail left after cutting should be slightly longer than the nail flesh. If the nail has sharp corners, be sure to round them off. Human fingernails grow at an average rate of about 0.7 mm per week. It is recommended that you trim your fingernails once to twice a week.

3. When trimming your nails, never cut them too short, otherwise your nails will separate from the nail bed when you pick up things, do housework, or grasp things. The nails will not play the protective role they should have, and the place where the object directly contacts your hand is the tender flesh at the front of your fingers, which will make you very uncomfortable. The soft tissue at the front of the finger is not covered by the nail, so the tip of the nail will grow inward. In severe cases, it will induce paronychia, which will cause considerable harm to you.

Through the above introduction, we now know how to cut ingrown nails. This is also an important care method in normal times. Especially when cutting diseased nails, more attention needs to be paid. At the same time, formal and systematic treatment is also required to treat the ingrown nails from the root. Be sure to pay attention when trimming your nails.