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A member asked:
How can you get an ingrown toe nail to change it's direction of growth without having to go to the doctor?
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Let it grow: As long as there is no infection, try to let it grow out as long as possible and then cut it straight across.
Answered 8/17/2013
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See below: It is difficult to stop an ingrown toenail. Try using a cuticle stick to push the skin away from the nail. Apply antiseptic and bandaid.
Answered 9/25/2012
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I am not sure you: Can. I have see in textbooks some place a small "v" shaped wedge in the middle of the toenail in hopes the outer portions grow into the middle. I am not sure i believe this actually happens. A podiatrist when fixing the nail does not make the nail change direction, rather, he decreases the width of the toenail itself.
Answered 2/27/2013
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