How Do You Treat Ingrown Toenails With Home Remedies?
Ingrown nail is the more common term for the nail disease called onychocryptosis. This painful condition most often affects the big toe, when one or both sides of the nail press into the adjacent skin or the nail bed leading to inflammation. Unless early measures and proper care are taken, an ingrown toenail can lead to infection, in which case the affected toe or the base of the nail becomes swollen red, often times with pus and watery discharged tinged with blood. Read on to learn how to treat a mild case of ingrown nail with home remedies. Place a little wedge of lemon against the toe and secure it with a band aid or gauze bandage. Pull on a sock to better secure the lemon wedge. Leave the wedge on your toe overnight. This will help to soften the skin so as to release the nail. Lift the embedded nail gently the next morning. Roll us some cotton into a cigar-shape and insert this between the nail and the skin. Change this everyday until the nail is healed. Pour the warm water into a
