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Originally posted by Gabrielles blades:
make a V shape in the middle of the nail with your clippers.
an old wive told me that itll heal over time since the pressure from the sides will close the V eventually (im doing it right now with my own toe nails...its been months, and the only difference i note is that its no longer really really numb, now its just slightly numb)
so maybe itll heal eventually, and maybe its just an old wives tale /shrug
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actually, this does not work, it is just an old wives tale, there are no many ways to cure it, surgery is one option, but not recomended, they will remove the whole nail, and you wil end up with it back where it is now. I get them alot on one toe, where I lost the nail when a horse stepped on it (long story
)they removed it 3 times, and it kept coming back, so I fixed it myself, and have not had any problems with it since
just keep putting presure on the skin below the nail, until the nail comes up over the skin, the natural growth process will allow it to stay over the skin if this is done every day to every other day
>>>>>>>>>>>oh, and one other advice, when clippping toe nails, make sure that you leave enough nail there so it is even with the toe, this prevents it from becoming ingrown again [img]tongue.gif[/img]
[ 11-23-2003, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]