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The Best Way to Cut Your Toe Nails
Toenails should be cut straight across using toenail clippers. Scissors are not a good tool to use on your toenails. Files are helpful at ensuring a smooth edge to the newly trimmed toenail. Never cut down the sides of a nail as this can encourage ingrowing toenails.
Toenails can thicken over time. These can be very difficult to cut and manage. Our Supplefeet chiropodists and podiatrists can debride, smooth and thin down thickened nail plates painlessly.
If you do develop an ingrowing toenail this can be very uncomfortable. Always consult a podiatrist and you may require an operation under local anaesthetic to take away the portion of nail that is irritating the nail bed. This is usually a permanent solution to the problem.