The Pain Of Ingrown Toe Nails

Okay, I’m about to tell you a funny story. It does in fact involve ingrown toe nails. Hey, what good story doesn’t? Anyway, there we were, my best friend and I vacationing in Taipei, Taiwan. Yeah, I realize that no one goes to this particular island for vacations, but my friend’s family lived there. Anyway, we were having a blast, hitting up all the local arcades, malls and eateries, just basically soaking up the foreign surroundings. Little did I know within a couple days we’d be in utter agony. So let’s fast forward. I now have an ear infection, which I acquired from the local swimming pool, and he has an ingrown toenail. Now we’re moving down the sidewalk like a couple of invalids. We were looking terrible and feeling worse. My eyes were watering from the piercing pain in my ear and my buddy’s foot was leaving a permanent wince on his face. We were pathetic. Then, I decided to give him some advice on ingrown toe nails. I had dealt with a few in my day. I told him to take a pair of tweezers, pry it up under his toenail, and then clip off the jagged corner with some nail clippers. It worked for me. Maybe 10 seconds of excruciating pain, tops. After that, your toe nail begins to fell better quickly.

Granted, most people will not want to deal with their ingrown toe nails the way I do. My buddy didn’t! He kept his the entire time we were there. I couldn’t believe it. An alternative method is seeing a physician. He can remove the ingrown toe nails for you, and it may be a bit less painful.