Growing nails on the legs: causes and methods of treatment

Growing nails on the legs (or onihokriptoz) are a disease, which is characterized by the insertion of the nail plate into the soft lateral part of the finger (roller). At the same time, an inflammatory process occurs with noticeable redness, pain and swelling of the affected area. Quite often such a pathological phenomenon is observed on one thumb of the thumb. However, there are cases when ingrown toenails are formed on both sides of the phalanx.

Causes of appearance

As practice shows, in most cases this deviation starts to disturb a person after a wrong or poor pedicure, when the master too much or deeply cuts the nail at its edges. Although the main prerequisite for the development of this disease, doctors consider hereditary predisposition.

In addition to the above reasons, growing nails on the legs can be formed due to the regular wearing of inconvenient, substandard, tight and narrow shoes (especially with pointed socks). In this case, the sharp plate is subjected to pressure from the side of the shoes and cuts into the soft skin roller.

Also, such a deviation can lead to deformation of the fingers (for example, with flat feet, clubfoot, etc.) legs, their injuries, any fungal diseases, abnormal growth of the nails, impaired blood circulation in the lower extremities, etc.

Removal of ingrown nail in the home

At the first symptoms of ingrown nail, when the inflammation is still small, immediately take all the necessary measures to eliminate this trouble. To do this, you can use the following recommendations:

• To abandon the cramped shoes in favor of the more free;
• Try to walk barefoot;
• Regularly to pair out a finger and to try to cut off the ingrown plate well;
• Constantly make warm foot baths with chamomile broth, adding baking soda and potassium permanganate;
• Apply compresses to the damaged area with greenery or iodine.

Such procedures will help significantly soften the tissue, which will facilitate the further removal of ingrown nails.

It is also worth noting that such a deviation is often treated with the help of traditional medicine. To do this, use completely different recipes. Let's consider some of them.

• You should take a tight fingertip, put butter in it and put it on a sick phalanx. After the pain is gone, you need to carefully remove the ingrown nail plate and walk along it with a nail file.
• To remove ingrown toenails at the initial stage of the inflammatory process, you can cut an aloe leaf, mash it into a gruel, add 20 drops of water, attach to the damaged area, cover with cellophane and leave for 12-15 hours. In the morning the plate will soften and well podpilitsya.

How to eliminate the disease with the help of medical devices?

If you do not trust the folk methods, then the affected part of the nail roller can be regularly lubricated with antibiotics of local use, that is, with ointments. It is also recommended to use such gels as "Ihtiol" or "Vishnevsky". They quite well suck out pus, preventing the further development of infection.

In the event that the official medicine has not helped you, it's worth to turn to a specialist, namely a surgeon. But here the following question arises: "Where to remove the ingrown nail?" It is worth mentioning that such not very heavy operations are carried out even in small out-patient clinics. Therefore, if the disease progresses, then immediately go to the nearest hospital.