How to Treat Nail Problems?

Medical Treatment:
Do the following things for common nail problems by yourself:

• Clean the nails using a soft nailbrush
• Do not cut your nails down the edges
• If your hands are often in water, wear rubber gloves or you regularly use cleaning products
• Use hand cream on your nails and fingertips and trim your nails regularly (after a shower or bath, it may help to cut nails)
• Do not wear shoes that pinch your toes, especially when exercising
• Cut injured, loose nails back to where they are still attached (this helps them to return to normal growth)
• Do not ignore your skin fungal infections (like athletes foot)
• Do not bite or pick the nails or skin around them
• If your skin has become sore, red, swollen and warm around your nails (paronychia) or you do not know why a nail has changed its shape, changed its color or fall off, or it is too hard to cut your nails or you cannot reach them, contact your GP or podiatrist