Gu Bin, Director of Dermatology Department of Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital, an expert instructing expert
Do you have such troubles in your life? As soon as the nails grow, they will be trimmed immediately. If they are not trimmed, the whole body will feel uncomfortable. When the nails are cut more and more round, the two sides are always inadvertently pierced into the flesh. It is good that there is no pain or swelling.
“‘Nails growing into the flesh’ is medically known as ‘Ingrown Nails’, which simply means that the lateral edges of the nail plate grow into the nearby soft tissues. This is a physical disease that requires treatment, if If left alone, it is easy to cause pathological changes such as paronychia, and in severe cases, nails may be removed and surgery.” Qu Bin, director of the Department of Dermatology at Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital, said that ingrown nails can occur at any age and any nail However, because the big toe nails are thicker and larger, it is more likely to cause pain and bacterial infection, so ingrown nails are often concentrated in the big toe.
Qu Bin introduced that in daily life, in addition to nail deformities, foot trauma, tight shoes (pointed shoes, etc.), obesity, etc., the most common cause of ingrown nails comes from a habit – “nail trimming”. over”.
How do you define whether your nails are over-trimmed? Generally speaking, when we touch the tip of our finger, if we touch the flesh first and then the nail, it is improper trimming.
Contrary to people’s conventional perception, “arc-shaped nails” are a wrong way of trimming, which is easy to induce ingrown nails; the correct way is to trim the nails horizontally along a straight line, and the length of the nails should be kept about 1mm If it is too long, it is easy to hide dirt. The height of both sides of the nail should be as consistent as possible with the height of the middle of the nail, and the tip can be slightly polished if it is sharp. “If both sides of the nails are too low due to previous habits, you can only trim the middle of the nails, and then trim them after the sides grow long. Generally, toenails grow 1mm per month, and fingernails are 3mm per month.”< /p>
According to clinical manifestations, ingrown nails can be divided into inflammatory stage, abscess stage and proliferative stage. Mild ingrown nails are generally treated with packing, which can be recovered in about a month at the earliest; moderate ingrown nails will be corrected with “nail sleeves” (similar to the principle of braces), and severe ingrown nails will require early surgery. It is worth noting that if young people suffer from ingrown nails, they must be treated as soon as possible to avoid affecting growth and development and hindering physical exercise.