Ingrown Toenail

WARNING: In this post, I'm gonna talk about nasty stuff involving ingrown nails and blood. If you are squemish, you may want to go here.

This is your last chance to leave.

Okay, you asked for it!

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I've had a really nasty ingrown toenail for a couple months now. Unfortunately, the waiting-around-hoping-it-will-magically-disappear method has proved fruitless so now I am forced to stop picking at it and take action.

Today, I was examining it and I pulled a piece of flesh off and it started to bleed. Like profusely bleed! So, I grabbed a napkin, applied pressure, and got the first aid kit. I trimmed off the dangling flesh and applied some disinfectant, and applied a bandage. Dr. Danny to the rescue (as if!).

It was then that it really kicked in to me that this was getting serious, so I looked on Wikipedia about how to treat ingrown toenails. My mom's remedy of sticking cotton balls under the nail is annoying and sometimes hurt so I decided to try a new way.

My search results told me that I should soak the foot in warm water and epsom salt each night. I read this and thought "Holy crap. This stuff sounds freaking scientific. It's going to cost a bundle." A quick search of CVS.com proved me wrong. I can get a 4 pound bag of Epsom salt for $3. That's pretty....cheap.

So tonight, I'm going to get some epsom salt and hopefully disgusting feet will return to at least mild normality.