Yes, a gross topic I know, but my almost 16 year old son is suffering from them. I know it's genetic because his dad had them so bad that the toenails on both of his big toes were surgically removed.
I don't want to go to that extreme, but my son has injured (maybe broken?) a couple of his toes, and he complains about them, one in particular, all of the time.
I will look into getting an appt with a podiatrist, but are there any reasonable home treatments? He tries to keep the affected toenails trimmed before they grow down into the nail bed, but he's not having a lot of success. One toe appears to have a second nail growing down into the side of his toe, and it has to get to a pretty large size for him to even be able to pull it out.
I don't want to go to that extreme, but my son has injured (maybe broken?) a couple of his toes, and he complains about them, one in particular, all of the time.
I will look into getting an appt with a podiatrist, but are there any reasonable home treatments? He tries to keep the affected toenails trimmed before they grow down into the nail bed, but he's not having a lot of success. One toe appears to have a second nail growing down into the side of his toe, and it has to get to a pretty large size for him to even be able to pull it out.