Onychauxis

Thick toenails is a thickening of the entire nail plate. Most common it occurs on the big toe.
Thick toes nails can occur because of trauma, ie something being dropped onto toenail, or repeated trauma like playing football. The thick toenail becomes difficult to cut and may cause you to become anxious of its appearance.

Cures for thick toenails include nail drilling your foot professional will reduce the thickness of the nail using a chiropody drill. In servere cases the nail may be removed , Total avulsion of the nail.
Home remedy for thickend toenails is Gehwol Nail Softener and this can be found in my online store at www.mankyfeet.com

Ingrown toenails

How to cure ingrown toe nails .....
Ingrown toenails are painful believe me , ive had trouble on both bug toenails and ended up having a ingrown toenail surgery done and a sliver of nail removed from the sides of the ingrowing nail. But well worth it , i have never had trouble again, but for most people ingrown toenails can be resolved by careful nail trimming and if your nails are thick or brittle applying a nail softener like Gehwol Nail Softener to the nails. I always recommend this to my customers first the oil softens and reduces callous formation and usually allows the nail to grow enough to then recut the nail straight across instead of cutting the corners done.

Read more on ingrown toenails at www.mankyfeet.com/ingrown-toe-nails-14-c.asp

The main cause of ingrown toenails are........ the nail cutter not cutting the nail correctly!!!!
If in doubt see a Foot Health Professional near you.

Diabetic Foot Products

Diabetic Patients must be careful which foot creams they use on their feet, I personally recommend to all my diabetic patients a product called Gehwol.

They have a selection of products but the Gehwol Fusskraft Blue Cream is ideal it is dermatologically and Diabetic Friendly.

It is great for Diabetic Feet when your feet are burning, and tired which is a common side effect, Diabetic patients suffer from dry rough and flaky skin so you must moisturise daily. The cream soothes sore and aching feet.

Added benefits of the Gehwol Blue Cream is it contains anti fungal properties and prevents athletes foot and itching between the feet, it also acts as a deodouriser for hot sweaty feet!

Check out the range at my diabetic section of www.mankyfeet.com

Manky Feet.com goes Live

Welcome to my first blog!!

My name is Zara and I am a Foot Health Professional based in Dartford Kent I trained at the SMAE Institute in Maidenhead and qualified as a Surgical Chiropodist in December 2002.

I have a home visiting Chiropody Business in Dartford and specialise in treating Toe Nail Infections and Warts!!! Exciting I Know.

Well after many months of distraction I have finally got the new Mankyfeet online Foot Health Store live and open for business. You will still be able to find and buy Foot Care products on my ebay shop Manky Feet UK.

I have listed New Products on www.mankyfeet.com and have secured a low postage rate on all orders. You will find products that are not found on the high street including home remedies for conditions like Toe Nail Fungus, Fungal Nail Infections, In Grown Toe Nails, Diabetic Foot Creams.

I will be adding more products over the coming weeks and will be blogging with Foot Care Tips and Products as they come on to the market.