What happened to "Outgrow"

[Stevens]

Dr Scholl's Outgrow for ingrown toenails was always a quick fix for me for years. First sign of an ingrown toenail I'd dab some on and work it under the nail corner followed by a tiny wad of cotton a couple of days later no more problem.
I was told original Outgrow contained Tannin which for some reason was discontinued. Outgrow on the shelves now is only Benzocaine pain reliever, the Tannin toughened the skin under the nail preventing it from growing in.
Any ideas, suggestions?
Steve W

 

[Redbert31]

Tea has tannins. Maybe if you made some tea (strong) and cooled it... Then apply to affected toe with cotton ball... Let dry.... Then follow directions on the new"outgrow"... Maybe that will work. Shouldn't hurt anyway and see what happens. They always take the"good stuff" out, then charge more!

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[misswired]

Trim your toenails in a V shape....makes the nails grow inward towards the V instead of down into the meat on the corners.

 

[BC38]

FWIW, I suffered with ingrown toenails on the big toe of both feet for DECADES. Literally. From my teen years until I was around 50 years old. They would get so darned sore I could hardly get my socks & shoes on and once I did they were still so painful I could hardly stand to walk. Over the years I tried everything. OTC remedies, stuffing cotton under the edge of the nail to lift it up & make it grow out OVER the skin, letting them grow long, cutting them back short, trimming them every shape & way that you can think of. Nothing really worked for any length of time. They'd get ingrown and sore again within two or three weeks.

I finally went and saw a podiatrist and he fixed the problem once and for all - in less than an hour. He numbed each toe with a shot of Novocaine, and then trimmed a little more than 1/8" off the edge of the nail that was ingrown - all the way down to the cuticle. Then he put some acid on a swab and applied it to the cuticle where he had trimmed the edge of the nail away. The acid kills the cells in the cuticle at the root of the nail-bed - the structure/cells that the nail actually grows from.

It was totally painless at the time and my toes were both sore and tender for about a week while they healed, but in the five years since I haven't had a single day of pain or problem with them. It was the BEST thing I have ever done for my feet and I'd do it again in a New York minute. I just wish I hadn't waited and suffered with them for 30-40 years before actually getting the problem fixed permanently.

 

[Kinman]

For what its worth you can take care of ingrown nails by allowing the nail to grow out further than some people like. An uncle of mine years ago told me about the V-trimming procedure than also added filing the top of the V down to relieve pressure from the ingrown area allowing it to grow outward. I don't necessarily have claws on my toes but my wife has complained a time or two when I have jabbed her in bed or ran into the back of her heel with my big toe like last night while watching a beautiful double rainbow. Mine were painful for years, especially while wearing boots or anything confining. After following the advice it took a couple weeks before I started feeling any true relief but in a relative short time with no further treatment they both got well. I trim my large toenails tightly against the next toe, but always leave sufficient nail protruding from the nail bed in the area that used to grow inward. In the decades since I first started this method I have had to fix one side or the other with the V-treatment and filing but once you get them growing out of the nailbed it doesn't take long to repair the problem. You just have to be careful not to trim more away than is necessary. I don't care how my feet look, I'm missing a toe on one foot, its all about serviceability and comfort as far as I'm concerned.