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[-] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 51 points 1 day ago

this stopped happening to me when i heard i shouldn't round the edges of the nail when cutting them

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 19 hours ago

For me, the only thing that really fixed it was surgery :/

[-] xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago

Okay I'm going to try that

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 18 points 1 day ago

That's so counter intuitive. Like, the things at the sides are those that hurt you. But as long as you let them do their thing it's fine.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

You see I have heard this multiple times and read it online too, nonetheless I had to ask my pedicurist to round my toenails, otherwise by next day it's in my flesh and hurts.

[-] Shaggy1050@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I try to even clip mine into a bit of a V (but very subtle; ~10°). Had a friend teach me that in college. It feels weird for a day or two but I haven't had ingrown nails since.

[-] unknown@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

You're lucky, I've never done that and still get them.

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

For me it stopped when covid hit and I started working from home. I am barefoot 90% of the time.

My back pain has also gone since then.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 16 hours ago

Being barefoot (specifically not even wearing socks) for some of the day actually made a noticable improvement on a few funky things about my feet that bothered me. So maybe those weird toe shoe people were onto something after all...

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

I don't think they were on the right track, lol. Those things always stank.

I think the main part of the barefoot benefit is the neural feedback from being able to feel with your feet. The many many muscles in your foot and legs can make the micro adjustments they cant do when in a shoe.

It's sort of like wearing gloves, sure you can type on a keyboard or write with a pen, but you are going to do a lot better when your fingers can feel directly.

this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
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