How to Trim Your Toe Nails

You can ease the wear and tear on your shoes and socks as well as combat foot fungus and odor by keeping your toe nails trimmed nice and short.

Things You'll Need

• Large nail clipper

Instructions

1. Wash your feet well with hot soapy water and dry them off with a towel.

2. Get your large-sized nail clipper and start at your big toe nail.

3. Trim your toenails straight across by squeezing the exposed nail tip between the nail clipper's sharp edges.

4. Don't clip into your skin or round off the edges (this can cause ingrown nails).

5. Trim each of the nails to approximately the same length.

6. Wash your feet again with hot soapy water.

Tips & Warnings

• Trim your toe nails often. Keeping your nails short helps reduce the risk of fungal infection.

• If your toe nails are too hard to cut, soak your feet in warm water for 10 to 15 minutes.

• Always wash your hands and feet before and after cutting your toe nails.