Gray nails, also known as onychomycosis, can be trimmed before you have to use hot water to soak your feet, nails can be trimmed as thin as possible after softening.
Nail fungus is caused by dermatophytes invading the nail plate, the nails will appear dirty, rough and so on, when trimming, you should first soak your feet in warm water to soften the nails, after softening the nails, you should focus on digging out the dirty and rough part of the nails, and then try to trim the nails to avoid damaging the perinail skin. After thinning, patients can apply topical amorolfine application, cyclopiazone application, etc. to the affected nail.
Due to the thick nail plate, the commonly used antifungal ointment usually cannot penetrate the nail plate to have a therapeutic effect, and conventional trimming cannot remove the nail completely. Therefore, patients need to take oral antifungal medication under the guidance of a doctor, and the commonly used antifungal medications include itraconazole, terbinafine, and so on.
The above treatment should be carried out by a specialist. Nail fungus has a certain degree of contagiousness, usually through manicure or foot washing and other ways easily infected to others, it is recommended that foot washing and pedicure special pots, and before and after the trimming of the items to be disinfected, while trimming to pay attention to avoid causing secondary infections of the skin around the nails.