You suffer from thick fungal toenails and they are constantly snagging on your socks or pantyhose. You are embarrassed by the thick toenails but have neither the desire nor the money to go to a Podiatrist. Can you grind a thick fungal toenail yourself? The answer is yes and it is not that hard. This webpage will discuss the tools and technique necessary to grind and trim your own fungal toenails.
To begin with, for extremely fungal toenails, it is easier if you use a nail nipper to take some of the thickness down. What you would do is angle the toenail nipper in at an angle and trim a little of the thickness of the toenail out at a time. This is the type of nail trimmer you will need to accomplish this task.
Before beginning it may be a good idea to soak your toenail to soften it up. This will make the trimming and grinding easier. Now, if you did the step above, your toenail maybe jagged or if you want to get straight to the grinding, you need a toenail grinder. What you need is just a basic the toenail grinder, a dremel. Just get a base model as you will be doing this at most four to five times a year. Fungal nails do not grow that fast. You do not need any of the fancy bells and whistles. Here is an example of the model you need:
Now you need to get some burrs. The burr below is the type of burr you want if you have an extremely thick toenail. This burr is aggressive so be careful and start out small at first.
Here is a burr for moderate thick toenails. This one is easy and will not grind a lot quickly but will get the job done.
As for how to grind your own thick toenail, I have embedded a video above. As you can see it is rather easy.