How to cut toenails like a professional

Take a look down at your feet. Are your talons growing out of control?

Chances are, you don’t give much thought to when it’s time to get out the clippers.

How to cut toenails to avoid ingrown

And when you do, well, you probably just start clipping away. But if you don’t cut your nails the right way, you might be setting yourself up for a whole bunch of issues—some of which can be pretty painful. (Here's how to fix your grossest feet problems.)

Here, what you need to know about clipping your toenails—and the best tools and techniques to make the process a breeze.

What are the best tools to cut your toenails?

It may seem extravagant, but you should have two pairs of clippers in your medicine cabinet: one for hands and one for toes.

We like this set from Tweezerman, which contains one kind of clipper for each.

Toenail clippers are larger, both in width and thickness, than your typical fingernail clippers, which allows you to make smoother cuts, says Christopher R.

Hood Jr., D.P.M., of Premier Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Pottstown, Penn.

Plus, having specified tools f

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