{"id":49,"date":"2023-10-09T20:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/pod\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2023-10-09T20:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:43:25","slug":"nail-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/foot-health\/nail-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Nail care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nails can be cut using nail scissors, nippers or clippers \u2013 whichever you find easiest to use.<\/p>\n<p>Nails should be cut straight across and not too short. Cutting too short or into the corners can lead to painful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/treatment\/\">in-growing toenails<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Loosen any rough skin at the edges with a soft nail or toothbrush then use a moisturising cream.<\/p>\n<p>Finish off rough edges with a file.<\/p>\n<p>It is common for nails to thicken as you grow older. Thickened nails can often be kept under control simply by filing them. You can use a foot-file, large nail-file or emery board.<\/p>\n<p>Most nail care is a routine feature of personal hygiene, rather than a health problem. For this reason, the Podiatry Department does not offer a regular nail cutting service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nails can be cut using nail scissors, nippers or clippers \u2013 whichever you find easiest to use. Nails should be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/50"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/podiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}