What is medical nail care? Did you know that insurance companies will pay for a doctor to cut your nails and trim your callus if you have certain findings. Cancer, neuropathy, diabetics, on coumadin, lower back complaints where you can’t or at risk of causing significant injury to one’s self while trying to cut your own nails. Many patients will also have nail fungus which causes the nail to be thickened, painful and inability to be cut via normal means. To forgo proper nail care can put the toes at risk such as an ulcer under the thickened nail and inability to wear normal shoes.

If you have painful, thickened nails and can’t cut them yourself, trust the team at Family Foot and Leg Center to get your back on your feet. This can even help save some marriage as often the spouse has been given the impossible job of attempting to cut the nails.

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