CurveCorrect® Ingrown Toenail Treatment Kit - Effective Ingrown Toenail Corrector Kit with 10 Braces - at Home Ingrown Toenail Relief - Big Toe Ingrown Nail Treatment - Pain Relief Solution

I ordered this in the beginning of October of 2019 and am writing this review at the end of February 2020. Now I’m going to give some backstory: I started having issues with ingrown toenails on the big toe of both feet in high school, and then I was stupid enough to have enlisted and made it worse because oh my god, those boots okay? So without saying how oooold I am we’re talking 20+ years of ingrown toenails, tried like every thing I could find, and even had a surgery that didn’t work but was so very traumatizing and lost me half a toenail for more than a year, and it all failed.This. Works.I had this on my wishlist for a while before buying, because it IS expensive, but I finally hit the point where I was like “it looks promising so let’s get it because this is getting past unbearable and I am tired of doing nail trimming yoga to do the necessary pruning to have painless toenails.” I ordered it, it came, and yes I read the instructions in advance before trying it. We’ll get to the tips for how to use it later, but suffice to say that it DOES take a little practice to get it on really good. However it isn’t as hard as some of the other reviews make it out to be, once you figure it out. But again, more on that later.I’m going to start with it wasn’t the most comfortable thing at first, not at all. It made my toes tender when I started them, for a couple days but no more than that. Yes, it could be interpreted as a bruised feeling, but frankly the ingrown toenails hurt me worse and I have a higher than normal pain tolerance anyway so it was tolerable for me. for others, putting this on before a couple days of staying at home might be the best course of action. However, I noticed a change right away. For me, because the cuts I used on my nails was so deep, I placed 2 strips the first time I put them on; one at the mid-nail to lift the cut out of the skin groove, and the other at the tip to keep it up, too. (I did put it on other toes, as well, that was a terrible idea, please check the tips for the different strengths because it’s important. But it worked on those too, just with bruising painfulness.) The relief was pretty much immediate, no lie the pain from the ingrown nails was gone nearly the moment I got it on. It was tender and sensitive where it had been dug in for a few days to a week, but even that little bit got better, too. And then was the slow growing out process, and reapplying, and getting way better at that too, and even more waiting.Now to the reason I have done the review now, and how I know it works 100%. It’s been about a month since the last time I had them on, and I will be putting them back on for another period soon to continue this, but last week I was binging on Netflix and had a foot propped up and absently ran my finger over my big toenail. It. Felt. Weird. I freaked out, because why would I have a ridge in my nail?? But lo, after inspecting, I got really really REALLY excited, because I DO have a ridge, but it’s not a ridge. IT IS NEW NAIL GROWTH IN THE APPROPRIATE CURVE TO NOT GROW BACK INGROWN. So that right there proved to me that while I was sure it was working because the ingrown nail is over the skin and long enough not to go back in, and it’s not hurting, and everything is fine. It has corrected the sharp curve cutting it back so far created, and all the new nail growth is going to be normal again.I CAN’T STRESS ENOUGH THAT IT WAS A PROCESS BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT.Now, the tips and tricks.1. The biggest one is that this is the curve strength for the big toenail, not any other nail. You can order other strength kits on their website, or as they specify you can also narrow this one to be weaker for smaller nails. Don’t just put this on anything but the big toe. If you put it on the big toe and it feels bruising, take it off and thin it out, it’s too strong for that nail.2. You can contact their customer service to order new strips sans the kit.3. When applying, roughing the nail is so needed, it makes the glue stick better. Make sure you take that step instead of skipping it.4. A pair of tweezers to sit the strip with glue on it in place is very helpful, and not putting too much glue is also helpful. Less is more.5. Don’t use the swabs in the kit for what they’re for. Use regular swabs, and take the ones from the kit and use those wooden ends to hold the strip down while the glue sets. The longer you hold it tight to the nail while the glue dries, the longer lasting it is. Rotate the swab so it doesn’t get glued down while doing this.6. The strips stay on for ages if properly applied, and the company has reassured me that you can reuse them. So do that instead of ordering more if you can!7. If you are ready to reapply the strip, you can help with the initial “I just put this on and the ingrown area hurts as it lifts out” with liberal application of Neosporin and many bandaids to keep it in.Pretty sure that is all the tricks I learned. It takes practice. If you fail at first, keep trying. Use acetone or something to clean the glue off, and go for it again until you get it right. It’s like anything else, you are not going to get it perfect the first try. Perfection isn’t even necessary, good enough will work because that is what happened to me most of the time.This product works. I can’t believe it, honestly, I am still in delighted shock that it’s corrected so much to give me perfect new nail growth. 20+ years of ingrown toenails? Fixed.UPDATE 11/2020: I see tons of negative reviews, so I wanted to continue my own positive story. I am still using them, I haven't managed to wear them nonstop like I know I should, but it turns out the older I get the more V shaped my nails become like my grandmothers snaggletoes. However, popping these bad boys on every couple of months has made my life so much easier and pain free. I still do have good nail growth, the problem is no longer the big toes for the most part. The little toes next to them have started that old lady shape, and I just trim a strip thinner and glue it in place and BOOM. Little toe is tender for a couple days, not painful I am super careful of that, and now little toe does not give me issues with bad nail shape. I imagine to counter that hereditary problem I might be looking at lifelong usage, but when the alternative is pain or having a procedure to stop the nail growth on the sides of the nail (which looks very unsightly to me, I'd like to skip it personally if I can, because I live in a beachy place and open toed shoes are a daily thing) which I don't want. I'm still very pleased with the product and I hope that my tips and trips help anyone who uses them.

I first purchased this product about 4 years ago hoping I finally found the solution for my ingrown toenails. The podiatrist I was going to kept looking at my nails and taking notes and agreeing I didn’t have a fungus and he didn’t know why I kept getting ingrown nails.After a year of him doing absolutely nothing for me I was desperate and decided to try Curve Correct. I wore them for about 10 months with a little break of a few weeks during that time. They absolutely worked and yes, sometimes for people like me, having very curved nails is the cause of ingrown nails. Also I discovered that after they flattened out they became thinner and the color became normal. About a year after I stopped wearing them I did notice my nails starting to grow back in curved and I wore the strips again for a while. This time I didn’t have to wear them as long, and it’s been about 2 years with no recurrence of the curve. This is an easy and effective way to end the cycle of ingrown nail pain. I highly recommend this product

It's a good concept which does work. However, the execution of this product is subpar. The strips are not difficult to apply, but it is VERY difficult to get good adhesion from the provided glue. I could never get the strips to last more than 24 hours, as they would always pop off after a shower or overnight in bed. I have some hacks that finally got this to work. Here's what worked for me:By "super nail glue" here on amazon. It's extremely cheap. And buy "nail dehydrator" - also super cheap. Use those instead of the included glue. They work insanely well. For additional security, wrap the toe with a bandage at night to prvent snagging on sheets.

Okay so it’s only been a few days wearing these and I had to come here to let anyone know who’s on the fence about trying these to go ahead and do it. The relief I feel is indescribable. Once I applied these within a hour the pressure from the ingrown nails was relieved. Yesterday morning one came off because I rushed doing them and so the pain felt as if it doubled so I lived with it until this morning and reapplied it. Back to being pain-free! I had to file down my gel pedicure to get them to adhere so I didn’t start with a product free nail base but they still work. FYI - I tried the Dr. Scholl’s ingrown toenail kit without any relief at all.Will update when it’s been a month or so. Until then I hope this helps anyone that is looking for immediate relief.