Ingrown toenails; they’re a painful, but very real, part of our everyday lives.
But now there’s a device out there which claims to "manually straighten your painful ingrowing nails in around 30 minutes of self-treatment”.
Yup, the Japanese Makizume Robo Ingrown Toenail Fixer (it just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?) is a stylish little gadget - but all that pretty gold metal can’t distract from the two prongs and screw mechanism.
It looks like a tiny, but oh-so-chic, instrument of torture.
And the accompanying video? Well, the video doesn’t do all that much to alleviate our fears, to be honest.
Check it out - although, fair warning, once seen tit can NEVER be unseen!
Oh god. Oh god, oh god, oh god - can eyes be scrubbed clean?
Okay, from what we can gather, you have to:
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Firstly, hook the prongs to the undersides of your pesky ingrown toenail.
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Next, tighten the screw mechanism to keep things in place.
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Thirdly, soak your foot in warm water for around 20 minutes to soften the nail.
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Remove your foot from the water, tighten the device some more, and dry things off with a hairdryer.
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Finally, use the prongs to CRANK THAT TOENAIL UP AND OUT OF YOUR SKIN.
Eep.
It's worth pointing out that this self-help ingrown toenail treatment is NOT cheap.
Would you be prepared to fork out an eye-watering £201 for it?
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