Warm Tips 1. Before cutting thick toenails, soak them in warm water for 5 minutes to soften your toenails. 2. When cutting the nails with ingrown toenail clippers, the spring on the handle only needs to push up one of them. 3. Open the blade of mens toenail clippers down to fit the curvature of the nail so that you can cut your nails smoothly. 4..