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ELI5: Why are ingrown toenails so common but not ingrown fingernails?
gpt
Because shoes and wrong nail clipping techniques.

A toenail is easier to clip wrong If you apply fingernail techniques to it. And on top of that wearing shoes that are a bit too small can also cause ingrown toenails. On you fingers however there's no shell to cause fingernails to have to grow into the skin.