dermatologic disorders
Ingrown Toenail
Introduction
An ingrown toenail is incurvation or impingement of a nail border into its adjacent nail fold, causing pain. (See also Overview of Nail Disorders .) Causes of ingrown toenail include tight shoes, abnormal gait (eg, toe-walking), bulbous toe shape, excessive trimming of the nail plate, or congenital variations in nail contour (eg, Pincer nail deformity ). Sometimes an underlying 