An ingrown toenail can happen when your nail grows into the skin on the nail border, where the nail meets the skin on the corner or side of the toe. The nail digging into your skin often causes ...

More often than not, ingrown nails happen to toenails, with the big toe being the most susceptible. Although anyone can get an ingrown toenail, according to the Cleveland Clinic, athletes ...

A common ingrown toenail procedure is a partial nail avulsion. This occurs when a thin vertical piece of nail on the ingrown side is sliced from the edge to the base of the nail and removed.

Medicare typically covers treatment for ingrown toenails if your clinician decides it’s medically necessary. When is treatment medically necessary? Medicare considers a service to be medically ...