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2. Ingrown nail - Wikipedia

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   While ingrown nails can occur in the nails of both the hands and the feet, they occur most commonly with the toenails (as opposed to fingernails). [citation needed] A common misconception is that the cause of an ingrown toenail is the nail growing into the paronychium, but it can also be caused by overgrown toe skin. [2]

3. Surgical treatment of ingrown toenails - Wikipedia

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   Following injection of a local anaesthetic at the base of the toenail and perhaps application of a tourniquet, the surgeon will remove the edge of the nail growing into the flesh and destroy the matrix area with phenol to permanently and selectively ablate the matrix that is producing the ingrown portion of the nail (i.e., the nail margin).

4. How to Fix an Ingrown Toenail With or Without Surgery - AOL

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   An ingrown toenail is sometimes treatable at home using soaks and antiseptics to soften the nail. Learn when a provider visit would be in order. How to Fix an Ingrown Toenail With or Without Surgery

5. Nail disease - Wikipedia

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   Onychorrhexis also known as brittle nails, is brittleness with breakage of fingernails or toenails. Paronychia is a bacterial or fungal infection where the nail and skin meet. Koilonychia is when the nail curves upwards (becomes spoon-shaped) due to an iron deficiency. The normal process of change is: brittle nails, straight nails, spoon-shaped ...

6. Here's Why Your Toenails Might Be White—and What to ... - AOL

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   "Healthy fingernails typically grow about 3.5 millimeters per month and toenails grow 1.5 ... shortness of breath or chest pains that medical help is immediately sought out." A 2021 ...

7. Medicare and ingrown toenails: Are they covered? - AOL

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   Part B may cover treatment for ingrown toenails if it is deemed medically necessary or the toenail is infected. Medicare Part A covers treatment that occurs in a hospital. If ingrown toenail ...