with the infection typically developing on the big toe first. Toenail fungus can begin as a skin infection called athlete’s foot. It can also occur when other yeasts or molds get into the nail ...

Ingrown nails grow into the surrounding skin, toenail fungus pushes the nail up and away from the toe, and other conditions cause the nail to grow away from the nail bed. Depending on the cause ...

If the nail keeps growing back into the skin, sometimes the doctor will do a small surgery to remove a larger section of the nail or, rarely, the whole nail. Taking care of the toe after an ingrown ...