Q: I have had ingrown nails before, but the one I have now is painful, really red and swollen, and is leaking pus. Should I be on antibiotics? A: The nail matrix is the only part of the nail that's ...

Ingrown toenails are common and occur when the toenail grows into the skin of the toe rather than over it. An ingrown toenail can become infected, as the nail can tear the skin and create an opening ...

Nobody likes ingrown toenails, and when you get one, your instinct may be to clip off the offending bit. But new research shows that might be exactly the wrong thing to do —it won't necessarily stop ...

In the greater scheme of things, an ingrown nail, like a paper cut or a splinter, is no big deal. But ask anybody who’s ever suffered any one of those three and they’ll tell you, they’re the worst…and ...

Few things so small drive a man or woman to distraction more than an ingrown nail. The pain can bedevil even the most placid people. How can a minor problem hurt so much? Ingrown nails typically start ...

What causes ingrown nails to appear and how do you prevent it? In an episode of "Pinoy MD," resident dermatologist Dr. Jean Marquez said that ingrown nails appear when the nail or the nail plate doesn ...