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Treatment options be determined by the stage of ingrown toenails, medically referred to as onychocryptosis.Stage 1 could be managed by recommending shoes with a cushty wide toe box or open-toed shoes.Instruct the patient's parents to slice the nail straight across and steer clear of reducing the lateral margins.The nail edge should extend at night tissue.Stage 2 could be treated by stretching the soft tissue from the medial side of the nail, elevating the offending edge of nail from the soft tissue, and placing a little pledget of cotton beneath the nail edge to lift it back to the nail grove...