When a patient limps into my office, wincing with every step, I can usually guess what is going on before they even sit down in the chair. More often than not, it is an ingrown toenail. Patients are often surprised by how quickly something so small can cause such an overwhelming amount of pain. A tiny spicule of nail pressing into the sensitive skin of the toe border can turn putting on a shoe or walking across the room into an agonizing chore. Here at Elk Grove Foot and Ankl