A pincer toenail, also known as a trumpet nail or an in-curved nail, is a painful ingrown toenail that occurs when the nail ...

Curled toenails can take many different forms. For example, spoon nails are indented and curved towards the center, while pincer nails curl away from the center and deeper into the folds of your nail.

In elderly people, the growth rate of the nail slows down relative to the adhesion strength, creating a condition called pincer nail where the nail plate forms a tight curl. Different examples ...

Usually there is no pain but if the nails get thickened enough they can lift up and rub against the shoes. They can also become somewhat tent-shaped (“pincer nail”), requiring that the nail be ...