Ingrown toenail is commonly met in clinical practice.treatment may be non-operative and operative treatment.operative trestment depends on lateral wedge resection of the nail. The idea is to change toenail biomechanics by central toenail resection.

The aim of this study is to compare between central toenail resection with ordinary lateral wedge resection in managing ingrown toenail. This study was performed on 100 patients divided into 2 groupd each is 50 patients. Group A underwent central resection while group B underwent lateral toenail resection.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patient with ingrown toenail
• Patients from 10 years up to 35 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with concurrent toe deformity
• patients less than 10 years or more than 35 years