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Onycholysis

What is it?

The separation of a fingernail or toenail from its pink nail bed.

  • The separation occurs gradually and is painless.
It takes four to six months for a fingernail to fully regrow, and and 8- 12 months for toenails.

Cause

Vitamins, herbals and minerals

Medication

Symptoms

  • Irregular border between the pink portion of the nail and the white outside edge of the nail?
  • Greater portion of the nail is opaque, either whitened or discolored to yellow or green?
  • Nail may have collected thickened skin underneath the edge of its nail plate?
  • Nail plate may have a deformed shape with pits or indentations in the nail surface
  • Bent nail edge?
  • Coarse thickened nail?
  • Toe nail turn white, yellow, green, brown?

Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:

Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice

Please use our Nail Aftercare Service for further investigation via logging in

Detailed Information

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