


Help with possible retronychia
Sorry there's no subreddit for ingrown fingernails but I thought maybe someone here would have some advice. I broke the pinky metacarpal, 4 months ago. Everything is healed up, but the ring finger nail, which was extremely swollen too, is growing weird, and it's getting uncomfortable. It hasn't grown at all during this time which I'm told is normal for hand injuries. And it looks like it might be retronychia but I saw dermatologist, and he wasn't sure what to do. He had never seen anything like that before and had no idea what retronychia was. The orthopedic hand specialists in my area are booked out at least a month in advance. And I'm in pain every day, and I just don't know what to do. I've called my provider. I've called my insurance company. Nobody can get me in anywhere. So here I am to see if anyone has any sage advice. Thanks! I took a picture of both ring fingers to compare. The nail is also very receded which was a preexisting problem that the broken metacarpal exacerbated.