r/nailcare

Looking for advice and similar injury’s from people Am I okay? Like if I just put it on ice and lay low I’ll be fine right?

I had an anxious moment and ripped off my press on nails. The other hand is just as bad. They are a little stained from purple Spat hair dye too. Can I cover them with anything? It looks so bad 🫪 I wanna glue more on top and pretend everything is just fiiiine….😬

Is there anything wrong with my nails (other than needing a good file and some moisture) specifically, my middle fingernail. It seems to bend downwards on one side.

i got this on my finger 3 days ago and noticed swelling with a small green spot after hitting it. i found paronychia online, but there’s no pus. warm soaks haven’t helped, and it feels tight like a rubber band with pressure/pain when bumped. i bite my nails. i can’t see a doctor right now 🥲 could walgreens help? i’m unsure about my medical card/insurance after turning 18, moving out, and changing my info. the color is hair dye 😭

also the pic w circle im pointing out seems to be like a white area ish i cant rlly tell? should i try to pop that w a small needle or leave my finger as is. i just dont think theres puss but if that is i for sure want to have some relief

Hello,

I'm still pretty new to the world of unbitten nails. I've bitten them as long as I can remember, and I am not young. I'm only now getting to a length where I can see them peek out when I look at my hands from the palm side.

However, I'm not sure if the white area is normal, or if I've been brainwashed by seeing adverts and nail professionals have perfect crescents. Several fingernails always look blotchy and striated on both hands.

I currently apply cuticle oil twice a day and lotion up before bed.

Thank you for your help!

Weird bruise or something hurts when pressure on that area of the nail or skin (touching stuff) doesn’t hurt on other side of finger.
New only few days old hurts to press down such as using keyboard.

Hello! I got my nails done in a nail salon today with CND shellac and Luxio gel layered on my fingers and I think CND on my toes. I noticed that they both dent when my nail pressed into them but then the dent slowly disappears, it made me suspect that they are under cured. I love having gel on my nails and don’t want to get an allergy, does anyone know if this is normal for these products? It was done by two different technicians so I can’t imagine they both would undercure the nail.

My nails grow super weird but I finally managed to go 2 months with growth. I used oil daily, only filed them, and wore gloves to clean and wash dishes. However, the split low on the sides and they look so gross? I clean under them with a nail brush but they’re patchy and discolored and I wanna cut them short so bad!

Hello I’ve noticed these horizontal lines/ridges on my big toes. I haven’t noticed them before and just wondering if this is something normal? Not sure how long it’s been going as I’ve been very busy lately. It’s both big toe nails and doesn’t seem to affect the other fingers or toes.

Not sure how this happened, but noticed it two days ago. It was green pus on it, and I popped it with the sterile needle and tried pushing it out. Next day it looks like this should I just go to urgent care? I’ve been soaking it with some salt and warm water, but it hurts not that bad but it does hurt.

My nephew accidentally sat on my finger a few weeks ago when I had an acrylic set on. When I took the set off today, my pinky looked like this. It’s like a whole chunk of the nail plate came off and my nail started to regrow from that remaining piece. I’m wondering what the best treatment option is.

My nails have been like for years, not sure why they’re peeling. It makes my nails thin and chip easily. I’ve tried Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Strengthener and Nail Aid Total Cure 9-in-1. How do I fix this?

I have asked him to go to the doctor multiple times but he doesn’t do anything about it. It seems like I care more than him but then complains about how they look. Is this fungus? I bought him a nail oil to use (I have no idea if he actually does). His nail bed is just dry skin now and constantly rips it out or bites it…

Has he damaged it for good? I told him he needs to take off the lifted nail and stop picking at the dry skin. To just use the nail oil and let it grow.

Hi all, I have been recovering from mechanical onchyolysis due to builder gel use for the last 6 months and my nails finally look normal again (pic attached is the before/at its worst). I started with just one nail lifting and then eventually every single one lifted almost all the way to the nail bed.
I am wondering if anyone has experienced this same issue and went back to using nail polish products. I am SO scared to put anything on them again and have this happen again. My wedding is coming up and I want to have nice nails on but I am so nervous to damage them again. TIA

Basically I've battle my nail fungus for 2,5 years, but I'm not done yet... The question is really: "Can I still fix this without taking pills orally?"

Some more info. It started with my second toe on the left and that one still is the most stubborn to treatment. It is that toe, my little toe on the left and the nail of my big toe got infected by using the tools on it I think. Beware for self-infecting!

At my second toe the fungus has gone pretty deep towards the 'root of the nail', therefore it's hard to rid the fungus there. Is it still able to get that one without pills?

Thanks for all the support already

My friend asked me to post this for her as she’s been trying to grow out her nails for awhile.

She says they break super easily and are very bendy.
I recommended her to start using nail oil which she does actively so asked me to post this to get some advice

So my big toe basically has no nail bed except a bit in the back right before the nail comes out of the skin.

It has gotten this way bc a doctor once removed most of my nail bc it was brown from a fungal infection. He said it would be fine afterwards - but it wasnt as the nailbed just disappeared.

The nail did grow back but very thick.

I had no problems since, nothing except the nail was thick and grew layered.

This weekend I had an accident and it did get ripped out of the nailbed partly. The white part got pulled out. It did bleed but it gets better. The thing is the nail is broken already and possibly fungal infected.

The surgeon said he wants to remove the whole nail and then do a nail bed reconstruction.

I am beyond terrified!

I don't handle injections well at all. I gave birth twice naturally bc I'm so scared of syringes and having to be put under.

Can anybody tell me if I can just keep the nail as it is and wait for it to grow out?