r/nailhealth

A few weeks ago i noticed the end of the middle toe on my left foot has swollen and the nail is growing in a curve around the top, and is basically impossible to trim. The middle toe's nail used to look like those either side of it, but really doesnt any more.

There is no significant pain just a barely noticable soreness.

I haven't stubbed it or banged it, and my shoes are not too tight.

M55 6' 2" 95Kg, non smoker, no medical issues

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I had a minor fungal infection I got at a salon while pregnant and because I was then breastfeeding a doctor said I needed a total avulsion to then apply jublia to the bed directly since I couldn’t use the oral meds. This was a little over a year ago.

I’ve subsequently learned that is NOT true. I’m sure he damaged the nail matrix, at first it grew in thickened, then it detached from the nail bed again—you can see I had to remove that part recently. I’ve subsequently been diagnosed with dystrophy and disappearing nail bed. Infuriating because this was such a minor infection to begin with!! Now I’m seeing another doctor who is trying laser to see if it would help it grow quicker and attach so the bed doesn’t disappear even more.

Today I just noticed that the proximal nail fold which wasn’t attached super well on a normal day is really able to roll back, well it turns out maybe the reason it hasn’t really been able to grow is there is NO NAIL at the bottom, only bed again. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this happening?? Could the laser have caused this? Is it possible this fragment of a nail barely hanging on is the last nail I ever have and I never grow another nail again?? Would the original total avulsion I have cause that or should I avoid doing laser again? I cannot believe this ongoing nightmare, I am so close to having it permanently removed but maybe I don’t even have to bother and it has stopped growing on its own!! Plenty of other people I know with avulsions had no problems, infuriating that he told me he did 10 of these a week and it was nbd

Three years ago, I began running long distances and doing so it has affected the growth and appearance of my toenail after about a year of running almost everyday. At first my nail became thick, yellow, and looked as if there were multiple layers stacked on top of my original toenail. I cut it as if it were any other toenail, but I noticed it never grew back like my other toenails did. At one point, I'm pretty sure it was ingrown and it caused me a lot of pain, so I got it checked up and got told nothing was wrong with it. Ended up wasting $200 for a check up, yikes. I decided to remove the ingrown parts myself and it resulted in a lot of relief. This was about a year ago. However, a few months later the toenail completely fell out and about a week later this grew back. This has been my toenail for almost 3 months. While it doesn't cause me any pain or discomfort, it looks weird and it doesn't grow. Also I have stopped running around the time it was ingrown to prevent further damage and now I just lift to remain active. Is there any possible way it can revert back to a normal toenail or will it stay like this forever? I have no idea what even happened to my toenail, so I'm unsure if there is any way of taking care of it properly or getting some kind of procedure done to fix it. I hate my toenail and my girlfriend always bugs me about it soo I really want to get it fixed.

Stomach gurgling. Sick for 2 years.

The nails are thick, yellow, and brittle. They just break into shards when cut. The big nail is lifted up from the toe.

Edit: first 3 pix DO HAVE NAILS

Story time!
26F here. I HAD a bad habit of peeling my toenails (the white part only) as a kid but it stopped from mid teens to mid 20s.
First 3 pix are from past 4 years. My nails rarely had the white tips cuz I used to wear closed shoes with socks on a daily basis. This made them very soft and prone to cuts from the edges. Also a forever issue with ingrown toenail.

I lost my 8y/o cat last year. It left me mentally disturbed, to the point I started peeling out my whole nail, one at a time. Nails were peeled September-October. And after that, whatever skin grew on, I started peeling it off too or used cuticle cutter to even the surface out. The thing is I have a bit of OCD, and I get super annoyed whenever my nail bed area is uneven, so I start picking at it. Last 2 pix are from today. No new nail in sight.

Could really use some help on how to regrow my nails or deal with this issue 🫶🏻

What's up with these pink streaks after the white part of my nails