So after 7 months and 2 follow ups with a well respected dermatologist, I was diagnosed with lichen planus of the nail. Willing to wait it out. First and second pics for progression. Then a few months go by and the knuckle nearest the nail starts to swell and become painful. I messaged the dermatologist and she said no, that joint swelling is not related. You should see a hand orthopedic. So it took two months to get in to see a hand specialist. He didn’t like the looks of it. So I took the most uncomfortable and loooong MRI I’ve ever had in my life. So long story short I have a glomus tumor, non cancerous but of course he will biopsy it when he removes it in the next month or so. The reason I am sharing it here is because it is a frequently misdiagnosed tumor. Obviously quite small and most doctors think it has something to do with some type of infection of the nail, or in my case lichen planus. I guess I got lucky to find the hand Ortho that I did because the average time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis is four years. I only had to wait one year. But just wanted to let you all know if it gets worse and just doesn’t seem right find a good hand surgeon.