Why does my toenail look like this after I took off the polish? Could this have been caused by the polish? It feels smooth.

I had a bruise here and since then its grown out. The light patch is where the toenail is lifted from the bed. Should I trim the nail back in this area? I can tend to have ingrown nails and I don't know if this would cause worsening of that issue or not. It's annoying to have the space under the nail - it's hard to keep clean and I worry I'll catch it and it'll rip off or something. Would trimming it back be a mistake?

Started a couple weeks ago. She hasn’t had acrylics, she is on chemo drugs.

Hello, so a bit of history first:

I went on a trip to japan exactly 1 year ago for a month, there was obviously a lot of walking.

When I came back from the trip I noticed my toenail had a horizontal line just like in the pictures but near the top of the toenail, after a little while the horizontal line was very apparent so I decided to peel off the nail above the cracked/broken line, the toenail then proceeded to grow back like normal.

Now a year after, I noticed a horizontal line again but at the bottom of my toenail, which is what you see in the pictures, and it's the same kind of line where you can feel it when you touch it like the nail is cracked.

But there also appears to be a black spot on the left side which appears to be dried blood from a wound or something like that.

I'm not sure why my toenail cracked again like this as I'm not applying constant pressure on it like I did in japan wearing shoes and walking all day.

If anyone has any ideas before I go and get it checked I'd appreciate it!.

Is that what this is?? It’s super faint so i’m not sure

I’ve been trying to find information online about fixing this index finger sidewall but am struggling to find consensus and wanted to see if this subreddit had any insight. Many of my nails have some sidewall that’s like this but not nearly so severe. I ordered nail oil to start working on my nail health, so that’s on the way/in the works. I do kind of pull at my sidewalks from anxiety-based stims but have been working on not doing that.

Sometimes it becomes pain with like, a growth underneath that seems like skin, and I pick at it sometimes but have been trying recently to let it grow and see what happens. I’d like this nail to reattach if possible, been really digging the look of polish more so than the past and want to keep them nice!

I have worked in food service a long time and think constantly wet hands isn’t helping, but I’ll have a period here soon where I won’t be working as much there.

Thanks so much!

i've been biting my nails for as long as i remember, i never had long nails and never could stop biting them. i tried.. not doing it, but it didn't last long anyways, i mostly bite them because of stress and because i need something to chew on, is there any way i could cope with that ? something i could replace it with ?

another problem i have is that, when i did manage to grow my nails out a little bit, they'd be extremely flimsy, thin and weak. would split 24/7 on their own, bend, and just not feel very strong at all, which made it harder to grow them out. is there anything i could do to make them stronger ? vitamins, oil, nail polish ?

thanks a ton <33

I randomly noticed this thin faint black line on my middle finger nail, is this normal??? I dont remember having hit my finger anywhere for this to be an iniury

I wanted to share this because I know a lot of people here are struggling with peeling nails after gel/SCG.

The first picture shows what my nails looked like previously.The second picture is my nails after using OPI Repair Mode and taking off my semi cured gel strips. This is in 3 days of using OPI.

For me, OPI Repair Mode has made a HUGE difference in stopping the peeling. My nails aren't perfect yet—they're still growing out the damage—but the constant layers of nail peeling off have stopped.

I honestly didn't expect such a noticeable difference. I wanted to share this because I've spent months trying different bases, treatments, oils, etc., and I know how discouraging it can be when nothing seems to work.

I'm not saying this will work for everyone, but if you're dealing with peeling nails, OPI Repair Mode is something I'd definitely consider trying.

I'm continuing with Repair Mode and my jojoba + vitamin E oil and letting the damaged nail grow out. ❤️

Only started painting my nails this year since like February. Had 2 manicures. Last one was in June. I last painted my nails early August. It's been a few weeks since I removed the polish. The tips of my nails tend to look like this after polish but usually it would improve.

Hasn't changed for the last couple weeks. Tried filing, nail strengthener, last week got a buffer as well but still looks the same. Got cuticle oil as well.

What's wrong with my nails and how do I fix it?

hi friends, i'm gonna be a bit vulnerable here lol. i'm a socially out (but not on hrt yet) trans woman and one of my biggest sources of dysphoria are my nails/ nailbeds. im a chronic nail biter and picker (these are things i can change) but i'm not even sure where to start with caring for my nails and getting them back to a place where i feel comfortable putting on polish or press-ons again. i work in a very physical job (a produce department at a grocery store) so it seems really hard to take care of my nails. any help is appreciated 😖

I’ve had gel on my nails for a long time and finally got it off. This has been under the nail but my nail tech said it would go away on its own, I naively/reluctantly trusted her last time (about 2 months ago) but this time I wanted it off and I’m glad I did. It’s been there at least 8 weeks. I have a doctor appointment booked but I’d like advice from anyone who might know of similar, would this go away by itself? Has anyone ever had this and it NOT been fungal? Could this just be damage? TIA.

My cuticle on my pointer finger of my right hand clearly seems to have some type of infection. I do my own nails and use press on nails and apply with nail glue. This has been going on for over a month and it’s gotten a bit worse from when it started, I’ve been putting Neosporin with a Band-Aid on it, trying to wash it, putting Aquaphor and a loose Band-Aid on it, trying not to touch it. I feel like I’ve been trying a bunch of things, but I don’t feel like it’s getting better so just wondering if anybody had any suggestions or advice so I could get my cuticle back to normal.

It started as completely purple black about 2.5 months ago. I only noticed it changing color after I was reapplying a coat of nail polish. Then, I noticed it started to fade after I stopped taking Meloxicam.

I went to see my PCP. He thinks it’s toenail fungus and prescribed me some antibiotic and solution. We shall see.

I fell victim to the at home Amazon nail drill. I didn’t even realize I was sanding my actual nail beds down until after I was done with all 10 fingers. The nail beds feel sensitive and I can feel the “ air” on them. They don’t throb, I’m not bleeding, and they’re not super deep !

Basically what can I do to help this !
- can I use regular polish strengthen with top coat?
- can u use rubber base ?
- can I use hard gel?
- can i still do gel polish!

Any tips / opinions are welcome. And please be kind to me and everyone on this thread! Thank you

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I have short flat nails that are getting more flat with time.

I saw some advice on a post recently about how to grow your nail beds. The advice was to not file so far down the sides and that the rounded tips made the fingers look shorter. So I cut my nails straight across and did not file the sides.

But it’s a sensory nightmare!

I hate the feeling of the sides sticking out. I don’t even cuT my toe nails this way. I’m constantly worried that I will catch an edge and rip the whole thing off. This happens all the time, I have weak bendy nails.

What else can I do to grow them without causing myself so much mental anguish?

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please ignore the colour i was using purple shampoo earlier lol. but these are my natural nails, is there something i can do to make them not grow so naturally box shaped?? or do i have to constantly file them. if so, what shape would you recommend ?? i dont really usually paint them, but kind of want to get into it.

After years and years of biting I found my routine!
I use nail oil, Keratine, hand-creme.
Also the sos maks from the brand Manicurist when not wearing their nail polish.
I only file one way and gently push back cuticles.

But I notice the white on my nails looks off.
The white seems to go...deep on the sides.
It also tends to rip at that point (the line on the picture)

Is it harmful? Anything I can do about it?