Hair & nails
Nail disease
Nail problems are often dismissed as cosmetic, but the nails can reflect underlying skin disease, infection, or systemic conditions. Accurate diagnosis is the first step.
What it is.
Common conditions include fungal nail infection (onychomycosis), psoriasis of the nails, paronychia (infection of the nail fold), brittle or splitting nails, and pigmented streaks that occasionally signal melanoma.
How we treat it.
Treatment is condition-specific: topical or oral antifungals for confirmed infection, anti-inflammatory care for inflammatory disease, drainage and antibiotics for acute paronychia, and biopsy of any pigmented or atypical nail finding.
When to come in.
Have any new pigmented streak, persistent nail change, painful nail fold, or nail-bed lesion evaluated. We can confirm or rule out infection, biopsy when needed, and start the right treatment.
Related conditions.
Next step
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