myboysmom
08-07-2007, 05:26 PM
Hi Marti sorry to bother you again but you are so helpful. On my pinky toe which I am currently treating for fungus I just noticed a dark almost black spot coming in from under the cuticle. It is not really a line more like a spot I guess going horizontal but not across the whole nail. I had a similar spot on the nail next to this one a few months ago that you advised me on but it was not quite as dark. The spot on the other nail did in fact grow out with the nail and is now gone. Do you think this is the same thing because I think I am in fact too rough sometimes when cleaning the nails or pushing back cuticles. I can't see how far back this spot goes under the cuticle because I guess its just coming in or just appeared. It's like one morning when I applied treatment I did not see it and that evening ther it was. Why does it look black? Is it very likely that this is a cancer ? I get really scared of stuff like this. Thanks so much in advance.
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Marti
08-07-2007, 09:05 PM
Melanoma in the matrix does not create a horizontal line; instead it creates a vertical line and does not 'go away'. I am still figuring that you are too agressive when you push back the cuticles. True cuticle is actually the transparent skin that adheres to the nail plate and grows forward from the proximal nail fold. The proximal nail fold is where the skin of the e p o n y c h i u m (which most people think is the cuticle) curls under and touches the nail plate. You should never push back the e p o n y c h i u m. YOu only need to soften the skin so the translucent skin on the nail plate also softens, then gently scrape it from the nail plate. If you apply too much downward pressure when you do this, or apply too much pressure right at the proximal nail fold, you can bruise the nail bed in that area and it will 'bleed' into the nail plate layers and end up looking like the line you are describing.
myboysmom
08-08-2007, 06:09 PM
thanks marti! Do you think this will grow out with the nail also or do I need to apply something to heal it or anything?