ladyinflight01
08-12-2007, 02:34 PM
I am a 50 yr old healthy and in shape woman. I am fair skinned and blonde. I have been wearing solar/acrlylic nails for 20+ yrs. For the last 3 months I have developed several black vertical lines in the middle of the nail. My nail lady, who is vietnamese, says it is a bruise... I'm not comfortable with that as a reply because of course they are not trained in diseases of the nail and also have the interest of their salon at heart. Can you tell me what could possibly be causing this?
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Marti
08-17-2007, 09:35 AM
Do the black lines look like tiny splinters under the nail? Do they look like black 'spots' that might be irregular in shape? Is the nail sensitive where the spot is?
Nexis
09-22-2007, 04:14 AM
How long have you had those lines? Also is it on your hands or feet?
Marti
09-22-2007, 11:31 AM
If they are tiny lines that look like splinters and are growing forward with the nail plate, they are just 'splinter hemoraghes' and are nothing to worry about. Splinter hemoraghes are caused by voids between the nail plate cells which fill up with blood from the underlying tissues. These can occur quite often, or you can get just a few and never have any more. No one knows why this happens, although they certainly are not a health issue.
Nexis
09-22-2007, 09:42 PM
It depends; you can have skin cancer of the nail and it exhibits a black line, that does not go away.
I just saw a documentary on this condition...
Its mostly predominate on the toe nails....
I just saw a documentary on this condition...
Its mostly predominate on the toe nails....
Marti
09-23-2007, 01:40 PM
A nail melanoma (mole) generally developes in the matrix and is evidenced by a brown, fairly wide line that extends from the matrix all the way to the free edge. A nail mole can be benign or malignant and should be immediately seen to by your physician. A spot that looks like a splinter is nothing to worry about as I said before.