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Board: Nail Problems 06-28-2008, 07:12 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,459
Posted By Marti
Re: Peeling Nail Beds (Please Help)

Nail plate separation from the nail bed is ALWAYS caused by something. Unless you wear gloves whenever using any type of household cleaning solution, including plain water, you are exposing your...
Board: Nail Problems 03-12-2008, 05:10 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,665
Posted By Marti
Re: White patches on nailplate - Marti

Infection usually starts at the free edge and could be fungal, yeast (candida) or bacterial (pseudomonas). I would have her go to her podiatrist for a proper diagnosis. Could be just nail plate...
Board: Nail Problems 02-19-2008, 10:40 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,144
Posted By Marti
Re: how can I bring back life to my toenails?

It sounds more to me like she may have fungus in the nail. One of the characteristics is a dried out nail plate. Is the nail plate yellowing and separating from the nail bed? Is there apparent...
Board: Nail Problems 09-23-2007, 09:40 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 7,704
Posted By Marti
Re: Black lines under solar nails

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...
Board: Nail Problems 07-16-2007, 05:25 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 34,538
Posted By Marti
Re: Purple discoloration under both big toenails

You more than likely have a hematoma (bruise) under the nails. You can get these if you drop something on your toes or if you wear shoes that are too small or shoes that pressure the toes together,...
Board: Nail Problems 06-10-2007, 07:15 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 899
Posted By Marti
Re: splitting nail??

The nail plate grows in layers and when it becomes dried out, the free edge can split and peel. You might try buffing away the split layers with a three way buffer from Sally Beauty Supply. Use the...
Board: Nail Problems 10-24-2006, 09:41 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 31,179
Posted By Marti
Re: Toe nail broken below the cuticle line...will it grow back?

Unless the matrix was surgically removed, a new nai lwill grow back. It may be a bit disfigured when it first grows in again, but the injured portion of nail bed will heal and the nail will be...
Board: Nail Problems 09-28-2006, 12:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 30,422
Posted By Marti
Re: How to sand down thick, ugly toenails?

Sanding them down will only temporarily help the 'look' of the nails. You really need to be treating the infection. I don't blame you for not wanting to take the Lamasil, but there are other...
Board: Nail Problems 08-29-2005, 06:31 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 27,294
Posted By Marti
Re: How does a toenail grow back after surgical removal?

You should have read a little further and you would have found out that the tapered part of the skin that you are mentioning is a forward growth of the skin that is tightly adhered to the nail plate....
Board: Nail Problems 10-04-2004, 04:50 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 66,276
Posted By Marti
Re: 2 Questions: Vicks for nail fungus / Horizontal ridges

It will work on fungal infections as well. The ONLY way to know if it is s true fungal infection is for your physician to take a scraping of any debris from between the nail plate and the nail bed...
Board: Nail Problems 09-21-2004, 04:54 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 10,425
Posted By Marti
Re: Big toenails won't grow!

Toenails grow much slower than fingernails, so yoru doctor is right that it can take up to (and sometimes longer) than a year for the nail to completely replace itself. You can use a 240 grit white...
Board: Nail Problems 03-14-2004, 06:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 20,359
Posted By Marti
Re: Green spot on my toenail!!!!!!!!!!

The spot on your fingernails are brown because that is one of the stages that the pseudomonas bacteria goes through as it penetrates deeper into the nail plate cells. Nothing you do will lighten the...
Board: Nail Problems 02-24-2004, 05:05 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 71,475
Posted By Marti
Re: thin dark line on one nail

If the matrix fails to produce the correct amount of nail plate cells from the portion of the matrix that produces the cells that touch the nail bed, then the splinter hemorraghe will be a consistent...
Board: Hair Problems 01-08-2004, 10:21 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 13,033
Posted By Marti
Re: Messed up hair coloring, what to do???

Calm down, take a deep breath - then go to your local Beauty Supply. Purchase a bottle of 10 volume peroxide - preferably the 'cream' type and not the 'watery' type. The brand of haircolor is not as...
Board: Skin Problems 12-16-2003, 09:38 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 56,118
Posted By Marti
Re: Will Jojoba oil or vitamin E oil clog pores?

Vitamin E, when used on its own, WILL clog the pores - yes, you are right. The molecular structure of vitamin E is 'huge', so each individual molecule is way to large to do anything but sit on the...
Board: Nail Problems 10-09-2003, 05:04 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,506
Posted By Marti
Post Any type of OTC or prescribed 'topical'...

Any type of OTC or prescribed 'topical' medication, other than prescribed oral medication, needs to be applied into the lifted portion of nail plate - between the nail plate and the nail bed. Any...
Board: Nail Problems 09-03-2003, 01:27 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 117,840
Posted By Marti
Post Buffing the ridges away will only lead to...

Buffing the ridges away will only lead to over-thinning of the nail plate, which will result in increased breakage.

In over 35 years of 'doing nails' in the Beauty Industry, buffing off the ridges...
Board: Nail Problems 09-03-2003, 11:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 117,840
Posted By Marti
Post What you are seeing as vertical ridges are...

What you are seeing as vertical ridges are actually the 'rails and grooves' upon which the nail plate rides forward on the nail bed. The 'rails' are on the nail bed and act much like train tracks,...
Board: Nail Problems 03-18-2003, 06:12 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,492
Posted By Marti
Post Anytime there is damage to the Matrix, it can...

Anytime there is damage to the Matrix, it can permanently disfigure the emerging nail plate. Since the nail plate is 'born' in the matrix, the emerging new cells are very soft and plump. As they...
Board: Skin Problems 08-03-2002, 11:32 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,104
Posted By Marti
Re: lifting and white growing under fingernails

There can be one of several reasons why your nail plate is lifting, and one of them is a yeast infection (candida). White superficial fungal infections are just as 'contageous' as the type that...
Board: Skin Problems 01-01-2001, 09:12 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,912
Posted By Marti
Re: Dead Toenail?

Are you a jogger or participate in sports that require running, jumping, etc? If so, the big toes take the brunt of this 'trauma' and the end result is a hematoma between the nail plate and the nail...
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