Onycholysis after applying gel polish

In pursuit of beauty, women often acquire unpleasant diseases that are directly related to the methods that were used to induce beauty. Onycholysis is one of the most common problems in women who often use nail extensions or gel polish.

Onycholysis is a lesion of the nail plate associated with its distal detachment. Pathology can develop on a single finger, or it can affect several nails at once, both on the hands and on the legs. In rare cases, all nails will flake off. In most cases, this happens due to the traumatic effect on the plate (blow, bruise, pinching). Everyone knows that a pinched nail "comes off" over time. This is traumatic onycholysis. In a third of cases, fungi are to blame for the detachment of the nail plate. A considerable proportion of all cases occur precisely in women who use rather aggressive agents for nail care.

The cause of onycholysis may be not only the use of gel polish. Often the problem is indicated by trauma, mycosis and allergies.

• If the nail plate was injured, then the process is quite deep, the hematoma under the nail squeezes the vessels, the nutrition of the nail deteriorates. There is a change in its color and structure, the plate is deformed. Detachment occurs from the edge that was more mobile. The wider the area of ​​the detachment, the more likely the addition of a bacterial infection and a concomitant inflammatory process.Completely the nail plate rarely exfoliates.
• Infectious lesion of the nail plate It may well occur during the processing of nails for manicure, and when infected with fungi. In this case, the blood supply to the plate is disrupted, its structure changes, and often the plate moves away from the bed completely. After treatment, full growth of a normal new nail plate is possible.
• Allergic onycholysis can develop as a reaction of the body to certain types of nail polish, for example, to gel polish, if a woman uses it often. If a woman does not let her nails "rest", then their water-salt and vitamin balance is not replenished. It is possible that a long stay of the nail plate under a layer of gel polish can lead to deformation and the onset of any form of onycholysis.
• In addition, the development of pathology is possible. against the background of endocrine disorders, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as frequent UV irradiation of nails.

Confusing onycholysis with something else is quite problematic: the symptoms of this pathology are too characteristic. The nail plate begins to separate from the free edge. The color of the nail changes from healthy flesh to grayish, as some air gets into the stratified space. If pathogenic bacteria enter the space under the nail at this stage, the plate will turn yellowish, fungi give it a brown color, Pseudomonas aeruginosa - green. The plate becomes uneven and begins to deform. An unpleasant odor from the nail may appear.

A dermatologist is involved in the treatment of pathology. This specialist, by one appearance and the result of an analysis of microflora, can establish why this happened and propose the optimal therapy regimen. The approach to treatment is always carried out in a comprehensive manner. First, the cause that caused the onycholysis is eliminated. If these are diseases, then they should be treated. If it is a matter of frequent manicure, the nails should be allowed to rest and not to be painted or exposed to UV radiation for a while.

The exfoliated part with partial damage must be regularly trimmed and treated with antiseptics. It is advisable to protect the injured nail plate with a bactericidal plaster. With a large detachment area, surgical treatment will be used, associated with the removal of the nail plate and cleaning the bed. After that, a sterile bandage is applied.

Throughout the entire course of treatment, a woman is prohibited from contacting a damaged nail plate with water, manicure products, varnishes and any household chemicals. If there is a need to wash the dishes, this should be done in special durable rubber gloves, while bathing in the shower or bath, you need to isolate the diseased nail with a bactericidal plaster.

According to the reviews of women left on the forums, the treatment of onycholysis itself does not cause big problems. But after it, it is not always possible to restore even plates, sometimes deformations to one degree or another persist for years. Another danger that women talk about lies in the likelihood of relapse, when, after a completed course of treatment, a woman decides to turn to the use of gel polish again.

Why onycholysis occurs in women and how to treat it, see below.