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 DEFINITION
The flesh-colored fingernail takes place when the rim of the fingernail (generally of the fingers of the feet), interferes inside the skin of the finger.
CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS
It is possible to produce for the curved growth of the fingernail or for the pressure of a slightly appropriate footwear, or in many cases for an inadequate cut of the fingernails.
The problem is that after the fingernail gets in the skin a local inflammation and pain takes place, being able to be complicating by bacterial infections of the area.
TREATMENT
If an inflammation exists and it is not possible to resolve on having cut the fingernail appropriately it is necessary to consult a podiatrist or a dermatologist.
If the picture is complicated there is realized an extraction of the fingernail and of the remaining skin and later to put a treatment with antibiotics to avoid or to treat the bacterial infection.
If the problem is an appellant there is realized a partial section of the root of the fingernail so that it does not grow in this side.
PREVENTION
- It has to of the fingernails are cut in straight line and never very short to prevent a side growth of the same ones.
- It is not necessary to use a footwear that presses the fingers of the feet.
- To support a suitable hygiene and the always dry feet.
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