The accessory nail of the fifth toe, also known as petaloid toenail, is a physical trait of the small toe, where a minuscule "sixth toenail" is present in the outer corner of the nail situated on the smallest toe.
The most common cause of yellowed, thick and /or deformed toenails is a fungal infection of the toenail. The fungus that infects the nail, most commonly, is the same fungus that causes athletes foot. It tends to be slowly progressive, damaging the nail to a greater and greater degree over time.
Description. Anonychia congenita is a condition that affects the fingernails and toenails. Individuals with this condition are typically missing all of their fingernails and toenails (anonychia). This absence of nails is noticeable from birth (congenital).
The accessory nail of the fifth toe, also known as petaloid toenail, is a physical trait of the small toe, where a minuscule "sixth toenail" is present in the outer corner of the nail situated on the smallest toe.
Onychogryphosis is often nicknamed “ram's horn nail” due to its overgrown, firm, thickened and curved or distorted yellow-brown appearance. The nail can become so hard that trimming it with regular nail clippers can be impossible.
If you notice that your toenails have a curled appearance or that the lateral edges seem to slope inward toward one another as the free edge grows, you may have what's known as a pincer nail.
What are dystrophic nails? Dystrophic nails are fingernails or toenails that are deformed, thickened or discolored. They can have various causes, ranging from toenail fungus to a skin condition.
Like your fingernail, a healthy toenail is a light pink color. Any yellowing or hints of black hue indicate a problem. For instance, you are most likely to have a fungal infection if your toenails start to become yellow. Yellowing can also be a side effect of diabetes, liver disease, or smoking.
The Lister's corn is a focal hyperkeratosis juxtaposed to the nail plate on the fifth toe. One may find this corn on the medial side, lateral side or both. Often, patients present with the complaint of an ingrown nail, a split nail, an extra nail or concern of a fungus infection.
Terry's nails are a type of apparent leukonychia, characterized by ground glass opacification of nearly the entire nail, obliteration of the lunula, and a narrow band of normal, pink nail bed at the distal border.
Introduction: Hypertrophy of the nail folds is a common condition. It occurs by alteration of shape, partial loss, or absence of the nail, resulting in loss of the nail fold physiological limit. This can also occur by the friction of the nail with the nail fold.
Nail Bed Hyperkeratosis (or subungual hyperkeratosis) is the accumulation of scales under the nail plate, which is then detached and uplifted. The nail bed often appears thickened.
Keratin is a naturally occurring protein that is found in your skin, hair, and nails. Toenails are made of two different types of keratin: hard and soft. The fungi that most commonly cause onychomycosis are called dermatophytes.
A pincer nail is a medical condition were the sides of the toenails become curved inwards. The condition is also called in-curved nail, trumpet nail, convoluted nail, omega nail, and transverse over-curvature.
Plicatured nail- (folded nail); highly. curved nail plate; may be caused by injury. or may be inherited; often leads to ingrown. nails.
Beau's lines are grooves or dents that run across your fingernails or toenails horizontally. They can affect all your nails or just a few, such as on your thumbs and big toes.
What is Brachymetatarsia? Brachymetatarsia is a condition in which one of the bones in the front of the foot is significantly shorter than the others. This usually affects both feet and although it may affect any of the five metatarsals, it most commonly affects the fourth metatarsal.
Often, spoon nails are a sign of iron deficiency anemia or a liver condition known as hemochromatosis, in which your body absorbs too much iron from the food you eat. Spoon nails can also be associated with heart disease and hypothyroidism. Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products.
Rockstar Toes is a casual term for toenails with enhancements, usually glittery, colored, or embellished acrylic or gels.
Pterygium is an irreversible scarring of the nail matrix resulting in a split nail.
The lunula, or lunulae (pl.) (from Latin 'little moon'), is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail. The lunula is the white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail.