Hello everyone! Lisa is with you again. It's been a long time since we brought up the topic of manicure. A year ago, we looked at everything along and across the gel polishes, but I forgot to mention one important detail.
Pay attention to the photo below. Perhaps some of you have come across such black blotches and stripes (splinters) when the cover was removed.
This nasty thing is called subungual hemorrhage. Many confuse it with splinters, but in fact, under the nails - caked blood.
How does it appear?
In the subungual bed, a rupture of the capillary is formed; dots with blood pigment initially appear on the nails. Then the nail grows back and pulls this pigment with it, resulting in streaks.
The reasons for the appearance of subungual hemorrhage are different. It is mainly associated with psoriasis. But believe me, I saw a person with severe psoriasis, and the nails there are different: the free edge is yellow and compacted, but there are no such "splinters" as in the photo above.
Most often, subungual hemorrhage appears due to trauma when gel polish is made.
The reason is a bad base for gel polish. Why bad? Before, because 6-8 years ago, when gel polish was made on American formulations, no one faced this problem. As soon as they began to make them in China and are actively sold all over the world, problems began. Even with modern acid-free bases.
Due to a poor-quality base, nails begin to bake in an ultraviolet lamp. So remember: when you are with the master, and if there is a stove in the lamp, do not bear it! Your patience will not hold the gel polish better, but burns to the nail plate are possible. It is because of the burns that subungual hemorrhages are then formed.
But even with a high-quality base, you can injure your nails like that.. If too much has been applied. Here is the master's fault.
I agree that all bases bake in one way or another. But now there are UV lamps with adjustable wattage. Plus no one will kill you for such a claim.
If baking in a lamp, the craftsmen recommend pulling out your hand, turning your palm over and again under the lamp. And so on until the base is completely polymerized.
The next reason is over-wearing gel polish.: the nails are long, the overgrown gel polish is already strongly visible, a high load is formed on the free edge of the nail, then a hematoma under the nail.
Is it all dangerous?
Grow back and cut. If it's about gel polish - there is a reason to think about changing the master or base, if you do it yourself.
If you do not make yourself a gel polish and have not injured your nail, this is a serious reason to sound the alarm and go for a consultation with a dermatologist or rheumatologist. Because if the cause was not trauma, then it could be:
- psoriasis;
- fungal infection;
- allergic contact dermatitis;
- prolonged stress;
- diseases of the cardiovascular system.
I also wrote for a long time about cracks on the thumb: how exactly they appear and how to prevent it if you do yourself a manicure at home. You can read here.
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