Let’s start with nail fungus, a disease that an average person experiences at least once in their lifetime. As you probably know, the fungus is found in our bodies. To turn into an infection, it needs ...

Diagnosing conditions of the nail can be confounding. Patients may experience delays in treatment due to challenges in diagnosis. While the nail may seem like a cosmetic concern, nail diseases can ...

Your nails might seem like a purely cosmetic detail, but doctors often see them as tiny windows into your overall health. Changes in nail color, texture, thickness, or shape can quietly reflect what’s ...

At the 2025 Dermatology Days of Paris conference, held from 2 to 6 December 2025, in Paris, France, Bertrand Richert, MD, PhD, professor in the Dermatology Department, Brugmann and Saint Pierre ...

Hands are seen as a sign of grooming and personality. But doctors say nails do much more than complete a polished appearance. They can quietly reflect what is happening inside the body.Nails grow ...

Though it can cause extreme discoloration, there's a lot you can do treat it—and stop it from happening again.

Habit-tic deformity is a traumatic nail dystrophy that results from habitual picking of the proximal nail fold margin. 4 The most common location is the thumbnail; however, all fingernails can be ...

Results found nail changes in patients with alopecia areata (AA) can occur before, after, or independent of hair loss with the most common nail problems including pitting, ridging, and white spots.