Question about finger nails that seem to lift from the nail bed

Wow, I've never heard of that happening! Have you googled it? I would be concerned that they are prone to infection (even though they are not currently infected) and/or that it is indicative of something else. Have you asked a doctor about it? I don't mean to scare you, but I would want to find out what is causing it. Good luck to you.

Having no experience with acrylic nails, it has to be from all that. And if you are sure there is nothing medically wrong about them, then I would get a really good nail vitamin to take , like biotin and then something to brush on them and just keep them as healthy and free of chemicals as possible. I went thru chemo 2 years ago and it destroyed 2 finger nails that still look awful even now. I rub on the TIPS oil and at night and try to not pick at them. Also try Nailtiques formula 2--that is really good. Can be found at Walgreens or Ulta or most drug store. The biotin will take several months to kick in but it will help.

Thanks to you both. I have been on Biotin for years now and it has helped my hair for sure. The only thing I can think of is that my pinky fingers curl under and are quite small and the pressure of the acrylic and sometimes tips caused them to pull away for so long there is scarring on the nail bed.

I did ask my derm and he just shrugged his shoulders and said something about the destructiveness of artificial nails. He said Biotin in high doses might help. No sign of fungus or infection. I don't think he really knew any more than I do. Just a weird sort of thing in just two nails. I hoped maybe someone one on this board had the same thing or knew what it was.

I have one nail with this lifting on the edge. When I asked my dermatologist she said it could be the result of trauma to the nail or it just happens as we age.

See if your derm will subscribe a product called Penlac. It comes in generic called Ciclopirox tropical. When I first started using yrs ago it was about 200.00 a bottle. Now the generic can be free or I paid 6 dollars for mine last time. All depending on your insurance. It works for me. I was also told whatever I have it can lay dormant and rear its ugly head anytime. I have had at times all ten fingers with lifting. I only have a problem with one now. When I try to wear polish it sometimes starts up again.

How long has it been? When I was going through my second type of chemo all of my nails did that. I was horrified that they would remain that way, but they did not. When I finished treatment the nails gradually re-attached to the nail bed out to the end.

It has been several years since I had artificial anything on nails. On one little finger I remember the nail tech filed through the nail and it bled from the nail bed. That is the worse of the two.

A long while ago, my thumb nails pulled away slightly from the nail beds. I went to the doctor and he told me it was a fungus, even though there was no indication of anything like a fungus or infection. He gave me anti-fungal pills that I took for a long time. They moved close to the bed but always seem a little thicker than other nails. I stopped getting weekly manicures....