![]() ![]() My thumbnails feel heavy and have V-shaped peaks, horizontal ridges, cuticles and hangnails that crack and bleed. Pits, horizontal lines, deformity, discoloration, onycholysis (lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed), brittle nails that crumble or splinter, and thickening of the nails can all be signs that nail psoriasis is present.Īpart from my pinky fingernails, every one of my fingernails is affected by nail psoriasis in some way, shape or form. The part of the nail affected will determine the symptoms that show in your nail. ![]() ![]() The nail is composed of three main parts: the nail plate (the actual nail), the nail bed (what the nail plate rests on) and the nail matrix (where the nail is formed). It wasn’t until my rheumatologist was inspecting my hands that I learned there was a connection between my psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and the condition of my nails. “I don’t have any nails to manicure, and they feel heavy enough as is.” “What’s the point?” I would say to myself. A mani/pedi outing with the girls was always just a pedicure for me and then waiting for the others to finish getting manicures or acrylic nails put on. I’ve had a complicated relationship with my nails all my life, but I pushed the symptoms aside with a shrug, thinking that my nails just didn’t grow. ![]()
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