Lifted Nail Plate
What are Lifted Nails?
A lifted nail plate is when a nail (nail plate) on your fingers or toes separates from the skin on which it rests (the nail bed). It typically only affects one nail.
Common causes:
Overzealous cleaning under the fingernails
Nail polishes that contain hardening chemicals such as formalin
Rough removal of artificial nails
A fungal infection
Signs and Symptoms include:
Nails that peel away from their nail beds.
Tough, thick nail beds.
An abnormal border between the pink area of your nail and the white edge of your nail.
The border may look wavy, and the white areas may be thicker in some areas and thinner in others.
Discoloration in your nails and nail beds. They may look grey, green, purple, white or yellow.
Dents or pits (cupuliform depressions) in your nails.
Crumbling nails.
Hemorrhages underneath your nails.
