Distrofia ungueal medial

Aumentan las consultas en las redes sociales sobre la distrofia ungueal medial

Up until about a year ago, I wasn’t even aware of this condition and now I’m seeing about 1 a week on social media asking for advice.

I wondered if it could be anything to do with vibrations from an e-file, as removing gel polish with an e-file when it has a 2-3 week growth has become very popular. So I contacted our expert dermatologist, Vitaly Solomonoff.

There is clearly some damage or disruption to the matrix. It does sometimes appear to have a systemic health cause but he had this to say:

While you notice 1 case per week, I can state 2-3. I predicted the mass epidemy of the nail/matrix dystrophy many years ago when the e-file manicure just gained in popularity. You are correct – that is one of the consequences of the most traumatic method of manicure – the continuous traumatization and chronic inflammation. You are perhaps aware of the fast-growing trend of applying the product under the cuticle. That sounds scary, doesn’t it?

So, they remove the cuticle, then separate it with the needle-type e-file bit, apply a product literally under the cuticle, and cure it. So, eventually, we have:-

1) Traumatismo mecánico en la zona de la matriz.
2) “heat spikes” during polymerization at the same area.

Por lo tanto, no es de extrañar que la condición que se asemeja a la distrofia medial aparezca rápidamente después de esa traumatización repetitiva. Y sí, la vibración también tiene lugar aquí como un factor adicional para el daño. 

P.D. Debo señalar que la nueva tendencia se está extendiendo entre quienes participan en la concursos de uñas.

Los casos de esta afección están aumentando claramente y todo el mundo debería ser consciente de ella y de cómo puede producirse en algunos casos.

Consulte aquí más información sobre Heller’s medial nail dystrophy