Distrofia Medial das Unhas

Consultas de mídia social sobre o aumento da 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) trauma mecânico na área da matriz.
2) “heat spikes” during polymerization at the same area.

Portanto, não é de se admirar que a condição que se assemelha à distrofia medial apareça rapidamente após essa traumatização repetitiva. E sim, a vibração também ocorre aqui como um fator adicional de dano. 

P.S. Devo observar que a nova tendência está se espalhando entre aqueles que estão envolvidos no concursos de unhas.

As ocorrências da doença estão claramente aumentando e todos devem estar cientes dela e de como algumas podem ser causadas.

Consulte mais informações aqui em Heller’s medial nail dystrophy