Between the tấm móng tay và giường móng tay is some elastic tissue called the biểu mô giường – it’s kind of the same non-living tissue as the lớp biểu bì, only the cuticle is produced by the nấm móng and the bed biểu mô by the nail ma trận. It’s as if the nail plate is sandwiched between cuticle and bed epithelium if you like.
When that bed epithelium remains elastic the nail plate can always transport along the nail bed. If for whatever reason the bed epithelium dries out, bệnh vẩy nến, bệnh liken phẳng, bệnh chàm, minor trauma, nấm, whatever – then the nail plate cannot travel along the nail bed and it really just won’t do it.
A good way to think about it is the nail plate is like a glacier – it moves in perpetual motion (tế bào móng tay are made 24/7 by the nail matrix) This motion only continues so long as there is no opposing friction underneath it – when friction happens it crumbles and breaks down. The bed epithelium makes sure there is no friction.
Doing anything else other than using a good quality oil and nước thơm, will only create more problems and solve nothing. Recover the móng tay tự nhiên plate first and afterwards you can use any product to enhance it and you will have a client for life!
It makes no difference if the dryness is a new problem or 10 years in the making, as long as the nail matrix still produces nail plate cells and bed epithelium you will recover the nail plate – it may not be perfect, but it will be there – oil and lotion is the key.