my ring finger on left hand went white and puss like under the nail and I realised it had lifted away from the skin and was only barely connected at the nail bed I was prescribed a fungal infection cream which i gently pushed under the nail with a cotton a couple of times daily and then semi tightly put a plaster around it each time. It took perseverence but in a couple months the nail knitted back to the flesh under my nail.

Mine is exactly the same as the picture on my left toe. My doctor told me it is an ingrown toenail and i am currently on the waiting list but it is getting worse. I hate wearing flip flops but if i wear trainers it comes out like a golf ball! I cant wearh heels anymore. It bleeds every day and i just feel like ripping the nail off myself. Ineed to wear inclosed shoes sometimes as i am taking driving lessons and cannot drive in my flipflops. What can cure this?

my name is shaun and im not sure what i have but it looks similar to what the picture looks like, its on my left big toe and it is swelled aswell..
i had it on the right toe and then it gradually disapeared but unfortunatly it re-appeared on my left toe, hasnt gone away like the first one and i think the nail is under the skin or something like that..
any easy ways to solve this relentless problem once and forall??

to the below person i have this fungal infection surgery may only occur if it gets really really bad hope this helps

I think this is what i have, i have it on my right big toe. It often seeps and bleeds, and very painful. I really don't want to go to the doctors after people on here saying about having surgery. I just want to clear it myself. Please help x

over the past years my finger nails sometimes gradually turn white and remain for a very long time what is the main reason for such change. Also my big toe nails is vert tough and ugly , very difficult to cut painful at times, i am not sure if it is ingrown nails I need professional advice how can i access such service

Dont cut your nails down because the skin grows over the cut down nail and as the nail grows, it just makes it worse!
I found out the hard way!

Seven of my fingernails separate from their nailbeds at the same time every year. Once in March/April and again in June/July. This has been happening for over 10 years now. I'm a 54 year old American of African decent. I have see countless general practitioners, dermotologist and allergist. I have been given all of the diagnosis – psoriasis, fungal/bacteria infection, thyrotoxicosis, tetracyclinose, reaction to the sun's rays, etc. To me, none of them make since because I can predict the break out every year and it is always the same fingers.

A few months ago I noticed two of my finger nails were sore and I looked at them and the white part of the nail was deeper then normal, almost like my nail is pulling up off my skin, just the other day I noticed it on my big toe as well. I am not sure what is wrong with me? Any suggestions?

I had a tractor drop off a jack, it crushed my finger and semi removed the nail.
I put the nail back in place and bandaged it tight, it was then ignored for several days until the swelling became unbearable, I had it lanced with a hot wire, worked wonders for releasing the pressure, have to keep pushing a needle back through the hole just hope it heals soon.