Dr. Rich: I don’t know for sure, but she may have an inverse pterygium, which is essentially an extension of the nail bed and hyponychium that attaches to the undersurface of the nail plate and grows beyond the normal hyponychium toward the free edge. Sometimes this condition is associated with connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma. I don’t think it is related to the products you are using on her.
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