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Untreated Nail Infections Can Worsen

I am on the waiting list for treatment. It could be several months, even as long as a year, before I get the treatment. How would you treat this?

Could my nails have been damaged permanently by acrylics or electric filing?

I wore acrylics for about four years before removing them a year and a half ago. It took four months for my nails to grow out and return to normal. All but one nail is now strong and healthy. The bad nail (on my ring finger) is split vertically and there is a ridge where it splits. The nail grows slower on one side of the split than the other—it never grows straight and I have to keep filing one side down the nail is also still very weak. My nails were healthy and strong before I started using acrylics. Could my nails have been damaged by the acrylics or by the filling? Is this permanent or is there something I can do to bring it back to normal?