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What is wrong with my finger & fingernail and how do I fix it?
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Its the one that looks out of place. Its like yellowish on the nail with that one long dark brown streak, and the skin is discolored on my finger from my nail to halfway between the fingernail and the knuckle. Its like the skin has peeled off or something.. its pretty tough too. Like when I touch it, its pretty hard and not bendy like the skin at my other fingers. When its in a normal position its like.. a pale brownish pink, but when I pull my fingers into a fist, that whole area of skin is yellow.. its kinda creepy. It doesnt even hurt or anything. I got it when I was like in 1st or 2nd grade. I played at the monkey bars a lot and got blisters.. but idk if its from that.. or where it came from. I got medicine for it in 4th grade and it seemed to work only a little.. it still looks pretty bad. more discolored than it appears in that scanned pic. I'm 15 now and the problem is still there.
Its annoying cause after a while the doctors say theres nothing really wrong with it but how can 1 finger look so different and stuff and be normal? UGH there has to be some type of fungus or something i am not aware of. and i dont want to wait for my finger half way down to the knuckle to just one day fall off or something. i need the answers that my doctor isnt saying much about. my parents dont know much what to do with it either. and btw the nail grows on that finger like the others, it looks a bit funky now cause occasionally I bite my fingernails but that doesnt do anything really.. I mean the nail just grows back.
I scanned my fingers by pressing them to my scanner so it looks a bit smooshed, but yeah.
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I'm not sure if there is a cure for that. Actually my grandma had a toenail like that, cause she had hit it on a rock when she was smaller. She still had it till she died.
It may not be the same thing though, but you should go see a dermatologist. I believe they deal with skin and nails too. It may just be a special fungus or something.
PS: I don't think nail fungus's will make your finger fall off, but if you don't like the look check a dermatologist!
good luck :D
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