Nail diseases in cosmetology
Maleszka, R.; Ratajczak-Stefańska, V.; Boer, M.; Kiedrowicz, M.
Annales Academiae Medicae Stetinensis 56(1): 57-64; Discussion 64
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1427-440X PMID: 21427814 Document Number: 641818
Clinical symptoms attributed to the nail apparatus and observed in cosmetology include atrophic or hypertrophic lesions, pathologic nail coloration, abnormalities of the nail surface, and disorders of the nail plate and bed junction. These symptoms may reflect pathologic processes limited to the nail apparatus or may be the consequence of a dermal or systemic disease. Even though the etiology of nail lesions is variegated, diseases of the nails are simply classified as infectious or non-infectious. The aim of this work was to present the most common diseases of the nail apparatus encountered in cosmetology. Often, nail diseases worsen the quality of life of the patient. In addition, the variegated symptomatology demonstrates that nail lesions should be viewed in a wider perspective because they often are important signs of pathologic processes taking place in the organism of the patient.