nail plate

A new nail plate will form once the cause of the disease is removed.

The nail plate is the hard, protective piece and the most visible part.

Nail plate: This is what you see as the fingernail.

Nailing plates come in many sizes and are available at home centers.

They may look like indentations or ridges in the nail plate.

The matrix is responsible for producing cells that become the nail plate.

The nail bed is the skin beneath the nail plate.

In old age, the nail plate becomes thinner so that these grooves become more visible.

The nail plate requires a certain amount of flexibility and moisture to encourage healthy growth.

The nail plate is the hard keratin cover of the nail.

The nail plate is surrounded on three sides by the nail folds.

Nail bed: This lies below the nail plate; the two are attached.

They are also known as metal connector plates or nail plates.

They appear as thickened, fissured cauliflower-like skin around the nail plate.

In nails, urea causes softening and eventually debridement of the nail plate.

Small hemorrhages can develop under toenails that suffer undue pressures on the nail plate.

Stains of the nail plate (not the nail bed) are associated with smoking, and henna use.

The nail plate is generated by the nail matrix located just under the cuticle.

Pus is usually present, along with gradual thickening and browning discoloration of the nail plate.

Beau's lines: Transverse grooves on the nail plate, usually an indication of systemic disease.

This is accomplished by applying a chemical to the cuticle area after the nail plate is removed.

This repetitive traumatic injury leads to bleeding and pooling of blood underneath the nail plate.

The nail plate may also become thicker and more brittle as a result of the injury (onychochauxis).

A normal nail bed appears pink through the nail plate, a reflection of a healthy underlying blood supply.

Areas of white on your nail plate: Also called leukonychia or midmatrix disease.